Guidelines on Gender Responsive Responses to COVID-19
- A Advocacy Campaign/Project
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Key Information
It is important that the AU considers how COVID-19 will disproportionately affect women including young women and girls, particularly the vulnerable and those living in crises and conflict affected countries and ensure a gendered perspective in the analysis and responses to the pandemic. This will enable the designing and implementation of programmes and strategies, as well as the establishment of monitoring and reporting systems that are appropriate on differential preventive measures. Applying a gendered lens implies, among others, questioning how socially-constructed roles and identities may affect vulnerability to and experiences of COVID-19. A gendered lens to COVID-19 responses will improve outcomes for not only women, but all people affected by the virus and contribute to saving lives in Africa.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Activity URL
https://au.int/en/documents/20200603/au-guidelines-gender-responsive-responses-covid-19
Government Affiliation
UnknownYears
2020 -
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
N/AFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Rights/empowerment education
- Vocational training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Food/water security
- Gender equality
- Nutrition
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community mobilization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
Educational Technology
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
- Digital learning materials/programs
Food/nutrition
- Community food production
Increased availability of learning materials
- Textbooks (digital)
Learning while working
- Vocational training
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
Reducing economic barriers
- Financial literacy training
- Income-generating activities
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased secondary school completion
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved financial literacy and savings
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement
- Increased agency and empowerment
- Increased knowledge of rights
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced poverty/increase household well-being