Even as COVID-19 lays bare deeply entrenched structural inequalities in relation to gender norms, its true impact is still unknown. What we do know is that girls’ lives have forever changed because of the pandemic. Girls have experienced greater violence; they have withdrawn from school either because they do not have the ability to access learning, or because they have shouldered greater household responsibilities.

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