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Report on the UN Women Global Response to COVID-19 REPORT on the UN WOMEN GLOBAL RESPONSE to COVID-19 Report on the UN Women Global Response to COVID-19 REPORT ON THE UN WOMEN GLOBAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 POLICY , PROGRAMME & INTERGOVERNMENTAL DIVISION UN WOMEN New York, February 2021 Report on the un women global response to covid-19 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction 4 II. Ending violence against women 6 III. Economic resilience 11 IV. Leadership, Women and Girls’ Participation 13 V. Gender mainstreaming in national responses and data collection 16 VI. Response to COVID- 19 in humanitarian settings 18 VII. Conclusion 21 Report on the un women global response to covid-19 3 I. Introduction COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV2 turn were amplifying its impacts. In addition, the Secre- first came to the attention of theWorld Health Organi- tary-General linked the issue of rising levels of VAWG zation (WHO) on 31 December 2019, following a report to his repeated calls for a global ceasefire, stating that of a cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, “Peace is not just the absence of war. Many women under People’s Republic of China. On 30 January 2020, WHO lockdown for #COVID19 face violence where they should declared COVID-19 a “global health emergency” and be safest: in their own homes. Today I appeal for peace in on 11 March 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a “global homes around the world. I urge all governments to put pandemic.” This report captures how the United women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic.” 1 Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empower- Through its membership in the United Nations Sustain- ment of Women (UN Women) has mobilized action to able Development Group, UN Women contributed to bring attention to and address the gender dimensions ensure a strong focus on gender equality in the UN of the pandemic from the global to the country level, framework for the immediate socio-economic response leveraging its triple mandate of normative support, to COVID-19, which built on the report Shared Respon- United Nations coordination, and operational activities. sibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio- UN Women responded immediately, in concert with economic impacts of COVID-19. UN Women integrated United Nations partners, to ensure that that the gender gender equality in the framework’s five streams of work dimensions of the pandemic were brought to the atten- through the inclusion of gender-based violence (GBV), tion of the global community and informed the United support to women’s employment and women-owned Nations response at the highest levels. On 20 March enterprises, unpaid care, gender-responsive fiscal pack- 2020, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo- ages, health, inclusion of women’s groups and voices, Ngcuka issued a call to action to governments and other and sex-disaggregated data. As these were devel- stakeholders on the need for a global response to the oped at the country level, UN Women’s contribution COVID-19 pandemic that takes gender perspectives into to the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) COVID-19 account, including through sex-disaggregated data and response is included in 85 out of 108 of the UNCT Socio- social protection for women. Shortly after, Deputy Exec- Economic Response Plans (SERPs). utive Director Åsa Regnér issued a ten-point checklist The framework is the basis for the United Nations for governments for a gender-responsive COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund for COVID-19, a United response. On 6 April, a second thought leadership arti- Nations inter-agency fund administered through the cle by the Executive Director described the growth of Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. As an ex officio the ‘Shadow Pandemic’ of violence against women and member of the Fund’s Steering Committee, UN Women girls (VAWG), a recognition that sparked global use of successfully advocated for the second round of calls this term to characterize the central impact on women for proposals to establish a 30 percent funding target and girls, closely followed by the policy briefs and data for proposals to focus on the gender dimensions of the infographics that provided both the evidence and the response, based on the Gender Equality Marker. recommended responses. UN Women also serves on the WHO-led United Nations The Secretary-General drew attention to the gender Crisis Management Team and prepared a gender analy- dimensions of the pandemic from the outset. On 9 April sis of the WHO Preparedness and Response Plan, which 2020, the Secretary-General issued his Policy Brief: The resulted in a more gender-responsive update of the plan Impact of COVID-19 on Women, with strong support in April 2020 (see Chapter V). from UN Women, highlighting the pandemic’s role in “deepening existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabili- UN Women and its partners issued a series of five policy ties in social, economic and political systems,” which in briefs on key areas affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: 1 https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061052 Report on the un women global response to covid-19 4 economic fallout, the care economy, VAWG, women’s related to COVID-19 have been shared on UN Women leadership, and women’s role in post-conflict cease- corporate social media accounts garnering more than fires and peace processes. The 60-member Inter-Agency 138 million impressions and more than 3.7 million inter- Network on Women and Gender Equality, chaired by the actions. Global goodwill ambassadors and influenc- UN Women Executive Director, published the IANGWE ers broadened UN Women outreach efforts, including Compendium on Integrating Gender Considerations in Nicole Kidman, Marta Vieira da Silva, Danai Gurira and the Response to COVID-19: Key Messages and Actions Emma Watson, as well as regional and national goodwill from UN Entities, which captures the key messages ambassadors. The Unstereotype Alliance public service and efforts of United Nations system entities as they announcement (PSA) on the ‘Shadow Pandemic’ featur- address the varied gender dimensions of the pandemic. ing actress Kate Winslet was shared by the Secretary- General and boosted global awareness with 22,350,085 Further thought leadership articles by the Execu- unique users reached through the hashtag #Shadow- tive Director to audiences such as the Group of 7 (G7) Pandemic, attaining more than five million views on (Women working on the front line), G20 (Address- Facebook alone.4 ing the economic fallout of COVID-19: Pathways and policy options for a gender-responsive recovery), and UN Women tapped into new partnerships with Google Commonwealth Heads of Government (Build Back and Facebook. UN Women advertisements on VAWG Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making) drew during the pandemic and other COVID-19-related attention to the global evidence-based analysis and content, viewed over five million times and driving over policy recommendations of UN Women. 600,000 visits to UN Women websites, were rolled out from July to December 2020 on Google Search globally, UN Women led interagency collaboration2 to address valued at US$1.5 million. Similarly, Facebook provided critical data gaps through the Gender Monitor, a compi- advertising space to promote social media messages lation of indicators that inform gender-responsive from UN Women to the rise of VAWG during COVID-19, policy action on COVID-19. UN Women and WHO joined receiving more than 305 million impressions and nearly forces to provide the latest available data on COVID-19 18 million interactions. cases by sex and age on the Data Platform. In Septem- ber 2020, UN Women and the United Nations Devel- UN Women also amplified COVID-19 related social opment Programme (UNDP) launched the COVID-19 media messages and campaigns of the United Nations Global Gender Response Tracker, which monitors policy system, including the WHO #SafeHands Challenge measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle campaign, the United Nations Verified campaign, the the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have Women Rise for All campaign, and the Secretary-Gener- incorporated a gender lens. al’s appeal for peace in homes around the world. Global media disseminated information and messages In March 2020, UN Women developed a global by UN Women about the gender dimensions of the crisis programme proposal to provide a framework for its and the response needed among key audiences. From response from the global to local levels: Gender-Respon- March 2020 onwards, over 5,000 earned media articles sive Prevention and Management of the COVID-19 mentioned UN Women and gender-related COVID-19 Pandemic: from Emergency Response, Recovery and information, including in top-tier international media.3 Resilience, the structure of which informs this report. From March to December 2020, a total of 2,000 posts UN Women reallocated its resources at the global, 2 International Labour Organization (ILO), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel- opment (UNCTAD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UN Women, World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and many others. 3 BBC, CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Economist, Forbes, ABC News (United States), ABC Australia, China Daily, Times of India, Dawn, El País. 4 https://www.unstereotypealliance.org/en/news-and--events/press-releases/may-27-2020 (accessed on 27 January 2021). Report on the un women global response to covid-19 5 regional and country levels to enable programme conti- respond to VAWG – the largest area of its response; nuity while addressing the effects of COVID-19.
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