The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced a glaring truth about gender-based violence: it is a humanitarian, development and socio-economic crisis; a persistent and daunting triple threat whose solutions must be grounded in gender equality and human rights.
Responding to gender-based violence in the context of an unprecedented challenge requires creativity, collaboration and courage, as evidenced by humanitarian heroes who support survivors in so many different ways in country after country, no matter how difficult the situation. circumstances.
Responding to gender-based violence in the context of an unprecedented challenge requires creativity, collaboration and courage, as evidenced by humanitarian heroes who support survivors in so many different ways in country after country, no matter how difficult the situation. circumstances. Since Nepal’s lockdown began, more than 4,500 women have been assisted.
In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the Women Safety smartphone app, introduced two years ago, was urgently upgraded by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) earlier this year as pandemic lockdowns intensified. Women who install the app can alert the police on an emergency helpline or send a text via WhatsApp to the PSCA.
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