This Webinar was live broadcast on June 16, 2020. The recording is now available here: Synopsis: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the deeply entrenched inequalities that have shaped the impact of the virus. Where there was violence, violence has increased. Where there was marginality, the impacts of the crisis have been amplified. Where …
Statement from the UN WGDAWG: “Responses to Covid-19 could exacerbate pre-existing and deeply entrenched discrimination against women and girls” A message from WHRI Founder and Academic Director Alda Facio, expert member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls (WGDAWG). I am very pleased to present to you the press release and …
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Updated: June 24, 2020 COVID-19: Shining a Light on the Shadow Pandemic Dr. Amanda Dale, Women’s Human Rights Education Institute In 2013, the UN WHO released a ground-breaking report on the global incidents of violence against women. At the launch of the report, then WHO head, Margaret Chan, framed the rate, scope and geographic ubiquity …