This section of the COVID-GBV Tracker chronicles articles and reports on government responses to the rise in gender-based violence world over. Reports are presented by region, by sub-region, by country, and by city.




 Country
Canada: Vulnerable Women in the Yukon Are Receiving Free Cell Phones to Stay Safe Amid COVID-19 Lockdown (Read)
France: Government to House Domestic Abuse Victims in Hotels (Read) 
India: NCW launches WhatsApp helpline (Read)
Malaysia: Government asks women not to nag their husbands (Read) [Negative Response]
Panama: Peru, Panama introduce gender-based rules for COVID-19 (Read)
Peru: Peru, Panama introduce gender-based rules for COVID-19 (Read)
Spain: An app to report gender-based violence (Read) 
United Kingdom: Police share QR code for domestic abuse victims (Read)
United States: Bill Essential Workers Rights Bill (Read)