Measuring the Shadow Pandemic
Violence Against Women During COVID-19
The report presents results from UN Women’s Rapid Gender Assessments specifically focused on violence against women and COVID-19 (VAW RGAs). The study is producing the first set of reliable, cross-country, and nationally representative data on topics related to VAW, women’s safety at home and in the public sphere during COVID-19 and access to resources, services, among others. The VAW RGAs were implemented in 13 countries spanning all regions: Albania, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Thailand and Ukraine with the general support of national statistical offices (NSOs) or national women’s machineries and funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. To ensure comparability, the survey was conducted with Ipsos as the survey research partner. The report presents pooled estimates from 13 countries on the extent of the shadow pandemic, women’s safety both in public and private spaces, as well as on their mental well-being and food insecurity. Data pertain to the reporting period April – September 2021.
