en-us	As COVID-19 forces school closures in 185 countries, Plan International and UNESCO warn of the potential for increased drop-out rates. 
zh-cn	新冠病毒疫情已迫使185国学校停课。国际培幼会和教科文组织就辍学率上升的风险发出了警告。

en-us	It will disproportionately affect adolescent girls, further entrench gender gaps in education and lead to increased risk of sexual exploitation, early pregnancy and early and forced marriage. 
zh-cn	辍学率上升对女童的影响尤其严重，这将进一步加深教育领域的性别不平等，并导致性剥削、早孕、早婚和强迫婚姻的风险增加。 

en-us	Out of the total population of students enrolled in education globally, UNESCO estimates that over 89% are currently out of school because of COVID-19 closures. This represents 1.54 billion children and youth enrolled in school or university, including nearly 743 million girls. 
zh-cn	据教科文组织估计，全球超过89%的在读儿童与青年——即15.4亿中小学和大学学生——因新冠疫情而停课，其中包括近7.43亿女童。 

en-us	Over 111 million of these girls are living in the world’s least developed countries where getting an education is already a struggle. 
zh-cn	这些女童中，有1.11亿生活在世界上最不发达国家。在这些国家，接受教育本身已经是一种奢侈。

en-us	These are contexts of extreme poverty, economic vulnerability and crisis where gender disparities in education are highest. 
zh-cn	它们往往处于极端贫困、经济脆弱和危机局势中，教育领域的性别差距最为显著。

en-us	In Mali, Niger and South Sudan — 3 countries with some of the lowest enrolment and completion rates for girls — closures have forced over 4 million girls out of school. 
zh-cn	在马里、尼日尔和南苏丹这三个女童入学率和毕业率最低的国家，学校关闭已迫使400多万女童停课。 

en-us	For girls living in refugee camps or who are internally displaced, school closures will be most devastating as they are already at a disadvantage. 
zh-cn	对于生活在难民营的女童和国内流离失所女童来说，学校停课的损害最为严重，因为她们本身已经处于弱势地位。

en-us	Refugee girls at secondary level are only half as likely to enrol as their male peers. 
zh-cn	中学学龄的难民女童入学率只有同龄难民男童的一半。 

en-us	We are only beginning to understand the economic impacts of COVID-19, but they are expected to be widespread and devastating, particularly for women and girls. 
zh-cn	据估计，新冠疫情将造成广泛和严重的经济影响，特别是对妇女和女童。

en-us	In the Global South, where limited social protection measures are in place, economic hardships caused by the crisis will have spill-over effects as families consider the financial and opportunity costs of educating their daughters. 
zh-cn	在社会保护措施有限的全球南方，危机造成的经济困难将产生外溢效应，因为家庭会考虑女儿受教育的经济和机会成本。 

en-us	While many girls will continue with their education once the school gates reopen, others will never return to school. 
zh-cn	学校复课后，许多女童将继续接受教育，另一些女童则再也无法回到学校。

en-us	Education responses must prioritize the needs of adolescent girls' at the risk of reversing 20 years of gains made for girls’ education. 
zh-cn	教育对策必须优先考虑少女的需要，否则就有可能使20年来在女童教育方面取得的进步付诸东流。 

en-us	While the magnitude of the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented, we can look to the lessons learnt from the Ebola epidemic in Africa. 
zh-cn	虽然新冠疫情危机空前严重，但我们可以从非洲的埃博拉疫情中汲取教训。

en-us	At the height of the epidemic, 5 million children were affected by school closures across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, countries hardest hit by the outbreak. 
zh-cn	在疫情高峰期，几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂有500万儿童受到学校停课的影响，这些国家的疫情最为严重。

en-us	And poverty levels rose significantly as education was interrupted. 
zh-cn	随着教育中断，贫困水平显著上升。 

en-us	In many cases, school drop-outs were caused by an increase in domestic and caring responsibilities and a shift towards income generation. 
zh-cn	承担家务和打工创收是女童辍学的重要原因。

en-us	This means that girls’ learning at home was limited, as shown by Plan International’s analysis. 
zh-cn	据国际培幼会分析，这些女童在家学习的机会十分有限。

en-us	In villages with established “girls’ clubs” and existing sensitization efforts to promote girls’ education, fewer girls experienced adverse effects and were more likely to continue their learning. 
zh-cn	在设有“女童俱乐部”以及正在开展促进女童教育的宣传活动的村庄，女童受教育面临的阻碍较少，继续学业的可能性更高。 

en-us	Several studies found that the closure of schools increased girls vulnerability to physical and sexual abuse both by their peers and by older men, as girls were often are at home alone and unsupervised. 
zh-cn	多项研究发现，学校停课使女童更容易受到同龄和更年长男童的身体和性虐待，因为女童往往独自在家，无人看护。

