This case study has been produced by Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) in collaboration with several women’s organisations working in rural communities in the North East of England. It focusses upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon rural women’s rights as they are enshrined in Article 14 of The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

Researched and written Dr Sue Robson and Dr Louise Harvey Golding.

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This is part of a series of submissions to the Joint Committee on Human Rights - see other submissions below.

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Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights:  The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 crisis upon women’s right to family life (Article 16)

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 1 - Addressing the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s health

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 2 - Protecting women and girls from gender-based violence

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 3 - Ensuring equal participation of women in decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 4 - Providing socio-economic support to women

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 5 - Adopting targeted measures for disadvantaged groups of women  

Response to call for evidence from Joint Committee on Human Rights: Paper 6 - Collecting accurate and comprehensive sex-disaggregated data to inform evidence-based policy making regarding women and girls