International Day of the Girl 2020: Covid-19 Likely To Set Back Girls’ Education By Decades

As we mark International Day of the Girl 2020 (11 October), Aide et Action wishes to highlight the seriousness of the threat Covid-19 poses to girls’ education and to urge nations to keep their commitments to ensure all girls are guaranteed access to 12 years of free education, as provided for by Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4).

Across the Asia-Pacific and around the globe, there is emerging evidence that Covid-19 is having a disproportionate impact on women and girls. While children in Asia have largely been spared the worst of the direct health effects of Covid-19, it has exposed millions of girls to the risk of violence, abuse and exploitation during the periods of travel restrictions and lockdowns…………………………………………………………………………………..