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by UNICEF 15 MIN READ
COVID-19 has upended the lives of children and families across the globe and is impacting efforts to end child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Actions taken to contain the spread of the pandemic – such as school closures and movement restrictions – are disrupting children’s routines and their support systems. This is a technical note on the interplay between COVID-19 and harmful practices, impact on children and adolescents and the lessons from responses to Ebola outbreak as well as COVID-19 outbreak. It can be a useful read for program implementers. Click here to read the technical note.