GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.pptx

1. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND
COVID-19

2. ROSARIO R. GUINTO
MAILENE R. CABANILLA

3. WHAT IS GENDER BASED
VIOLENCE?

4. THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK HAS INTGERSIFIED
DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE(GBV)
GLOBALLY.
• Pre-exiting toxic social norms and gender inequalities, economic and social
stress caused by the pandemic, coupled with restricted movement and social
isolation measures, have let to an exponential increase in GBV. Many women
are in lockdown at home with their abusers while being cut off from normal
support services.

5. 243 MILLION
WOMEN AND GIRLS
Aged 15-49 have been subjected to sexual
and/or physical violence perpetrated by an
intimate partner in the previous 12 moths.
The number is likely to
INCREASE as security,
health, and money worries
heighten tensions and
strains and are accentuated
by craped and confined
living conditions.

6. TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT GBV
1. Listen to and believe survivors

7. 2. Teach the next generation and learn
from them.

8. 3. Understand consent.

9. 4. Learn the signs of abuse and how you

10. 5. Start a conversation.

11. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
PUT WOMEN AT THE CENTER
Put women at the center of all preparedness, response and
recovery effort, to mitigate disproportionately negative impacts on women and
girls and to ensure sustainable recovery.

12. UTILIZE DATA TO THE FULLEST
Data is a crucial tool for understanding how and why
pandemics such as COVID-19 may result in an increase in GBV. Data
can help identify: GBV rish factors; the impact of COVID-19 on the
availability of services for women survivors of violence; how women’s
access to such services and help-seeking from formal and informal
sources is affected; new short and medium-term needs.

13. Engage men and boys
Engage men boys by tailoring
messages to challenge gender stereotypes
and unequal gender roles.

14. EXPLORE TECHNOLOGY-BASED
SOLUTIONS.
Social distancing and quarantine measures
necessitate innovative and safe ways to connect.
Smartphone apps, SMS, and online platforms can
disseminate information provide services,
generate and collect data, and share experiences,

15. ADOPT AN INTERSECTIONAL
APPROACH
Adopt an intersectional approach that
recognizes the differentiated impacts of COVID-19
on group that face multiple forms of discrimination,
such as indigenous people, LGBTI communities,
migrant and domestic workers, people living with
HIV, and persons with disabilities.

16. FOSTER A CULTURE OF GENDER EQUALITY, INCLUDING ZERO-
TOLERANCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEA
Epidemics can increase the exposure of women and girls to
SEA. In Ebola-affected Sierra Leone for example, community
members responsible for enforcing quarantine were accused of
sexually assaulting girls.

17. “Gender equality is not a women issue it is a human
issue. It affects us all.

18. Thank You!!!
Rossario R. Guinto
Mailene R. Cabanilla