Gender and Covid-19 Training Manual

This Gender and COVID-19 training module introduce the impact of COVID-19 on women/gender from a Development aspect including Health, Economic, Women Peace and Security (WPS) and Social Cohesion perspective.

With a number of gender related health issues exists in Myanmar, COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates negative impact on women and girls in different sectors including health and economic sector. In health sector, there are impacts on not only those who are seeking health services and the service providers as well. With the existing inequalities and limitations in gender perspective and health sector, women/gender can be affected by the negative consequences not only for essential health needs but also the additional burdens of COVID-19 responses.