Violence against adolescents during COVID-19

• Implications of COVID-19 for the Prevention of and response to conflict - related sexual violence
  Produced by: Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
  This policy brief provides policy makers with the implications of COVID-19 for the prevention and response to conflict -related sexual violence
• Statement on COVID-19 and youth
  Produced by: The United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD)
  This is a call to action by the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD) for meaningful youth engagement on specific topics related to adolescent and youth health, including engagement of youth in safety and security in the context of COVID-19 (page 6).
• Inter-Agency statement on violence against women and girl in the context of COVID-19
  Produced by: UN Women
  Statement by UN agencies on violence against women and girls during COVID-19 and critical steps for action against this.
• UN Trust Fund assesses COVID-19 impact on violence against women and front line organizations
  Produced by: UN Women
  This article assesses the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and frontlines. It sets recommendations for policy makers to follow in their response to COVID-19 taking in consideration this rising problem.
• Violence against women and girls: the shadow pandemic
  Produced by: UN Women
  This article highlights the rise of a shadow pandemic during COVID-19 pandemic. This is referred to violence against women and girls. In this article the executive director of UN Women urges the governments to take into considerations this issue in the national response plan to COVID-19.
• Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This article by UNFPA advocates for raising more funds to support humanitarian settings during COVID-19. Women and girls in these settings are at higher risk to violence, sexual abuse, and restricted access to reproductive health care services.
• Gender and COVID-19: Advocacy Brief
  Produced by: WHO
  This advocacy brief delivers 6 key messages for member of the states to follow in tailoring their health policies and responses to COVID-19 using a gender- sensitive approach. This approach will allow for comprehensive responses that ensure equality among all members of society. (page 1)
• Three things you need to know about contraceptives and COVID-19
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This resource provides information on the impact of COVID-19 on access to contraceptives and SRH services. (section 2: interruptions in family planning will be catastrophic for women)
• Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This article describes the increase rate of violations to sexual reproductive rights during COVID-19. it states that women are more at risk of gender-based violence, FGM and child marriage.
• As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This article shows that women face greater risk during COVID-19. These risks should be taken into consideration in the preparation on the response plan against COVID-19.
• Pandemic heightens vulnerabilities of persons with disabilities
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This article shows the difficulties persons with disabilities face in accessing health care services and provide information on violence against young people, including young people with disabilities during COVID-19.

