Guidance

Violence Against Women and Girls: supporting security and justice (S&J) responses to COVID-19

A wide range of S&J actors play important roles in pandemic response, beyond normal mandates, which brings new risks, challenges and opportunities for VAWG prevention and response in different roles.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 3 June 2020

Documents

Supporting security and justice (S&J) responses to COVID-19, Guideline

PDF, 131 KB, 2 pages

Supporting Security & Justice (S&J) responses for COVID-19, Factsheet

PDF, 179 KB, 2 pages

Details

Given projected increases and new forms of VAWG related to COVID-19, and potential roles of S&J actors in driving and responding to it, all S&J programmes should consider their impact on VAWG and potential contributions to addressing it during COVID-19 response.

Published 3 June 2020