COVID-19 & women's equal participation and leadership

June 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, as in previous crises, women and women’s rights organisations are frequently essential frontline responders, and have invaluable knowledge of what works.  If responses to COVID-19 are to be appropriate and effective, then women and their organisations will have to participate, and share leadership, in decision-making over their design and implementation. This briefing, written by the Women's political participation & leadership working group, proposes specific recommendations on how this can be achieved.