COVID-19 is not only a health issue, just as HIV never was. It impacts on a wide range of human rights, and although it affects all people, it does so unequally. Women and girls in all their diversity are experiencing the greatest impact of the crisis. COVID-19 has highlighted the stark inequalities across societies, with a lack of pandemic preparedness and fragile or non-functioning institutions posing graver impacts.
Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in all their diversity: a human rights imperative -- Six key measures -- Visioning the future: longer term change needed.