COVID-19 Is Undoing Decades of Progress on Gender Equality

Women and girls are exposed to poverty, violence and ill-health worldwide

Photo @ Josh Estey/CARE- Ummee, 16, is in a camp of today more than 900,000 people, the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Two weeks ago, I heard shouts, dishes clattering from somewhere in the building. I turned my speaker volume down, trying to discern what was happening. I got increasingly worried as the yells mingled with the unmistakable sounds of crying in…