UN on COVID-19, gender and domestic violence

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States must combat domestic violence in the context of COVID-19 lockdowns – UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, endorsed by other UN rights experts

UN experts call for urgent action to mitigate heightened risks of violence against children – UN Special Rapporteur on sale and sexual exploitation of children & UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, endorsed by other experts

As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks (Statement) – UN Population Fund

COVID-19 and violence against women: What the health sector/system can do – WHO

The IACHR calls on Member States to adopt a gender perspective in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to combat sexual and domestic violence in this context – IAHCR

Committee of Experts urges the incorporation of the gender perspective in the measures taken to mitigate COVID-19 and the strengthening of actions for the prevention and care of gender-based violence – MESECVI

Coronavirus: A global pandemic that affects women differently, by Alejandra Mora Mora, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS)

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Expertas en DD HH de la ONU piden medidas urgentes para mitigar mayores riesgos de violencia contra los niños – Relatora Especial de la ONU sobre la venta y la explotación sexual de niños & Representante Especial del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Violencia contra los Niños

Coronavirus: Una pandemia mundial que afecta diferenciadamente a las mujeres, por Alejandra Mora Mora, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM/OEA)

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