Awareness video on gendered impact of Covid-19 on women

In partnership with UN Women Liaison Office for GCC, the UN Women’s Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) released on July 8 an awareness raising video entitled “Women and Covid-19” on the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on women and girls in the Arab world (https://bit.ly/2Wl5o51). The video underlines the need to prioritize the inclusion of women’s fundamental rights within the covid-19 response and recovery efforts. According to a statement by ROAS, the above video highlights the diverse dimensions of the impact of Covid-19 on women and girls, as they represent nearly 80% of the medical care and nursing workforce in Arab countries, as well as carry out unpaid care and household work by 4.7% more than men- the highest rate globally. Hence, the statement went on to say, they are more likely to be infected with Covid-19. In conclusion, the video drew attention to the long-term impact of the pandemic, anticipating a greater number of women, and families, to become poor in the economic fallout from the virus, particularly where women are the breadwinners. It is worthy to note, that the 2.5 minute long ROAS video airs live and static graphics produced by AFP aided with a UN Women visual archive. (NNA, July 8, 2020)