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Leaders must champion 'self-care' in bid to improve African women's health

Leaders must champion 'self-care' in bid to improve African women's health
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Finding Hope: Putting women and adolescents at the centre of the post pandemic rebuilding

Finding Hope: Putting women and adolescents at the centre of the post pandemic rebuilding
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Survey highlights sufferings due to loss of livelihoood

Poor mental health, disruptions to education, loss of income and violence, are some of the worrying consequences of COVID-19, according to a survey based on exp

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COVID-19: Global survey highlights sufferings due to loss of livelihoods, impact on women and adolescents

New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Poor mental health, disruptions to education, loss of income and violence, are some of the worrying consequences of COVID-19, according to a survey based on experiences of women and young people across different contexts and regions.

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Global survey reveals large number of Indian women face mental health issues, violence, loss of income due to COVID-19

Global survey reveals large number of Indian women face mental health issues, violence, loss of income due to COVID-19 - In five Indian states, 75% of women respondents said that an earning member of their family had lost their livelihood during the lockdown.

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Survey results: Women, adolescents face loss of health services, jobs, information and technology during COVID-19

The experiences of over 30,000 people, mainly women and young people, were solicited in 43 Asian, African, Latin American and Caribbean countries through surveys, interviews, webinars and social media:Half of young people (544/1,088) surveyed in Latin America and the Caribbean feared technology problems during home schooling would affect future prospectsA phone-based survey in Bihar (India) showed that 91% (1,042/1,150) of respondents said that COVID-19 and lockdown had an adverse impact on their income. 60% (765/1,275) of pregnant women and new mothers in five Kenyan counties (Bungoma, Kiambu, Makueni, Murang’a and Nairobi) reported that COVID-19 had impacted their decision to seek care, either in terms of the location or frequency of care-seeking. Poor mental health, disruptions to education, loss of income and violence, are some of the worrying consequences of COVID-19, according to women and young people. The experiences of over 30,000 people, mainly women and young people, were documented in 2020 by organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South Asia. They found that women and young people are carrying a heavy burden during the pandemic, exacerbating existing forms of bias and discrimination.Leading civil society groups, including Amref Health Africa; the Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3); the Graça Machel Trust; International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR); and Profamilia (Colombia) used surveys, interviews, social media and webinars to gain insights into the experiences of women and young people in India, and countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. This information was used to inform their respective programme responses to COVID-19. The partners came together with the PMNCH, the world’s largest alliance for the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents, in an online project entitled Finding Hope: Lived experiences of women, children and adolescents, in their own words. “For C3, it was important to be part of this project,” said Aparajita Gogoi from the Centre for Catalyzing Change. “We believe that it is imperative that we un-package the complex implications of COVID-19 on women and girls. We need to listen to these narratives and help amplify the lived realities, so that when we strategize to re-build, we put women and girls in the center.”Key findingsFinding Hope shows that across different contexts and regions, the reported experiences of women and adolescents are strikingly similar. Stress and anxiety are rooted in disruptions to daily activities, education and work, as well as restrictions on mobility and social interaction.Concerns include:impact on mental health and wellbeing due to disruption of lifelimits on access to formal and informal educationfood insecurityloss of livelihoodslack of access to health information and serviceslimitations to sexual and reproductive health and rightsincreased violence; andlack of safety and reduced agencyFinding Hope also highlights different strategies and approaches being implemented in different countries to address the significant challenges facing women and young people. Across the world, COVID-19 hit first and hardest among the poorest, most vulnerable and marginalized communities in every survey region, revealing grave inequalities within societies and exacerbating existing challenges facing women and adolescents. This is especially true for those who live in rural and marginalized communities, or work in the informal sector. Key findings on the impact of COVID-19Finding Hope illustrates the heavy burden women and young people have carried during this crisis, with many common concerns echoed across different countries in different regions, from Africa to Asia to Latin America and the Caribbean. This suggests experiences of stress and anxiety are rooted in disruptions to daily activities, education and work, restrictions to mobility during lockdowns, and the need for physical distancing. Concerns raised by women and teens included:Impact on mental health due to disruption of normal life: COVID-19 and the ensuing quarantine and physical distancing measures have had a range of psychological impacts on people’s well-being. For example, many women, especially those working in the informal sector (e.g., in India and South Africa), reported feeling increased stress, anxiety and tension due to loss of income. In an online survey in Colombia, 67% of young women aged 18-29 (597/886) reported being concerned about the risk of anxiety or depression since the beginning of the pandemic. “Not being able to work as I used to has stressed me out. It makes me sad. Confinement affects me too”, 28-year-old woman, Colombia.Disruption to formal and informal education: In a survey of youth networks in the Latin America and Caribbean region conducted by International Planned Parenthood Federation’s regional body, 50% (544/1,088) of 10-29-year-olds reported they faced challenges in pursuing their studies due to limited access to technology, such as computers or the internet. They feared these disruptions could affect their plans for future education. “I can’t go to school at all and I feel my life is just on standstill. Nothing is moving. I may never finish high school: who knows”, 18-year-old woman, South Africa.Loss of livelihoods and food insecurity: In a survey of community members in Bihar India, over 91% (1,042/1,150) reported that COVID-19 and lockdown had adversely affected their income. Women and young people in nine states of India reported that many families were forced to reduce the quantity and variety of their food to cope with job losses, food shortages and decreased financial resources. In Colombia, an online survey of more than 1,287 young people aged 18-29 found that 23% of young women and almost 21% of young men had lost their jobs during the pandemic, according to community organization Profamilia.Limited access to health information and services: A review of program data from five counties in Kenya (Kiambu, Makueni, Muranga, Bungoma, Nairobi) revealed a reduction in service utilization by approximately 30%. Inadequate knowledge about, and awareness of, COVID-19 is an ongoing challenge. In Latin America and the Caribbean, only 33% (2,908/8,811) of young people aged between 13 and 29 years knew how the virus was transmitted. In India, for example, frontline workers reported that all immunization services were suspended in early April 2020, except for certain vaccinations for babies delivered in health facilities. “I am worried because I’m not sure if I will find the facility open or if I will find nurses during delivery”, pregnant woman Bungoma county, Kenya.Violence: Extensive evidence has emerged about the rise of domestic violence during the pandemic; a UNFPA analysis from April 2020 estimated that a six-month lockdown could result in an additional 31 million cases of gender-based violence. Women and girls surveyed in nine states of India reported increased verbal, physical and sexual abuse in general during the pandemic, punctuated by even higher spikes when liquor shops re-opened. “When shops selling alcohol were closed, why did the government re-open them? Because when they sit jobless… they get drunk and create ruckus. It has a lot of effects”, adolescent girl, India.Commenting on the findings, Marta Royo, Executive Director of Profamilia, said: “This work showed that, in different contexts and regions, the experiences of adolescent girls and young women during the pandemic are similar. To address them, governments, civil society, humanitarian organizations, NGOs and community-based organisations must consider in their response and recovery plans addressing gender inequality and the safety of women and adolescent girls, including child health, maternal and sexual and reproductive health services among essential services, and strengthening and reducing gaps in access to the internet and information technologies.”Mitigating the impact of COVID-19Collaborating organizations also identified a range of strategies and approaches being implemented

