GENDER ALERT ON COVID-19 LEBANON, Issue No. 5, IN FOCUS: GENDERED IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2021 NATIONWIDE TOTAL LOCKDOWN

The National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) Inter-Agency and Protection Working Group and SGBV Task Force have partnered to provide periodic Lebanon specific gender and COVID-19 alerts throughout the public health crisis, and its ensuing economic crisis. These updates aim to a) provide observations from frontline responders on issues of gender equality, b) compile available secondary data on these issues into one reference point, c) consolidate guidance and programmatic tools related to gender issues and d) offer recommendations to support a more gender equitable response. This Gender Alert on COVID-19 is the fifth in the series3 and focuses on the gendered impact of the 2021 nationwide lockdown in Lebanon, capturing issues and data between January 7 and February 3, 2021.