This article from ACDI/VOCA explores how the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affects women and girls in developing countries, and threatens to derail the progress being made to close existing gender gaps.

Topic: COVID-19, , Safeguarding

Sector: Other

Geographic Focus: International

Published by: ACDI/VOCA

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How business can help in the building of national coalitions to fight COVID-19

A summary of an online discussion, convened by Business Fights Poverty, about what is making national COVID-19 collaborations work, lessons that need to be learned and how these can be…

Topic: Business resilience, COVID-19

Sector: Other

Geographic Focus: International

Published by: Business Fights Poverty

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United Nations (UN) Goodwill Ambassadors, Idris and Sabrina Elba, launch appeal for IFAD’s $200 million coronavirus relief fund for rural communities

An International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) news article about the IFAD Rural Poor Stimulus Facility which aims to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on rural small-scale farmers and producers…

Topic: Business resilience, COVID-19, Financial instruments for business

Sector: Agriculture

Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone

Published by: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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