The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker was co-created by the United Nations (UN) Women and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It analysedcountries under the three categories of addressing gender-based violence, supporting unpaid care, and strengthening women’s economic security.
As per the report,only 1 in 8 countries have measures in place to shield women and girls from COVID-19 pandemic effects.
71% across 135 countries have focused on tackling gender-based violence.
Europe is leading the response when it comes to addressing gender-based violence and accounted for nearly 32% of all violence measures put into place.
The North American continent had the largest number of measures aimed at supporting women’s economic security, followed by Africa.
Europe is ahead in implementing unpaid care assistance and accounted for 49% of all unpaid care measures on the tracker.