Focusing on six countries, including South Sudan, this study explores the impact of school closure due to COVID-19 on the human rights of girls. The report finds challenges that girls faced following the school closure, such as heavy domestic chores, lack of virtual class’ infrastructure and network, trauma and hunger, among others, contributing to child pregnancy and marriage and HIV infections among girls. The report provides some policy recommendations on how to prevent and and mitigate negative impact of future pandemics on girls.
08 October 2026
The CSRF will go on hiatus as feedback on a funding proposal for continued operations is pending. Normal operations continue until 31 October 2026. Please continue to use the resources on the website, which will be maintained into 2027 regardless of the funding situation. We ask for your understanding as new outputs, trainings, and events go on pause, or if queries go unanswered, from October onwards.
