,,iii  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #ie  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,! 
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,m>* #d1 #bjba,mr4     
,book] 7= himself1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 & ,mr4
 ,wyd57 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,recogniz+ !  
disproportionate impact ( ,,covid-#ai on
 wom5 & girls globally4  ,:]eas !       
,,covid-#ai crisis exac]bates exi/+     
vuln]abilities = wom5 & girls & has an  
outsiz$ effect on heal?1 safety1 &      
livelihoods = m>g9aliz$ communities2    
,:]eas x is e/imat$ t ! disruption (    
sexual & reproductive heal? c>e s]vices 
& supply *a9s caus$ by ! ,,covid-#ai    
crisis caus$ an e/imat$ #di1jjj1jjj wom5
 to /op us+ contraceptives dur+ j ! fir/
 #f mon?s ( ! crisis1 likely result+ 9  
approximately #g1jjj1jjj un9t5d$        
pregnancies1 #a1gjj1jjj major ob/etric  
complications1 #bh1jjj mat]nal dea?s1   
#afh1jjj newborn dea?s1 & #c1cjj1jjj    
unsafe abortions2 ,:]eas lockd[ns1      
qu>ant9es1 & o!r movem5t re/rictions    

relat$ to ,,covid-#ai h disrupt$ access 
to legal & social s]vices1 z well z     
access to c\nsel+1 safe %elt]s1 & m$ical
 treatm5t1 exac]bat+ vuln]abilities =   
wom5 & girls2 ,:]eas g5d]-bas$ viol5ce1 
su* z dome/ic viol5ce1 *ild m>riage1 &  
female g5ital mutilation1 has increas$1 
& is expect$ to cont9ue to increase1 z a
 result ( ! ,,covid-#ai crisis1         
includ+-- 7#a7 an e/imat$ #ca1jjj1jjj m 
g5d]-bas$ viol5ce cases dur+ ! fir/ #f  
mon?s ( %utd[ns2  7#b7 an additional    
#ac1jjj1jjj *ild m>riages by #bjcj2 &   
7#c7 an increase ( approximately        
#b1jjj1jjj cases ( female g5ital        
mutilation betwe5 #bjbj & #bjcj2 ,:]eas 
wom5 play significant roles 9 ! heal?   
c>e work=ce1 compris+ #gj p]c5t ( heal? 
c>e work]s globally1 yet (t5 are n      
prioritiz$ = ! receipt ( p]sonal        
protective equipm5t1 disproportionately 
expos+ !m to contract+ ,,covid-#ai2     
,:]eas wom5 & girls p]=m #c times !     
am\nt ( unpaid c>e "w 9 homes & 9 _!    
communities z m51 a burd5 t has increas$

 dur+ ! ,,covid-#ai crisis z wom5 &     
girls are disproportionately responsible
 = c>+ = sick & eld]ly family &         
community memb]s & *ildr5 :o are out (  
s*ool1 limit+ ! ability ( wom5 & girls  
to p]=m income-g5]at+ "w1 pursue        
education or skills build+1 or avoid    
exposure to ,,covid-#ai2 ,:]eas1        
globally1 wom5 liv+ 9 pov]ty w endure   
specific economic effects z a result ( !
 ,,covid-#ai crisis1 l>gely due to !    
ov]repres5tation ( ^? wom5 9 ! in=mal   
economy1 ! increase 9 _! unpaid c>e     
burd5s1 & ! p>ticul> h>d%ips fac+ female
 entrepr5eurs1 su* z-- 7#a7 loss ( jobs 
or pressure to turn to exploitative "w1 
z wom5 work]s dom9ate 9 indu/ries mo/   
affect$ by lay(fs caus$ by ! ,,covid-#ai
 crisis1 includ+ hospitality1 *ildc>e1 &
 t\rism1 & comprise #ib p]c5t (         
individuals 9 ! in=mal sector1 :i* lacks
 social & legal protections 9 mo/       
c\ntries2  7#b7 loss ( bus9ess1 z m>ket 
closures1 disruptions 9 global trad+1 & 
! collapse ( supply *a9s h              

disproportionate effects on female-l$   
bus9esses & female f>m]s1 & endur+ gaps 
9 f9ancial inclusion w h significant    
ramifications z wom5 entrepr5eurs       
cont9ue to be consid]$ high risk = bank 
s]vices1 =mal loans1 & cr$it2  7#c7     
f9ancial insecurity1 z wom5 h mu* l[]1  
if any1 p5sions1 retirem5t sav+s1 or o!r
 assets to mitigate %ocks z comp>$ to   
m52 &  7#d7 loss ( necess>y income t    
female-head$ h\seholds dep5d on1 su* z  
remittances1 :i* ! ,_w ,bank expects w  
decrease by ne>ly #bj p]c5t 9 #bjbj2    
,:]eas ! ,,covid-#ai crisis w uniquely  
affect wom5 9 agriculture1 :o provide m 
?an #dc p]c5t ( ! agricultural labor    
ar\nd ! _w & m ?an #fj p]c5t ( su* labor
 9 ,africa yet ^: ability to h>ve/1     
sell1 & buy food & o!r products necess>y
 = _! food security & nutrition w wors5 
due to travel re/rictions relat$ to !   
crisis1 ongo+ discrim9ation 9 access to 
agricultural inputs & m>kets1 & wage    
gaps & disproportionate unpaid c>e      
burd5s = female f>m]s2 ,:]eas food      

