#GAReads | Put women and girls at the centre of efforts to recover from COVID-19

António Guterres. Photo credit: MONUSCO Photos [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

“Put women and girls at the centre of efforts to recover from COVID-19”:

The COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere.

But it affects different groups of people differently, deepening existing inequalities.

Early data indicates that the mortality rates from COVID-19 may be higher for men. But the pandemic is having devastating social and economic consequences for women and girls.

Today we are launching a report that shows how COVID-19 could reverse the limited progress that has been made on gender equality and women’s rights – and recommends ways to put women’s leadership and contributions at the heart of resilience and recovery.

Read António Guterres full article at the United Nations here…