Gender Alert on COVID 19 in Afghanistan | Issue II

Pages
4pp
Date published
30 Apr 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Epidemics & pandemics, Gender, Protection, human rights & security, COVID-19
Organisations
UN Women

This second alert focuses on the trends and implications for the provision of services (health, police and justice, social services and coordination of these services) during the COVID-19 pandemic for women and girls who experience violence. It highlights the need to prioritize access to quality and coordinated services for survivors of violence. This alert concludes with a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national and international stakeholders to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG).