It exacerbated the disproportionate socioeconomic and care burden borne by women and led to a global spike in gender-based violence at a time when avenues for seeking redress were narrower than ever, as shelters closed and clinics were repurposed in response to COVID-19. The pandemic amplified gender-based inequality, which is a root cause and driver of sexual violence in times of conflict and peace. The onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic revealed the fragility of the hard-won progress made in this area and put political commitments at risk of being rolled back or reversed, as attention and resources were redirected towards the prevailing public health emergency.
In 2020, in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic, two major milestones in the development of the women and peace and security agenda, namely, the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, were commemorated. The present report, which covers the period from January to December 2020, is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2467 (2019), in which the Council requested me to report annually on the implementation of resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1960 (2010) and 2106 (2013), and to recommend strategic actions.Ģ.
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