Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage
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Key Information
UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. These are: Ending unmet need for family planning, ending gender-based violence including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and ending all preventable maternal deaths. This analysis shows how the COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made towards achieving these goals.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Global
Activity URL
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2020 -
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other
- Other
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- COVID-19 Response
- Early/child marriage
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
Program participants
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Health and childcare services
- Maternal and child health services
- Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
- Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
- Developing/promoting new laws/policies
- Raising awareness about existing laws/policies
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
Not applicable or unknown
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced child marriage
- Reduced intimate partner violence
- Reduced poverty/increase household well-being