• Compact for young people in Humanitarian action
  COVID-19: Working with and for young people
  Produced by: Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action
  This guidance note is meant to assist humanitarian actors, youth-led organizations, and young people themselves across sectors, working at local, country, regional, and global levels in their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (pages 6,7,8,13 and 15,18)
• COVID-19 and women's human rights: Guidance
  Produced by: OHCHR
  This guidance document focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Human Rights and provides guidance on some promising practices to mitigate this impact.
• Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women
  Produced by: UN
  This policy brief focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women. It includes the economic impacts, health impacts, unpaid care work, gender-based violence and impact in humanitarian and fragile settings on human rights. Also, it states set of recommendation for policy makers on making their national policies. (pages 10,12,17,18,19)
• COVID-19 disrupting SDG5.3: Eliminating Female Genital mutilation
  Produced by: UNFPA, UNICEF
  This technical note supports the development of preparedness and response plans for addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls and women at risk of, and affected by, female genital mutilation.
• COVID-19 and ensuring Safe Cities and Safe public spaces for Women and Girls
  Produced by: UN Women
  This brief demonstrates the emerging trends and implications for women's and girl's safety in public spaces and cities given the rise in violence cases during COVID-19. It provides examples of measures taken by different countries in face of this rising issue. Also, it contains a set of recommendations to be followed by different stake holders in the society.
• Online and ICT-facilitated violence against women and girls during COVID-19
  Produced by: UN Women
  This brief highlight emerging trends and impacts of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. It makes recommendations for different entities of the society in a collective effort to enhance women's and girl's online safety.
• COVID-19 and essential Services Provision for Survivors of Violence against Women and Girls
  Produced by: UN Women, UNFPA, UNODC, WHO, UNDP
  This Guidance document explores the implications for the provision of essential services for women and girls who have experienced violence during COVID-19. It provides governments, and civil societies a set of recommendations to improve the quality of and access to coordinated health, justice, and social services for survivors of violence.
• Six concrete measures to support women and girls in all their diversity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
  Produced by: UNAIDS
  This guidance document addresses the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in all their diversity. It contains 6 key measures that address prioritization of women’s and young girl’s health needs. (pages 4, 9,10,11,12)
• COVID-19 school closures: Why girls are more at risk
  Produced by: UNESCO
  This technical guideline provides steps to counted act against the burdens of the closure in terms of Sexual and reproductive health and domestic violence.
• COVID-19: A gender Lens
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This technical brief provides guideline that policy makers can follow while preparing the response plan to COVID-19. These recommendations ensure protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights and promoting gender equality. (pages 1,6,7)
• GBV Case Management and the COVID- 19 Pandemic
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This document aims at providing practical support to Gender -based practitioners (GBV) to adapt GBV cases management service delivery models quickly and ethically during the current pandemic.
• Interim Technical Note : Protection from sexual Exploitation and abuse(PSEA) during COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP, IOM, OCHA, CHS Alliance, Interaction and UN victims' rights advocate
  "Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) must be integrated into the response to COVID-19. As with any emergency, PSEA prevention and response should be a central part of coordinated humanitarian action. The crisis does not create new responsibilities; rather, PSEA actions during the COVID-19 pandemic should strengthen existing PSEA commitments to protect and assist people receiving humanitarian assistance."
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response
  Produced by: UNFPA
  This technical brief highlights measures for COVID-19 preparedness and response and provides information for adolescents and youth on SRHR and meaningful engagement.
• COVID-19 disrupting SDG5.3: Eliminating Female Genital mutilation
  Produced by: UNFPA, UNICEF
  This technical note supports the development of preparedness and response plans for addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls and women at risk of, and affected by, female genital mutilation.
• Technical note on COVID-19 and harmful practices
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This technical guidance document shows the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health. It offers interventions on different levels to help contain the harmful impacts and endure that the reproductive and sexual health and rights of females are maintained during this pandemic.
• Not Just Hotlines and mobile phones: GBV service Provision during COVID-19
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This document explores low-tech ways to reach women and girls at risk of violence during COVID-19.
• COVID-19 GBV Risks to adolescent girls and interventions to protect and empower them
  Produced by: UNICEF AND IRC
  This paper sets out the particular vulnerabilities for adolescent girls and provides practical guidance on how to provide girls with targeted support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• COVID-19 and violence against women
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance document provides information on responding to violence against women during COVID-19.
• Addressing violence against children, women, and older people during the covid -19 pandemic: Key actions
  Produced by: WHO
  This guidance documents highlights key actions to address violence against children, women and the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Violence against Women and Girls-data Collection during COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO, UN Women
  This is a living document that summarizes principles and recommendations to those planning to embark on data collection on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls (VAWG).
• Interim Technical Note : Protection from sexual Exploitation and abuse(PSEA) during COVID-19
  Produced by: WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP, IOM, OCHA, CHS Alliance, Interaction and UN victims' rights advocate

• What is UNFPA doing to address the COVID-19 epidemic?
  Produced by: UNFPA
  These two questions address the issues of sexual reproductive health and domestic violence amid COVID-19 (question 9, 10)
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Adolescents and youth
  Produced by: WHO
  These Q&A addresses issues raised by adolescent in the times of COVID-19. They tackle areas of adolescent’s mental health, sexual reproductive health, and violence. Also, they provide information about COVID-19 transmission and progress among youth.
• Coronavirus disease(COVID-19): Violence against women
  Produced by: WHO
  These Q&As addresses the problem of violence during COVID-19. It describes the size of this problem and addresses concerns raised by violence survivors, health care providers and community members.

• Women and their unions are battling double crisis: COVID-19 and domestic violence
  Produced by: UNI-Europa
  This press release discusses the alarming rise in number of gender-based violence in different courtiers of the European union. It emphasizes on the need of joint measures to be taken to protect health and safety.
• Staying Close while maintaining distance: peer mentoring during COVID-19 pandemic
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This document states a story of a community member in Mozambique mentoring young girls about their sexual reproductive health. She found ways to continue supporting these girls and at the same time prevent infection by COVID-19.
• Mozambique responds to gender-based violence in the context of COVID-19
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This article describes Mozambique's response to gender-based violence in the context of COVID-19.
• Youth speak up about violence during COVID-19
  Produced by: UNICEF
  This article shows the results of survey carried out among youth of Latin America and Caribbean tackling violence at home.

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