{"id":56465,"date":"2021-03-18T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=56465"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:41:06","slug":"covid-is-forcing-millions-of-girls-out-of-school-in-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/covid-is-forcing-millions-of-girls-out-of-school-in-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID is forcing millions of girls out of school in South-east Asia and the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56466\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philipineeschsollkids.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philipineeschsollkids.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philipineeschsollkids-250x136.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philipineeschsollkids-600x326.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In response to reports of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-03-17\/coronavirus-australia-live-news-covid-19-latest\/100013798\">surging COVID cases in Papua New Guinea<\/a>, the Australian government will provide greater emergency support to deliver vaccines, increased testing capacity and clinical advice to our near neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of a broader program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/marise-payne\/media-release\/australias-partnership-covax-delivers-vaccines-our-neighbours\">to deliver vaccines and medical support<\/a>\u00a0to Australia\u2019s partners throughout Asia and the Pacific with Fiji, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines so far receiving doses.<\/p>\n<p>While these are welcome efforts, more needs to be done to understand and respond to the long-term implications of this pandemic on countries in our region \u2014 particularly for girls,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/contemporarysecuritypolicy.org\/adolescent-girls-in-protracted-crises-promoting-inclusion-and-advancing-peace\/\">who have often been overlooked<\/a>\u00a0in crisis recovery planning.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of understanding this are the barriers and opportunities to girls\u2019 access to education.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the pandemic, there had been significant improvements in girls\u2019 enrolments in school in South-east Asia and the Pacific. But the pandemic threatens those gains, with more girls leaving the classroom due to caring responsibilities, financial constraints, family violence and child marriage.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plan.org.au\/publications\/smart-successful-strong\/\">new report by Plan International<\/a>\u00a0shows between January and June 2020, 24,000 applications for underage marriage had been lodged with Indonesia\u2019s district and regional courts. According to the report, this is more than two and a half times the total number for the whole of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Like rates of education, this represents a reversal in a previously positive trend, in this case of decreasing cases of child marriages.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Girls dropping out of school<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/eap\/media\/7146\/file\/Issue_Brief%3A_Issue_Brief%3A_COVID-19_and_Girls%E2%80%99_Education_in_East_Asia_and_Pacific.pdf\">UNICEF reported<\/a>\u00a0the last two decades saw a halving of the number of girls out of school from 30 million to 15 million. But\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000373992\">UNESCO now estimates<\/a>\u00a01.2 million additional girls in the region could drop out of school due to the effects of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>While the data varies from country to country, the overall picture suggests the pandemic will exacerbate existing gender inequalities and have long-term implications for girls and their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Across the region girls drop out of school because their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/GiHA%20WG%20analysis%20%20brief.pdf\">care responsibilities at home have dramatically increased<\/a>\u00a0as family members fall victim to the virus or return home because the pandemic has stalled migratory work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56467\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56467\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/girlworkingatstall.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/girlworkingatstall.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/girlworkingatstall-250x177.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/girlworkingatstall-600x425.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women and girls are unfairly impacted by the coronavirus. Dita Alangkara\/AAP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before the pandemic, women and girls in the Pacific in particular faced some of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pacificwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ThematicBrief_COVID19gender_Pacific_March2021.pdf\">This has dramatically increased in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pacificwomen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ThematicBrief_COVID19gender_Pacific_March2021.pdf\">in Fiji calls to the national domestic violence helpline<\/a>\u00a0during the lockdown period \u2014 between February and April 2020 \u2014 increased by over seven times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescap.org\/sites\/default\/d8files\/knowledge-products\/20201119_SDD_Policy_Paper_Covid-19.pdf\">UNESCAP similarly documented<\/a>\u00a0heightened calls to helplines in Singapore, Malaysia, India and Samoa, and increased pressures on violence shelters and women\u2019s organisations in Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, Tonga and China. Violence at home is a major barrier to girls\u2019 participation in education.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the pandemic,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.5050foundation.edu.au\/assets\/reports\/documents\/Our-Education-Our-Future-Policy-Reportcompressed.pdf\">the cost of school fees<\/a>\u00a0was also identified as a barrier to girls\u2019 education in the region. The economic hardship brought on by the pandemic \u2014 combined with pre-existing attitudes that devalue girls\u2019 education \u2014 will likely see girls taken out of school permanently.<\/p>\n<p>Crisis also brings about increases in child, early and forced marriage.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethechildren.org.au\/media\/media-releases\/covid-19-causing-greatest-surge-of-child-marriages\">Save the Children has estimated<\/a>\u00a0the pandemic will cause an additional 2.5 million child marriages worldwide, with an estimated 200,000 more girls experiencing child marriage in South Asia in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This increase is in response to poverty and economic hardship, crowding in homes, and as a result of sexual violence. Girls who are married and experience early pregnancy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpartnership.org\/blog\/child-marriage-and-education-impacts-costs-and-benefits\">almost never return to school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why does this matter for pandemic recovery?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The benefits of ensuring girls\u2019 access to education is not just for women and girls\u2019 rights; it will be seen throughout the community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/documents1.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/775261531234655903\/pdf\/128171-replacement-HighCostOfNotEducatingGirls-Web.pdf\">Where girls have access to education<\/a>, they are more likely to earn more, marry and have children later, make better informed decisions about their health and well-being, and are more able to exercise independent decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Across the region it has been demonstrated that where there is greater gender equality and women and girls are able to access their rights,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futureswithoutviolence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FWV_blueprint_1-Evidence.pdf\">societies are stronger, more peaceful<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/documents1.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/775261531234655903\/pdf\/128171-replacement-HighCostOfNotEducatingGirls-Web.pdf\">prosperous<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Building resilient communities is essential, as COVID sits among climate change, political instability, regional forced migration and other crises that will continue to challenge the region.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacific.unwomen.org\/en\/focus-areas\/women-poverty-economics\/gender-and-climate-change\">Women and girls will be at the forefront<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/food-security-and-covid-19-recognising-women-s-leadership\">addressing all of these crises<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/partnerships-for-recovery-australias-covid-19-development-response.pdf\">Australia\u2019s long-term strategy<\/a>\u00a0for supporting COVID recovery in the region focuses on the three pillars of health security, stability and economic recovery. While there is a commitment to \u201cprotecting the most vulnerable, especially women and girls\u201d, this pledge has been made against the backdrop of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/devpolicy.org\/aidtracker\/trends\/\">nearly a decade of decreasing aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s contributions to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/devpolicy.org\/aidtracker\/commitments\/global-partnership-for-education\/\">Global Partnership for Education<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 an effort to strengthen education systems in developing countries \u2014 has fallen dramatically since 2014 when it pledged US$151 million.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpartnership.org\/content\/donor-contributions-gpe\">In 2020 Australia pledged<\/a>\u00a0close to US$35 million, while Canada, France, Germany and the United States pledged between US$88-90 million each.<\/p>\n<p>This needs to be reversed if we are to address the complex insecurities facing girls and their communities in the aftermath of COVID. Access to education for all children needs to be prioritised, with particular recognition of the unique barriers for girls.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Katrina Lee-Koo is Associate Professor of International Relations at Monash University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to reports of\u00a0surging COVID cases in Papua New Guinea, the Australian government will provide greater emergency support to deliver vaccines, increased testing capacity and clinical advice to our near neighbours. 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