REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN AND YOUTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has devastating social and economic consequences around the world. However, infection rates and deaths alone do not provide an accurate picture of the deep gender impact of the pandemic. While available evidence suggests higher mortality rates associated with Covid-19, men, women and girls bear a disproportionately heavy burden of the more complex impact of the pandemic and emergency response by states. Women and girls are not a homogeneous group