Forms of Gender-Based Violence & Societal Impact

As Former First Lady Michelle Obama once said, “Communities and countries and ultimately the world, are only as strong as the health of their women.” The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender inequities by shifting vital resources away from many violence against women and girl programs in the community and creating barriers to access. This reality has the potential of eroding progress made to achieve the United Nation’s fifth Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “achieve gende...