Pandemic surge in gender violence met with 'vanishingly small' funds, says U.N.

A "vanishingly small" proportion of Covid-19 funding went to tackling violence against women and girls that spiralled during the pandemic, a United Nations report said last week.

The report found that just 0.0002% of US$26.7tril (RM117.6tril) of donor funding worldwide went towards ending gender-based violence that intensified during the first year of lockdowns, as victims remained trapped at home with their abusers.