Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Life-Saving Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Saving Lives, Reducing Impact & Building Resilience
Categories: Global Public Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies
Sub-Categories: COVID-19, Democratization and Political Participation, Human Development, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2020
Citation: "Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Life-Saving Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Saving Lives, Reducing Impact & Building Resilience." The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. July 2020.
Sub-Categories: COVID-19, Democratization and Political Participation, Human Development, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2020
Citation: "Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Life-Saving Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Saving Lives, Reducing Impact & Building Resilience." The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. July 2020.
Executive Summary
The Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) for COVID‑19 was launched on 25 March 2020 to facilitate a coordinated approach in the COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings. Among the guiding principles adopted in the GHRP is the need for attention to “gender equality, particularly to account for women’s and girls’ specific needs, risks and roles in the response as care providers, increased exposure to GBV with confinement measures, large numbers of front-line female health workers in the response, and key role as agents at the community level for communication on risks and community engagement.” The meaningful participation of women in needs assessments and response is also cited as an enabling factor. This recognition is an important first step and marks progress in humanitarian space.