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Read "Resources for Women; Women as Resources to learn more: https://t.co/Ips25IqFDk
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During the pandemic, women’s unpaid and underpaid labor was exploited more and valued less. The view that women are resources to be extracted from extends beyond the individual level, and also impacts women and girl-led organizations that work to support women and girls.
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VOICE is launching our fourth and final research brief “Adapting Programming in the Context of COVID-19” from our #WeMustDoBetter report!

Read the brief hear about strategies deployed by women and girl-led organizations amidst a raging pandemic: https://t.co/2VgEbIIKoe

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Read VOICE's research brief "The Value of Women's Work" to hear concrete steps the humanitarian aid system must take to support organizations by & for women and girls: https://t.co/U1i3Ws25LO

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Although women- & girl- led orgs were asked to-

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VOICE is sharing our third research brief, “Resources for Women; Women as Resources”, from our #WeMustDoBetter report!

Read it now here ➡️ https://t.co/Ips25IqFDk

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respond to different crisis situations during the pandemic, they lacked adequate support from families, communities, & humanitarian agencies. One of the themes that emerged from our #WeMustDoBetter report was that organizations all over the world felt undervalued & underfunded.

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Women-led orgs underscored that our #WeMustDoBetter research was the only platform they had to talk about what they faced during the pandemic while being left out of decision-making spaces.
Read more in "The Value of Women’s Work”: https://t.co/U1i3Ws25LO

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and in some cases impossible – to fulfill the demands being made of them.

Hear more in our "The Value of Women's Work" research brief: https://t.co/U1i3Ws25LO

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Women-led organizations participating in our #WeMustDoBetter research talked of the increased physical and emotional demands made of them during the pandemic. They shared about the struggle to provide services & support without adequate funding & resources, making it difficult –

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“The collapse of incomes, resources and freedoms of movement, the increased demands for support from family members, the closure of schools–all of this comes without support for women & girls."

Read the "Who Cares for the Carers?" brief here: https://t.co/jpDX4GuJHQ
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Patriarchal norms mean women everywhere carry the majority of domestic, reproductive and care work.

Learn more about disproportionate burdens of care work, read the "Who Cares for the Carers?" brief derived from our #WeMustDoBetter report 👉 https://t.co/jpDX4GuJHQ

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"Who Cares for the Carers?" dives into how women and girls disproportionately carry the burden of care work in domestic spaces as well as the organizations that they lead, and on the additional burdens faced by women and women’s services in an emergency.

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During our #WeMustDoBetter research, VOICE observed how gender inequalities manifest during crisis situations, and the impact of lockdowns and economic downturns on women and girls.

Read the "Who Cares for the Carers?" brief to learn more👉 https://t.co/jpDX4GuJHQ

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Join VOICE in kicking off #16DaysofActivism! Over the next #16Days, we will be sharing a series of research briefs derived from our recent report, #WeMustDoBetter.

Read our first brief, "Who Cares for the Carers?" here 👉 https://t.co/jpDX4GuJHQ

#VOICE16Days #OrangeTheWorld