insecurity w h unique effects on !      
nutrition & heal? ( wom5 & girls1 :o    
already comprise #fj p]c5t ( individuals
 exp]i5c+ hung] 9 ! _w1 (t5 rely on     
gett+ at lea/ #a nutriti\s meal ea* day 
f fe$+ programs at s*ools t may be %ut  
d[n due to ! ,,covid-#ai crisis1 & face 
%ortages 9 nutriti\s food & nutri5ts    
giv5 social norms t dictate t wom5 &    
girls eat la/ & lea/ :5 food is sc>ce2  
,:]eas girls1 p>ticul>ly adolesc5t      
girls1 w be especially affect$ by !     
closures ( s*ools result+ f !           
,,covid-#ai crisis1 & x is e/imat$ t1 z 
( ,m>* #bjbj1 ne>ly #gdc1jjj1jjj girls1 
n includ+ ! approximately #acb1jjj1jjj  
girls :o 7 already out ( s*ool be=e !   
onset ( ! crisis1 are out ( s*ool due to
 su* closures1 & an additional          
#aa1jjj1jjj girls may leave s*ool by !  
end ( ! ,,covid-#ai crisis1 ) evid5ce   
sugge/+ t _m w n return to s*ool2 ,:]eas
 closures ( s*ools due to ! ,,covid-#ai 
crisis w decrease ! ability ( girls to  
access education & skills build+1       

increase ! exposure ( girls to g5d]-bas$
 viol5ce1 su* z *ild m>riage1 exac]bate 
! vuln]ability ( girls to e>ly pregnancy
 & *ildbir?-relat$ complications1 &     
imp$e access ( girls to in=mation ab\t !
 prev5tion ( ,,covid-#ai1 protection    
s]vices1 & pa?ways to report abuse2     
,:]eas ! ,,covid-#ai crisis w place     
p>ticul> burd5s on wom5 & girls 9       
humanit>ian em]g5cies giv5 *all5ges     
includ+ ov]cr[d$ conditions1 re/rictions
 on travel & movem5t1 already /ra9$     
heal?1 hygi5e1 & sanitation             
infra/ructure1 food %ortages &          
malnutrition1 already height5$ exposure 
to g5d]-bas$ viol5ce1 sy/ematic & t>get$
 attacks on heal? infra/ructure & aid   
work]s by p>ties to conflicts1          
politicization ( aid & s]vice deliv]y1 &
 re/rict$ humanit>ian access1 all ( :i* 
exac]bates ! spread & effect ( infecti\s
 diseases2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,nations     
,(fice on ,drugs & ,crime 7,,unodc71 !  
,int]national ,organization = ,migration
 7,,iom71 & ! ,dep>tm5t ( ,/ate h       

express$ conc]n ab\t an increase 9 human
 traffick+ & smuggl+ z traffick]s take  
advantage ( increas$ vuln]abilities &   
*aos dur+ ! ,,covid-#ai crisis2 ,:]eas !
 div]sion ( res\rces & s]vices away f   
exi/+ prim>y heal? c>e ne$s to address !
 ,,covid-#ai crisis & conta9 ! spread ( 
,,covid-#ai w h p>ticul> effects on wom5
 & girls1 includ+ disruptions 9 !       
provision ( life-sav+ heal? s]vices     
unrelat$ to ,,covid-#ai1 su* z mat]nal  
heal? c>e & sexual & reproductive heal? 
s]vices1 & ! loss ( critical s]vices &  
support to respond to g5d]-bas$ viol5ce2
 ,:]eas ! ,,covid-#ai ,global           
,humanit>ian ,response ,plan coord9at$  
by ! ,unit$ ,nations is only #ag p]c5t  
fund$1 leav+ significant gaps 9 !       
response to imm$iate heal? & non-heal?  
ne$s ( wom5 & girls & o!r vuln]able     
populations1 & ongo+ humanit>ian        
response plans1 id5tifi$ z a top        
priority by ! ,unit$ ,nations giv5 t p  
t>get$ 9 ^? plans w be ! mo/ affect$ by 
! direct & indirect effects ( !         

