COVID-19: Only one in eight countries worldwide have measures in place to protect women against social and economic impacts, new data shows
(WorldNews Africa)

UN Women and UNDP`s newly launched COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker shows the social protection and jobs response to the pandemic has largely overlooked women`s needs. Date: Monday, September 28, 2020 Also available in : ar | es | fr | ru New York, 28 September - Most of the world`s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UN Women and UNDP from the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. The tracker, which includes over 2,500 measures across 206 countries and territories, specifically analyses government measures with a gender lens in three areas: those...