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Women's Day: Civil rights groups call for equality, life sans violence

On International Women's Day, civil rights organisations called for gender equality, violence-free life and renewed pledge to invest in women's leadership building in the post-pandemic world.
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi noted that it will be Women's Day in its true sense when no daughter of India will feel insecure to go out alone at any time, when the 6-year-old daughter of the poorest mother in a backward village will dream like my 6-year-old grandson and move shoulder to shoulder with him".
Amitabh Behar, CEO, Oxfam India stressed on the need to stand in solidarity with women's struggles for their rights, dignity, status as workers, farmers, owners of property, as deserving of equal wages and above all a violence-free life.

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Indian girls facing a deep digital divide - INDIA New England News

Indian girls facing a deep digital divide - INDIA New England News
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Indian girls facing a deep digital divide

Indian girls facing a deep digital divide
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New Delhi, Jan 25 : A majority of young girls in India have no or limited access to either mobile phones or computers, and this gap has widened alarmingly during the Covid-19 crisis, shows a new survey. According to Unesco, the lockdown in India has affected 158 million girl students, impacting their dreams of a formal education and of better lives.
The survey by New Delhi-based NGO Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3) -- conducted across 29 districts in 10 states covering 4,100 respondents -- found that there is a crisis of access to digital devices for adolescent girls in India.

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42 pc girls allowed access to mobile phone for less than an hour a day: Survey

New Delhi, January 23
A new survey has found that about 42 per cent adolescent girls are allowed access to a mobile phone for less than an hour in a day with most parents feeling that they are "unsaf

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