Gender-Based Violence Response Services: An Infographic Series

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Covid-19, Essential Health Services and Gender Equity

Part of an infographic series

COVID-19 responses have led to an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV)
Innovative access points and digital options for GBV response services have improved accessibility for some women
Provides practices and approaches to mitigate the impacts of GBV

This infographic is part of a series of four infographics focusing on the intersection of gender and Covid-19 and covering the following topics:

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What you'll find

With a focus on countries in the Global South, this infographic illustrates how COVID-19 responses have led to increased risk of GBV and what practices and approaches countries have used to address it.

Best practice approaches

In best-practice, GBV support services consider the heightened risks of specific groups, including women with disabilities, transgender women, sex workers, and migrants.

A woman stands in China looking out from under a wide brim hat.

In several countries – including Solomon Islands, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Costa Rica, Portugal, Tonga and Canada – domestic violence services were declared essential services so that they could keep running.

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Perpetration and experiences of GBV have increased

COVID-19 responses have led to an increased risk of GBV. Specific groups – including women healthcare workers, women with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ people, sex workers and migrant women – have heightened risks for GBV.

Survivors, including women facing intersecting inequalities, encounter reduced resources and access to essential health services

According to a Marie Stopes survey of women in India, 1 in 5 of respondents seeking an abortion service (21%) or contraceptive services (18%) reported not being able to attend a face-to-face appointment for fear of leaving their home whilst experiencing domestic abuse.

GBV response must be maintained and improved with additional resources

Some countries have been able to maintain and adapt GBV response services to address multiple and intersecting forms of inequalities, delivering effective coverage. Innovative access points and digital options for GBV response services have improved accessibility for some women.