2. Render visible the needs of women and girls, of LGBQI+ persons and other vulnerable and marginalized groups, and design, implement interventions with these needs and multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities in mind. More particularly: ● Provide socio-economic support to women and LGBQI+ in informal economy. COVID-19 response and economic recovery plans should address gender inequalities in employment, promote transition of women and LGBQI+ from the informal economy to the formal economy and provide relevant social protection systems for them. They should also formulate post-pandemic programmes and targets for women’s economic empowerment. This should be accessible to women with disability, IDPs, IPs, rural women and other marginalized groups. ● Ensure continuous education. Due to the shutdown of educational institutions and children staying at home, many women and girls are relegated to stereotyped roles in domestic work. Inclusive and accessible alternative educational tools free of charge, including in rural or remote areas where internet access is limited, should be provided. 3. Ensure that women’s and girls specific health needs are addressed at the community level, during containment measures, during transition, and recovery: ● Address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women’s health. Women health workers and other frontline workers should be protected from contagion through measures such as the dissemination of necessary precautionary information and adequate provision of personal protective equipment as well as psychosocial support. They should be protected from all forms of violence and discrimination. ● Sexual and reproductive health services should be considered as essential services. Provision of gender-responsive sexual and reproductive health services, including maternity care, should continue to be a part of the COVID-19 response, with targeted services for vulnerable populations; Continuation of telemedicine and mobile clinics, particularly in GIDA areas; 4. Ensuring Prompt, Effective, and Survivor-Centered Response to Gender-Based Violence; ● ● ● ● ● ● Ensure that women and girls who are victims or at risk of gender-based violence, including those in detention and other institutions, have effective access to justice, particularly to protection orders, medical and psycho-social assistance, shelters and rehabilitation programmes; Ensure accountability and due diligence in holding perpetrators accountable, more particularly perpetrators who are members of the law enforcement and who are part of the government; Address protection gaps for women survivors of violence, providing protection from further violence and threats at the community and law enforcement level; Establishment of localized temporary shelters and financial and transport support for survivors of violence; Update referral mechanisms, protocols to cater remote assistance and filing, and strengthen the local and national referral mechanisms; Establishment of hotlines for reporting of GBV and remote psychosocial counselling; 5. Ensure gendered and Intersectional Response during transition and recovery 34