Reporting on COVID-19 Through a Gender Lens - Five-day Online Certificate Course


8th - 12th June, 2020

Online Event

Population First, in collaboration with UNFPA, conducted a five-day online certificate course for media students and faculty on ‘Reporting on Covid 19 through gender lens’ between June 8th and 12th,2020.

The following topics covered under the five day sessions as follows:

1. Introduction and overview of reporting from a gender lens
2. COVID 19 and it’s impact on women and men
3. COVID 19 and it’s impact on Sexual and Reproductive Health of women and adolescent girls
4. Impoverishment, insecurity and resurgence of harmful social practices.
5. Economic slow down and it’s impact on education, livelihoods and work participation of women
6. Inclusion of vulnerable sections of the population particularly sex workers, transgender persons, single women etc in policies and programmes
7. Reporting on systemic response to violence against women and implementation of various women centric laws.
8. COVID 19, feminization of poverty, agrarian distress
9. The new role of women self help groups and the women in local self government institutions in COVID 19 response.
10. An experience sharing session with media persons who have been covering COVID 19 through a gender lens and concluding remarks by the organizers.

Click Here to watch all the Five-day sessions on our YouTube Channel.

Brochure Click here