Covid-19 Burden of Care Falling on Adolescent Girls

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the burden of care on women and girls. In normal circumstances, caring for siblings and children in the community and additional household work often falls on adolescent girls as they are typically expected to assist their mothers and female relatives undertake the vast majority of unpaid domestic labour and childcare. Since the onset of the pandemic, adolescent girls are saying that this burden has significantly increased.