Women’s Leadership is Key to Effective COVID-19 Response in Timor-Leste

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis unparalleled in recent history. It needs a universal response to match its size and complexity, including an approach which addresses the gendered impacts of a crisis.

Our partners in Timor-Leste are working to bring awareness to the links between COVID-19 and gender-based violence. This brief provides their recommendations for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and preventing violence against women and girls in Timor-Leste.