Statement by the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic must not discount women and girls

Overview

This advocacy piece highlights the discrimination against women and girls that has been exacerbated with the Covid-19 pandemic and calls upon governments to take a gender sensitive intersectional approach in their responses to COVID-19 to protect women and girls during COVID-19, including during pregnancy and childbirth

Produced by: Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, OHCHR