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How COVID-19 Worsens Existing Gender Inequalities
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How COVID-19 Worsens Existing Gender Inequalities
The COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated that access to healthcare – and the impact of health crises – is different for everyone. During this unprecedented crisis, existing gaps in access have become even worse.   The pandemic has affected marginalized communities of color at a disproportionate rate, in part due to limited access to quality care. Refugee communities are…
For Kyrgyzstan’s LGBTQI community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic
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For Kyrgyzstan’s LGBTQI community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Alina* has faced a lifetime of challenges all too familiar to other transgender people. And she says those difficulties have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Alina was young when she began to feel like she was “living…
Safety elusive for women in South Sudan’s protection sites amid pandemic
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Safety elusive for women in South Sudan’s protection sites amid pandemic
BENTIU, South Sudan – Since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in South Sudan in April, more than 2,000 cases of the illness have been recorded. Tensions are rising within families and communities, leaving women and girls vulnerable to violence as they attempt to isolate…
Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services
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Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services
GODOMEY, Benin/ASSAHOUN, Togo/CONAKRY, Guinea As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, health workers in West Africa say it has been challenging to prevent the spread of the virus while providing life-saving sexual and reproductive health services. “As midwives, we are…

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