Goal 2: Zero Hunger In Asia Pacific, pervasive gender bias is a critical factor behind malnutrition and the undernourishment amongst women and girls, which directly impacts their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Too many women, migrants, minority groups, LGBTIQA+ and non-binary folks, people with disabilities and other marginalized communities continue to face inadequate access to health services, water and sanitation, housing and shelter, forced evictions, unsafe transportation, lack of electricity, high levels of pollution, and discriminatory land tenure and ownership. And women who are poor and marginalized face an even higher risk of COVID-19 transmission and fatalities, loss of livelihood, and increased violence. Goal 1: No Poverty COVID-19 will dramatically increase the poverty rate for women and widen the gap between men and women who live in poverty - projections now point to an increase of 9.1 percent due to the pandemic and its fallout. ĬOVID-19 impacts on achieving the SDGs under review As women are disproportionately represented in the health and social services sectors, increasing their risk of exposure, as well as exposing them to workplace discrimination and having a detrimental impact on their SRH and psychological needs.Īs the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on the response to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 points out “Governments must ensure the continued delivery of sexual reproductive health services, such as access to contraceptives without prescription during the crisis.” Inequality in access to SRHR services, education and information frequently translates in inequalities of income, education, employment opportunities and overall health and well-being. Women represent 80% of the nurse force in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. As the financial resources of families dwindle, adolescent girls are forced to marry at younger ages, contributing directly to school drop-out, early pregnancies, maternal morbidity and mortality, and a life of domestic servitude.
According to UNFPA projections, COVID-19 could potentially result in an additional 13 million child marriages between 20 due to programmatic interruptions. There has been widespread increases in domestic and gender based violence against LGBTIQ people and women as a result of lockdowns. Many countries in the region have seen decreased access to and increased violations of SRHR during the pandemic. Countries with severe restrictions on abortion are less likely to have implemented changes to SRHR delivery to mitigate the impact. In the Philippines, for example, a country with one of the most restriction abortion laws in the region, it is predicted that an extra 214,000 unplanned babies will be born in 2021 as a result of COVID lockdowns. Lockdowns have massively disrupted routine health services, including SRHR, leading to a rise in unintended pregnancies, increase in unsafe abortion, and increase in preventable maternal mortality across the region. The COVID19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated underlying structural inequalities.
53.8 million unintended pregnancies occur each year in Asia, of which nearly 65% end in abortion
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Overview Gender inequality, patriarchy, religious fundamentalism and increasing militarism limit the opportunities, available services and capabilities of nearly half of the population in Asia and the Pacific where women, girls and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, plus (LGBTIQA+) people face multiple levels of marginalization and constant threat of discrimination and/or violence. This factsheet was developed for the 2021 Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), by the Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism Asia Pacific (RCEM) Thematic Working Group on Gender.
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