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Prevention: Violence against women and girls and COVID-19
This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 is exacerbating those factors and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidence-based prevention work in the current context. It provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing.
The brief draws from the prevention field and evidence-based frameworks. It is a living document that will benefit from the vast and evolving knowledge of a wide range of experts who are supporting solutions to end violence against women and girls across countries and contexts.
This brief is part of the “EVAW COVID-19 briefs” series.
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Bibliographic information
Subject areas:
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Anti-violence interventions
COVID-19
Ending violence against women and girls
Gender discrimination
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Gender power relations
Health
Resource type(s):
Briefs
UN Women office publishing:
UN Women Headquarters
Publication year
2020
Number of pages
8
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)