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.

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