UNDP-UNW COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker 
      Version 3: November 11th, 2021
      The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses 
      that have integrated a gender lens. Launched in September 2020, it includes national measures that directly address women’s economic and social security, including 
      unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against women. Co-created by UNDP and UN Women, the tracker is coordinated by UNDP with substantive 
      leadership and technical contributions from UN Women. It is based on publicly available information, including media coverage, official documents, other COVID-19 
      policy trackers, and the valuable research support of UN Online Volunteers. In some cases, information on measures was provided by UNDP and UN Women country 
      offices. The tracker was previously updated in March 2021 when it was also expanded to include new data on women’s leadership and representation in national 
      COVID-19 task forces, which was collected in partnership with the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. 
      This database contains two separate datasets. 
      1. Policy Measures: The policy measures dataset contains 4,968 measures divided into four different policy categories:
           1. Social protection measures (2,223 rows)
           2. Labour market measures (876 rows)
           3. Fiscal and economic measures (1016 rows)
           4. Violence against women measures (853 rows)
           Reference to this database should read as follows: UNDP-UN Women COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Policy Measures Dataset. 
           Living database, version 3 (November 11, 2021). Accessible at https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/. 
      2. COVID-19 Task Forces: The task force dataset contains 431 task forces with gender-disaggregated data:
           1. Task force leadership (414 task forces)
           2. Task force membership (262 task forces)
           Reference to this database should read as follows: UNDP-UN Women-UPITT COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Task Force Dataset. 
           Living database, version 2 (November 11, 2021). Accessible at https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/. 
      How to identify new information in the tracker: 
           Policy measures: In column B, there is information about when the measure was added to the dataset and when it was last updated. The number (1, 2, 
           or 3) corresponds to the version of this dataset where the measure first appeared. Version 1 measures come from the original dataset launched in 
           September 2020; version 2 measures come from the March 2021 update; version 3 measures are new additions to the November update. Any measure 
           from Version 1 or 2 that has an "a" in column B (e.g. "1a") has had new information added to it for the November 2021 update. 
           Task forces: All task forces with a "3" in column B are new to the November 2021 update. 
      How we define a gender sensitive measure:
      The database combines two approaches in determining what constitutes a gender sensitive measure. The first approach defines measures taken to tackle violence 
      against women and girls in the COVID-19 context as gender-sensitive by default. The second approach consists of looking at a broad range of social protection, 
      labour market, economic and fiscal measures taken in response to COVID-19 and identifying a subset of gender-sensitive measures. Social protection and labour 
      market measures are defined as gender-sensitive if they target women’s economic security or address unpaid care. Fiscal and economic measures are defined as 
      gender-sensitive if they provide support to female-dominated sectors of the economy, on the assumption that this is likely to protect women’s employment and 
      thereby their economic security. The assessment is conducted based on the available information about policy design. The coding results for gender-sensitivity can 
      be found and filtered in columns N-Q. 
      How we define a COVID-19 task force:
      A COVID-19 task force is any institution (temporary or permanent) that was created by the national government to lead the response to the pandemic across any 
      sector of public life (e.g. public health, economic recovery, enforcement). National bodies that existed prior to COVID-19 but are leading national response efforts are 
      not included in this analysis. International or subnational task forces are also excluded. 
      Notes: 
       - Data on start dates reflects available information on implementation timeline, when such information was available, and date of announcement when the 
      implementation dates were not available. "n.d" in date cells means that no data was found after research, were as blank cells indicate research is still pending. 
       - This is a living database with measures and task forces being regularly added, updated and validated.  Like all policy trackers, there may be gaps or biases due to a 
      lack of available information, underreporting or overreporting, or the lack of data on the gender components of existing measures and task force composition. 
      Overall, findings should be interpreted with caution. For comments, additional information and questions, please contact: COVID Gender Helpdesk 
      (covid.gender.helpdesk@undp.org).
       - Learn more about the methodology at https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/
       - A summary of the findings can be found in the global factsheets at https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/COVID-
      19-Global-Gender-Response-Tracker.html
UNDP-UNW COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker 
The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses 
that have integrated a gender lens. Launched in September 2020, it includes national measures that directly address women’s economic and social security, including 
unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against women. Co-created by UNDP and UN Women, the tracker is coordinated by UNDP with substantive 
leadership and technical contributions from UN Women. It is based on publicly available information, including media coverage, official documents, other COVID-19 
policy trackers, and the valuable research support of UN Online Volunteers. In some cases, information on measures was provided by UNDP and UN Women country 
offices. The tracker was previously updated in March 2021 when it was also expanded to include new data on women’s leadership and representation in national 
COVID-19 task forces, which was collected in partnership with the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. 
four different policy categories:
1. Social protection measures (2,223 rows)
2. Labour market measures (876 rows)
3. Fiscal and economic measures (1016 rows)
4. Violence against women measures (853 rows)
Reference to this database should read as follows: UNDP-UN Women COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Policy Measures Dataset. 
Living database, version 3 (November 11, 2021). Accessible at https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/. 
1. Task force leadership (414 task forces)
2. Task force membership (262 task forces)
Reference to this database should read as follows: UNDP-UN Women-UPITT COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Task Force Dataset. 
Living database, version 2 (November 11, 2021). Accessible at https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/. 
 In column B, there is information about when the measure was added to the dataset and when it was last updated. The number (1, 2, 
or 3) corresponds to the version of this dataset where the measure first appeared. Version 1 measures come from the original dataset launched in 
September 2020; version 2 measures come from the March 2021 update; version 3 measures are new additions to the November update. Any measure 
from Version 1 or 2 that has an "a" in column B (e.g. "1a") has had new information added to it for the November 2021 update. 
The database combines two approaches in determining what constitutes a gender sensitive measure. The first approach defines measures taken to tackle violence 
against women and girls in the COVID-19 context as gender-sensitive by default. The second approach consists of looking at a broad range of social protection, 
labour market, economic and fiscal measures taken in response to COVID-19 and identifying a subset of gender-sensitive measures. Social protection and labour 
market measures are defined as gender-sensitive if they target women’s economic security or address unpaid care. Fiscal and economic measures are defined as 
gender-sensitive if they provide support to female-dominated sectors of the economy, on the assumption that this is likely to protect women’s employment and 
thereby their economic security. The assessment is conducted based on the available information about policy design. The coding results for gender-sensitivity can 
How we define a COVID-19 task force:
A COVID-19 task force is any institution (temporary or permanent) that was created by the national government to lead the response to the pandemic across any 
sector of public life (e.g. public health, economic recovery, enforcement). National bodies that existed prior to COVID-19 but are leading national response efforts are 
- Data on start dates reflects available information on implementation timeline, when such information was available, and date of announcement when the 
implementation dates were not available. "n.d" in date cells means that no data was found after research, were as blank cells indicate research is still pending. 
- This is a living database with measures and task forces being regularly added, updated and validated.  Like all policy trackers, there may be gaps or biases due to a 
lack of available information, underreporting or overreporting, or the lack of data on the gender components of existing measures and task force composition. 
Overall, findings should be interpreted with caution. For comments, additional information and questions, please contact: COVID Gender Helpdesk 
at https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/COVID-