The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have integrated a gender lens. Launched in September 2020, it includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and social security, including unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against women. Co-created by UNDP and UN Women, the tracker is coordinated by UNDP with substantive leadership and technical contributions from UN Women. It was updated most recently in November 2021 to include over 4,900 policy measures across 226 countries and territories as well as data on women’s leadership and representation in national COVID-19 task forces, which was compiled with the Gender Inequality Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh.

These fact sheets examine global trends and provide analysis from the tracker, highlighting what governments are doing to respond to and prevent violence against women, support unpaid care work, and protect women’s economic security. The fact sheets also detail how women are participating in COVID-19 leadership. They feature country examples, best practices and gaps in the global COVID-19 policy response.

Additional fact sheets can also be found in UNDP's regional websites. These fact sheets take a deeper dive into the tracker data based on UNDP's regional classifications. They are available on the Arab States, in English and Arabic, and on Europe and Central Asia (English).

See the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker