Founding Director, WARDC, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi said the Rapid Gender Analysis, (RGA) provides information about the different needs, capacities, and coping strategies of women, men, boys, and girls in a crisis situation like COVID-19. It highlights the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 crisis for effective planning and implementation of national emergency response. It also revealed that the handling of COVID-19 donations by the Federal Government and different states has not been transparent. As part of policy recommendation, the report urged the government to urgently incorporate accountability and transparency principles into the National Emergency Response Framework. It, therefore, seeks inclusion of the media and civil society actors in the various COVID-19 task forces across the board to strengthen transparency.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2020 03:45 UTC