Tracking of government policies around the world since the Covid-19 outbreak shows that the pandemic is “hitting women hard.”The Covid-19 Global Response Tracker from UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) found not enough is being done to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallouts caused by the pandemic. Lacking supportThe survey signals that 20% of the 206 countries analysed, or 42 states, had no gender sensitive measures in place to respond to the pandemic. And, only 25 countries have introduced measures aimed at tackling violence against women and girls( VAWG), support unpaid care, and strengthen women’s economic security. According to the analysis, Europe is leading the response on addressing VAWG and unpaid care- accounting for almost 32% of all violence measures and 49% of all unpaid care measures. Meanwhile, the USA has the largest number of measures aimed at strengthening women’s economic security, followed by Africa.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2020 06:33 UTC