Impact of COVID-19 on Violence against Women and Girls in the Arab States through the Lens of Women’s Civil Society Organizations
Categories: Global Public Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, COVID-19, Human Development, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2020
Citation: "Impact of COVID-19 on Violence against Women and Girls in the Arab States through the Lens of Women's Civil Society Organizations." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 2020.
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, COVID-19, Human Development, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2020
Citation: "Impact of COVID-19 on Violence against Women and Girls in the Arab States through the Lens of Women's Civil Society Organizations." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 2020.
Executive Summary
Through a regional assessment, UN Women has reached out to civil society organizations (CSOs) to understand the impact of COVID-19 on their work, the challenges they are facing and the solutions they are creating. This brief aims to highlight the key findings of this assessment. The brief also provides qualitative and quantitative data on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women, including within the most vulnerable groups, through the lens of women CSOs from the Arab States region.