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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/07/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs"><span style="color:blue">https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/07/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">COVID-19 & The SDGs: Will the Pandemic Derail Hard-Won Progress on Gender Equality?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">Direct Link to Full 34-Page Publication</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55">
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5013"><span style="color:blue">https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5013</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#5E5A55"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/07/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs#view"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="495" height="640" style="width:5.1562in;height:6.6666in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D65D33.FEE90E50" alt="Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#5E5A55;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Authors/editor(s): </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">Ginette
Azcona, Antra Bhatt, Sara Davies, Sophie Harman, Julia Smith, and Clare Wenham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55"><a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/in-focus-gender-equality-in-covid-19-response"><span style="font-family:inherit;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">COVID-19</span></a> has
been declared a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. This global threat to health security underscores the urgent need to accelerate progress on achieving <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-3-good-health-well-being"><span style="font-family:inherit;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 3</span></a> and the need to massively scale up international cooperation to deliver on SDG 3. It also reveals what is less obvious, but no less urgent: how health emergencies such as COVID-19, and the response to them, can exacerbate
gender inequality and derail hard-won progress not only on SDG 3 but on all the SDGs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">This paper presents the latest evidence on the gendered impact of the pandemic, highlights potential
and emerging trends, and reflects on the long-term impact of the crisis on the achievement of the <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/post-2015"><span style="font-family:inherit;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">The paper begins by presenting key facts and figures relating to the gendered impacts of COVID-19 followed by reflecting on the health impacts of COVID-19 on SDG 3 targets.
Then, the paper explores the socioeconomic and political implications of COVID-19 on women and gender across five of the Goals: SDG 1 (poverty), 4 (quality education), 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work and economic growth), and 10 (reduced inequalities).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">The paper concludes by outlining policy priorities drawn from the evidence presented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#5E5A55">This paper is part of the <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/4/spotlight-on-the-sdgs"><span style="font-family:inherit;color:#009DDC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">“Spotlight
on the SDGs” series</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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