COVID-19 - GBV and risks to adolescent girls and interventions to protect and empower them Unicef
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BookPublisher: Unicef, 2020Description: electronic document (4 pages) ; PDF file.Subject(s): ADOLESCENTS | CHILD ABUSE | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | COVID-19 | INTERVENTION | PANDEMICS | RISK FACTORS | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | YOUNG WOMEN | INTERNATIONALOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website Summary: The gendered impacts of infectious disease outbreaks and their propensity to increase Gender-Based Violence (GBV) have been well-documented in each of the most recent major epidemics - including Zika, SARS and Ebola [1]. Early evidence indicates that COVID-19 is no different in this respect, with GBV providers and community groups reporting a sharp increase in reported incidents of Intimate Partner Violence.[2]
Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable. Studies of past disease outbreaks and other humanitarian crisis have shown
that without targeted intervention, COVID-19 will heighten pre-existing risks of GBV against girls, stymie their social, economic and educational development and threaten their sexual reproductive health.[3]
This paper looks to set out the particular vulnerabilities for adolescent girls and provides practical guidance on how to provide girls with targeted support during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Introduction). Record #6690
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The gendered impacts of infectious disease outbreaks and their propensity to increase Gender-Based Violence (GBV) have been well-documented in each of the most recent major epidemics - including Zika, SARS and Ebola [1]. Early evidence indicates that COVID-19 is no different in this respect, with GBV providers and community groups reporting a sharp increase in reported incidents of Intimate Partner Violence.[2]
Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable. Studies of past disease outbreaks and other humanitarian crisis have shown
that without targeted intervention, COVID-19 will heighten pre-existing risks of GBV against girls, stymie their social, economic and educational development and threaten their sexual reproductive health.[3]
This paper looks to set out the particular vulnerabilities for adolescent girls and provides practical guidance on how to provide girls with targeted support during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Introduction). Record #6690
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