b'advocacyIn 2020, we witnessed, once again, that the far- that many will not return. Women and girls reaching impacts of any crises are never gender- inability to continue their education during this neutral. Whether on the front line as a healthpandemic has already increased vulnerability care worker saving lives, or within the home,to teen pregnancy, child marriage and gender-women and girls continue to be the unsungbased violence. The pandemics fallout has also heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic whilstbeen the most severe among women who also being disproportionately impacted by it. Ofare already vulnerable e.g. migrant workers, the 96 million people who will be pushed intorefugees, marginalised racial and ethnic groups, extreme poverty by the pandemic, 47 million willsingle-parent households, youth and the worlds be women and girls. Why is this happening? Forpoorest. To make matters worse, it is predicted the majority of women in economies of any size,that their economic insecurity and lack of COVID-19 has resulted in many women or girlseducation will continue to negatively impact lives no longer having access to employment, income,long after the pandemic subsides. Soroptimists, education, health care, housing, basic servicesas well as many other Non Governmental or sufficient food. However, their obligationsOrganisations (NGOs) are addressing these regarding unpaid care, domestic work burdens,challenges in order to ensure that the COVID-19 and their exposure to various forms of genderpandemic will not reverse women and girls hard-related violence, have skyrocketed as a result ofwon gains in gender equality. this pandemic. Estimates also show an additional 11 million girls may leave school by the endSI Special Advisor to Advocacy, Linda Witongof the pandemic and previous crises suggest soroptimistinternational.org 11'