The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected the environment in which children and young people grow and develop.

Existing gender and other inequalities have been exacerbated with girls and young women facing increased threats of gender-based violence, discrimination and abuse as protective structures are disrupted and economic stresses in-crease. The limited access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
for girls has been further undermined. 

Lockdown measures imposed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic have put adolescent girls and women at heightened risk of violence in the home and cutting them off from essential protection services and social networks.

However, deliberate efforts have to be strengthened for reaching a wider population on information dissemination and service provision. Awareness-raising should be scaled up and monitored to ensure that “no one is left behind”, especially vulnerable populations such as women, girls, children and people living with disabilities.
This report identifies the differential needs, roles, experiences, gender and inclusion barriers that influence vulnerabilities and capacities for women, men, girls and boys in all their diversities in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. 

It also assesses specific SRHR challenges and needs that Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) are
facing during the pandemic, together with a scrutiny on initiatives that have been put in place by different stakeholders in alleviating such burdens.