,,covid-#ai crisis1 rema9 only #ag4c    
p]c5t fund$2 ,:]eas e/imates %[ t1      
globally1 wom5 are includ$ 9 only #bd   
p]c5t ( national response plans = !     
,,covid-#ai crisis1 & wom5 & girls h be5
 l>gely exclud$ f lead]%ip & decision   
mak+ relat$ to responses to ! crisis1   
result+ 9 response measures t may n     
fully acc\nt = h[ ,,covid-#ai affects   
wom5 & girls2 ,:]eas /udies %[ t        
/ructural g5d] inequities1 includ+ l[   
social /atus & unequal access to        
education1 & lack ( autonom\s           
decision-mak+ p[] negatively affects !  
ability ( wom5 to access vacc9es =      
!mselves & _! *ildr52 & ,:]eas          
humanit>ian exemptions to sanctions &   
c\nt]t]rorism measures are vital =      
ensur+ /ates & pr9cipl$ humanit>ian     
actors are able to rea* vuln]able wom5 &
 girls ) effici5t1 ne$s-bas$ assi/ance1 
includ+ ,,covid-#ai response activities 
consi/5t ) obligations "u int]national  
humanit>ian law1 reg>dless ( ! location 
( ^? wom5 & girls3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t !

 ,s5ate-- 7#a7 reaffirms ! critical     
importance ( g5d] balance & inclusivity 
9 bodies responsible = coord9ation &    
decision mak+ relat$ to ! ,,covid-#ai   
crisis1 includ+ 9 /ructures & task =ces 
( ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,gov]nm5t *>g$ )      
develop+ policies & responses to !      
crisis2  7#b7 promotes integrat+ a g5d] 
l5s ?r\gh\t ! response to ! ,,covid-#ai 
crisis by analyz+ & track+ ! effect ( & 
response to ! crisis on g5d]1 includ+   
ga!r+ evid5ce f data t is disaggregat$  
by g5d]1 age1 & o!r specific v>iables2  
7#c7 supports measures to ensure t      
life-sav+ heal? s]vices includ+ sexual &
 reproductive heal? & g5d]-bas$ viol5ce 
prev5tion & response are well res\rc$ & 
support$1 includ+ )9 ! ,,covid-#ai      
,global ,humanit>ian ,response ,plan    
coord9at$ by ! ,unit$ ,nations1 & t     
fund+ e>m>k$ = ^? s]vices is n r$uc$1   
cancel$1 or div]t$ to o!r ,,covid-#ai   
response activities2  7#d7 supports     
measures to ensure ! cont9uation (      
adequate food & nutrition security =    

wom5 & girls ar\nd ! _w affect$ by      
,,covid-#ai1 includ+ wom5 smallhold]    
f>m]s & o!r wom5 work+ 9 agriculture1 9 
light ( ! unique *all5ges describ$ 9 !  
preamble ( ?is resolution2  7#e7 re9=ces
 ! ne$ to ensure t %ort-t]m relief      
programm+ & long]-t]m economic /rategies
 address ! specific effects (           
,,covid-#ai on wom5 globally1 especially
 l[] income1 migrant1 displac$1 & o!r   
m>g9aliz$ wom52  7#f7 comm5ds !         
executive bran* =-- 7,a7 resc9d+ !      
global gag rule1 also kn[n z ! ,mexico  
,city ,policy1 :i* has be5 %[n to lead  
to poor] heal? outcomes = wom52  7,b7   
resum+ support = ! ,unit$ ,nations      
,population ,fund 7,,unfpa72 &  7,c7    
cle>ly /at+ ! executive bran*'s policy (
 support+ sexual & reproductive heal? & 
rights ar\nd ! _w2  7#g7 urges !        
executive bran* to uphold ! rights (    
crisis-affect$ & =cibly displac$        
populations1 includ+ wom5 & girls1 fur!r
 affect$ by ,,covid-#ai1 by promot+     
compliance ) int]national humanit>ian & 

human rights legal obligations & engag+ 
p>ties to conflicts to ensure unh9d]$   
access to heal? c>e1 m$ical supplies1 & 
o!r vital aid & protection2  7#h7       
supports robu/ fund+ contributions by ! 
,unit$ ,/ates = ! int]national response 
to ! ,,covid-#ai crisis 9 addition to   
fur!r fund+ = ongo+ humanit>ian appeals 
9 support ( vuln]able wom5 & girls      
affect$ by ,,covid-#ai & und]ly+        
em]g5cies2  7#i7 commits to cont9u\sly  
assess & elim9ate any imp$im5t to !     
deliv]y ( & access to humanit>ian       
assi/ance2  7#aj7 urges ! executive     
bran*-- 7,a7 to reaffirm ,unit$ ,/ates  
lead]%ip on g5d]-bas$ viol5ce 9 =eign   
assi/ance1 includ+ by *ampion+ & provid+
 compreh5sive m5tal & physical heal? c>e
 s]vices = survivors2 &  7,b7 to        
ree/abli% lead]%ip & global /&+ on ?is  
critical issue2 &  7#aa7 urges !        
executive bran* to address b>ri]s to    
equitable ,,covid-#ai treatm5t & vacc9e 
access = wom51 girls1 & m>g9aliz$       
communities z "p ( a holi/ic response to

 ! global ,,covid-#ai p&emic4