In this week’s Monitor, we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of UN Women by featuring Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who reflects on the critical importance of gender equality in the fight against COVID-19.
Continuing our focus on resilience, Linda Darkwa looks at the pathways for enhancing resilience in the Ghanaian experience with COVID-19 to date. Mwansa Rodgers then uses the philosophy of Ubuntu to reflect on the various initiatives undertaken in Kenya to ensure social protection of the vulnerable and affected sectors of the population by COVID-19.
Lastly, Jide Martyns Okeke asks what we can learn from the data about the link between COVID-19 and security, and its impact on regional peace operations in Africa.