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Gender data story|Gender and COVID-19
Three ways to contain COVID-19’s impact on informal women workers
People are crowding into cities at record rates; many end up in poorer neighbourhoods with limited services and infrastructure. Electricity may be sporadic and water quality poor. Easing disparities requires specific actions to reach women, including investment in the public transport systems that many depend on. In this neighbourhood in Medellín, Colombia, most residents come from the countryside, having been displaced by conflict. Some services, like a cable car, have
Research highlight|Gender and COVID-19
COVID-19 exposes the harsh realities of gender inequality in slums
Photo: Nishan/UNFPA Maldives
Research highlight|Gender and COVID-19
COVID-19 may be prompting men to help out at home, evidence from the Maldives suggests
Photo Credit: UN Women/David Snyder
Gender data story|Gender and COVID-19
COVID-19 sends the care economy deeper into crisis mode
UN Women/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
Gender data story|Gender and COVID-19
COVID-19 and gender: What do we know; what do we need to know?
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