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This document presents a paper on Gender inequality and the COVID-19 crisis- A Human Development perspective. This paper presents a justification for the selection of indicators for the two dashboards, based on a comprehensive literature review, which give an overview of gender inequalities from the COVID-19 crisis that puts capabilities at risk as well as women's ability to face the effects of the pandemic and economic crisis. The first dashboard covers a set of indicators on capabilities at risk. The second dashboard depicts a series of measures of safe space, balanced care work, and the agency of women and girls

This document represents a working paper on Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children. Times of economic uncertainty, civil unrest, and disaster are linked to a myriad of risk factors for increased violence against women and children (VAW/C). Pandemics are no exception. In fact, the regional or global nature and associated fear and uncertainty associated with pandemics provide an enabling environment that may exacerbate or spark diverse forms of violence. Understanding mechanisms underlying these dynamics are important for crafting policy and program responses to mitigate adverse effects. Based on existing published and grey literature, we document nine main (direct and indirect) pathways linking pandemics and VAW/C, through effects of (on): (1) economic insecurity and poverty-related stress, (2) quarantines and social isolation, (3) disaster and conflict-related unrest and instability, (4) exposure to exploitative relationships due to changing demographics, (5) reduced health service availability and access to first responders, (6) inability of women to temporarily escape abusive partners, (7) virus-specific sources of violence, (8) exposure to violence and coercion in response efforts, and (9) violence perpetrated against health care workers. We also suggest additional pathways with limited or anecdotal evidence likely to effect smaller subgroups. Based on these mechanisms, we suggest eight policy and program responses for action by governments, civil society, international and community-based organizations. Finally, as research linking pandemics directly to diverse forms of VAW/C is scarce, we lay out a research agenda comprising three main streams, to better (1) understand the magnitude of the problem, (2) elucidate mechanisms and linkages with other social and economic factors and (3) inform intervention and response options. We hope this paper can be used by researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to help inform further evidence generation and policy action while situating VAW/C within the broader need for intersectional gender- and feminist-informed pandemic response.

This document presents a Policy brief on the impact of covid 19 on gender relations in the Arab region. The COVID-19 pandemic will affect all aspects of life in the Arab region and globally. Women will undoubtedly bear a disproportionate burden in terms of the health risks posed by the virus in the Arab region. In light of these projections, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and partner United Nations agencies has prepared proposals on formulating consistent policies and programmes for the short and long term, as part of an urgent regional response to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. For this response to be effective, it must take into consideration the social prejudices and gender norms that discriminate against women in the public and private spheres in the Arab region

This document presents a Rapid assessment the effects of covid-19 on violence against women and gendered social norms. UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States partnered with RIWI corp. to conduct a web-survey in 9 countries in the region, namely Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen. The targeted sample size was 1,000 respondents in each country with two strata consisting of a minimum of 500 men and 500 women; with a confidence level 97 percent and 5 percent margin of error. A total of 16,462 respondents took part in the survey, including 5,070 women (30 percent)

This document presents the first edition on Women policy tracker on responsive policies and programs during the new covid in Egypt. This report came within the framework of a system of work to confront the dangers of the emerging coronavirus, the economic decisions and social protection decisions that were issued to support and protect all groups of society, with an emphasis on the role and status of Egyptian women and the importance of continuing their supportive role at this stage. In this context, the National Council for Women prepared a proposed program and policy paper on Egypt's plan for a rapid response to the special needs of women during the spread of the new coronavirus, which includes an analysis of the existing situation. Within the framework of that paper, the Council presented a number of proposals for response measures, whether at the level of immediate or medium-term responses to the ministries and stakeholders.