Creating lasting impact: The power of women-led localised responses to Covid-19

This policy brief highlights why Covid-19 poses a signicant threat to women’s rights, and makes a series of practical recommendations for Covid-19 response efforts to be driven by local women, including women’s groups, women-led organisations (WLOs), women’s rights organisations (WROs), and women-led networks, as decision makers and partners.

Investing in localised women-led approaches to Covid-19 will:

• Support rapid and contextually relevant efforts to curb the spread and impact of Covid-19, reaching families and communities at scale.
• Ensure the gendered impact of Covid-19 is addressed and the rights of women and girls are protected and prioritised.
• Pave the way for sustainable recovery efforts, grounded in fairer and more gender-just communities and societies.