Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa

At the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there was global concern about the negative indirect impacts the crisis would have on girls and women and their human capital. Two years into the crisis, this brief summarizes the evidence to dat...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON WOMEN COVID-19 IMPACT ON WOMEN PANDEMIC IMPACT ON WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL OF GIRLS AND WOMEN INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 INDIRECT IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON WOMEN INVESTMENT IN GIRLS INVESTMENT IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN AFRICA HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT WOMEN'S RESILIENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099540204252211971/IDU00c5a3da201bc80481f087a80807ea85467ea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37347

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spelling	okr-10986-373472022-04-28T05:10:35Z Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa World Bank CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON WOMEN COVID-19 IMPACT ON WOMEN PANDEMIC IMPACT ON WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL OF GIRLS AND WOMEN INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 INDIRECT IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON WOMEN INVESTMENT IN GIRLS INVESTMENT IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN AFRICA HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT WOMEN'S RESILIENCE At the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there was global concern about the negative indirect impacts the crisis would have on girls and women and their human capital. Two years into the crisis, this brief summarizes the evidence to date on how the prediction of a shadow crisis has played out in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The brief is intended as a call to action for policymakers, since available research sets off multiple alarm bells. It also proposes urgent policy responses. Evidence to date confirms that the COVID-19 crisis has had profound negative impacts on the education, health, employment and empowerment of girls and women including in SSA. Available data is still limited, but what is known to date suggests that we are seeing the tip of an iceberg. Many impacts will have long term repercussions for girls’ and women’s human capital. Decision makers are at a pivotal moment to invest now in women and girls, to neutralize immediate but also prolonged costs to individuals, societies and economies. 2022-04-27T18:32:30Z 2022-04-27T18:32:30Z 2022-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099540204252211971/IDU00c5a3da201bc80481f087a80807ea85467ea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37347 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON WOMEN COVID-19 IMPACT ON WOMEN PANDEMIC IMPACT ON WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL OF GIRLS AND WOMEN INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 INDIRECT IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON WOMEN INVESTMENT IN GIRLS INVESTMENT IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN AFRICA HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT WOMEN'S RESILIENCE
spellingShingle	CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON WOMEN COVID-19 IMPACT ON WOMEN PANDEMIC IMPACT ON WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL OF GIRLS AND WOMEN INDIRECT IMPACT OF COVID-19 INDIRECT IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON WOMEN INVESTMENT IN GIRLS INVESTMENT IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS AND WOMEN AFRICA HUMAN CAPITAL PROJECT WOMEN'S RESILIENCE World Bank Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
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description	At the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there was global concern about the negative indirect impacts the crisis would have on girls and women and their human capital. Two years into the crisis, this brief summarizes the evidence to date on how the prediction of a shadow crisis has played out in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The brief is intended as a call to action for policymakers, since available research sets off multiple alarm bells. It also proposes urgent policy responses. Evidence to date confirms that the COVID-19 crisis has had profound negative impacts on the education, health, employment and empowerment of girls and women including in SSA. Available data is still limited, but what is known to date suggests that we are seeing the tip of an iceberg. Many impacts will have long term repercussions for girls’ and women’s human capital. Decision makers are at a pivotal moment to invest now in women and girls, to neutralize immediate but also prolonged costs to individuals, societies and economies.
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title	Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
title_short	Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
title_full	Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
title_fullStr	Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa
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Assessing the Damage : Early Evidence on Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Girls and Women in Africa

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