Women, Peace and Security and COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

Crisis and conflict have profound and disproportionate impacts on women and girls, amplifying pre-existing inequalities. In wartime, women and girls experience a lack of food and housing security, loss of livelihoods, a heightened vulnerability to gender-based violence, and an increased burden of unpaid care work. The challenges brought by COVID-19 threaten to replicate these vulnerabilities.