The Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group in Bangladesh has undertaken this Rapid Gender Analysis to inform national preparedness and response. Given the social distancing measures, RGA desk review contrasts pre-COVID-19 gender information and demographic data against new gender information from a multitude of surveys and qualitative sources. It examines the immediate impact of COVID-19 on pre-existing structural social and economic vulnerabilities of women, girls and diverse gender groups, and the challenges faced by these groups in accessing information and health, education, and WASH, protection and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) services as well as support for livelihoods.
On 19 May 2020, around 150 people from diverse backgrounds attended a virtual discussion on Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 organized by UN Women. n the live webinar session, the experts discussed the Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) findings which UN Women conducted recently with contributions from the GiHA member agencies- UNFPA, UNICEF, CARE, World Vision, Plan International, and the Resident Representative’s Office.
