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April 2020

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Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for millions of young people, the UN said on Tuesday.

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April 2020

Action 2030 Blog

Vulnerable Indians need urgent help to cope with COVID-19 pandemic

Millions of people in India have a hand-to-mouth existence, and fast response measures put in place to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, are making life even more difficult for them. Renata Dessallien, the UN Resident Coordinator in India, assesses the current situation.

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Humanitarian Aid

Management response for UNDAF/Cooperation Framework Evaluation

Azerbaijan

April 2020

Story

In Mozambique, providers prepare for spike in gender-based violence as pandemic spreads

In Mozambique, a state of emergency has been declared. Uncertainty, economic pressure and heightened stress levels are expected to create a surge in gender-based violence, just as they have in other regions of the world.

COVID-19

April 2020

Story

9 ways UN teams around the world are fighting COVID-19

Here are nine ways our UN teams are working to address what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as the greatest global crisis since World War II.

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April 2020

Story

Updates from the field #5: Reaching the most vulnerable

As the COVID-19 crisis surges, so does the response of all the UN teams across the globe. Today, 9 April, we highlight some of the critical support on

COVID-19

April 2020

Resource

Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

This policy brief focuses explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlining suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.

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Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

April 2020

Story

UN helps Pacific prepare for COVID-19 pandemic, warns that children are ‘hidden victims’

Pointing out that in just a few months, COVID-19 has “upended the lives of children around the Pacific” along with most other regions of the world, Mr. Yett stressed that they are the “hidden victims of this pandemic”.

COVID-19

April 2020

Announcement

Latin America and the Caribbean included in the $2 billion Global Humanitarian Response Plan

In a bid to protect millions of people, the United Nations launched a US$2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan on 25 March to fight

April 2020

Action 2030 Blog

Protecting the Caribbean’s most vulnerable people in the face of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most urgent health, economic, and social crises the world has faced in decades. At the beginning of April, more

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