Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): The Health and Well-being of Indian Women

The COVID-19 pandemic is primarily affecting women and girls, who are bearing the brunt of pandemic related deaths, illnesses, and socio-economic burdens. The pandemic is also harming the health, social and economic well-being of women around the world, but women are leading the response and are making vital contributions to the pandemic response. Women are over-represented among the pandemic’s victims and far more likely than men to be caring for loved ones with pandemic-related illness, or managing the pandemic’s impacts on their families, communities and countries. In response, women are stepping up to lead the health response, and they are making critical contributions to the pandemic response and to the pandemic