en-us	Transactional sex was also widely reported as vulnerable girls and their families struggled to cover basic needs. 
zh-cn	许多报道指出，停课期间，许多弱势女童及其家庭生计困难，导致女童性交易行为增加。

en-us	As family breadwinners perished from Ebola and livelihoods were destroyed, many families chose to marry their daughters off, falsely hoping this would offer them protection. 
zh-cn	由于家里的顶梁柱死于埃博拉病毒，生计被毁，许多家庭选择把女儿嫁出去，错误地希望这能给他们提供保护。 

en-us	In Sierra Leone, adolescent pregnancy increased by up to 65% in some communities during the Ebola crisis. 
zh-cn	在塞拉利昂，埃博拉危机期间，少女怀孕的比例在一些社区最高增长了65%。

en-us	In one study, most girls reported this increase was a direct result of being outside the protective environment provided by schools. 
zh-cn	在一项研究中，大多数女童表示，这种增长的直接原因是离开了学校提供的保护性环境。

en-us	Many of these girls never returned to the classroom, largely due to a recently revoked policy preventing pregnant girls from attending school. 
zh-cn	其中许多早孕女童再也没有回到教室，主要是因为该国一项禁止怀孕女童上学的政策。这一政策最近已被废除。 

en-us	For girls like Christiana, who have lived or are living through a crisis, education is a lifeline, offering protection from violence and exploitation and providing them with skills and hope for a brighter future. 
zh-cn	对于像克里斯蒂安娜这样经历过或正在经历危机的女童来说，教育是一条生命线，保护她们免受暴力和剥削，并为她们提供技能和改变命运的希望。 

en-us	As governments prepare for indefinite school closures, policy makers and practitioners can look to lessons from past crises to address the specific challenges faced by girls. 
zh-cn	在各国政府准备无限期停课之际，政策制定者和执行者可以借鉴以往危机的经验教训，应对女童面临的具体挑战。

en-us	We therefore call on governments to protect progress made in favour of girls’ education through these six gender-responsive, evidence-based and context-specific actions: 
zh-cn	因此，我们呼吁各国政府通过以下6项促进性别平等、循证和因地制宜的行动，捍卫女童教育取得的进步： 

en-us	Leverage teachers and communities: Work closely with teachers, school staff and communities to ensure inclusive methods of distance learning are adopted and communicated to call for continued investments in girls’ learning. 
zh-cn	发挥教师和社区的作用：与教职工和社区密切合作，采用包容性远程学习方法，并加大宣传力度，号召持续投资于女童学习。

en-us	Community sensitization on the importance of girls’ education should continue as part of any distance learning programme. 
zh-cn	所有远程学习项目都应包含对女童教育重要性的社区宣传。 

en-us	Adopt appropriate distance learning practices: In contexts where digital solutions are less accessible, consider low-tech and gender-responsive approaches. 
zh-cn	采用适当的远程学习方法：在缺少数字解决方案时，考虑采用低科技和促进性别平等的方法。

en-us	Send reading and writing materials home and use radio and television broadcasts to reach the most marginalised. 
zh-cn	将阅读和写作材料送到各家各户，并利用电台和电视覆盖最边缘人群。

en-us	Ensure programme scheduling and learning structures are flexible and allow self-paced learning so as not to deter girls who often disproportionately shoulder the burden of care. 
zh-cn	确保课程时间安排和结构灵活，允许学生自主选择学习进度，以方便往往需要分担更多家务的女童。 

en-us	Consider the gender digital divide: In contexts where digital solutions to distance learning and internet is accessible, ensure that girls are trained with the necessary digital skills, including the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe online. 
zh-cn	考虑性别数字鸿沟：在可以获得远程学习和互联网数字解决方案的情况下，应确保女童接受必要的数字技能培训，包括安全上网所需的知识和技能。 

en-us	Safeguard vital services: Girls and the most vulnerable children and youth miss out on vital services when schools are closed, specifically school meals and social protection. 
zh-cn	保障基本服务：学校停课时，女童和最弱势儿童与青年失去了许多基本服务，特别是校园餐和社会保护。

en-us	Make schools access points for psychosocial support and food distribution, work across sectors to ensure alternative social services and deliver support over the phone, text or other forms of media. 
zh-cn	让学校成为提供社会心理支持和食品分配的网点，开展跨部门工作，确保提供替代性社会服务，并通过电话、短信或其他媒介提供支持。 

en-us	Engage young people: Give space to youth, particularly girls, to shape the decisions made about their education. Include them in the development of strategies and policies around school closures and distance learning based on their experiences and needs. 
zh-cn	让年轻人参与进来：给年轻人特别是女童参与教育决策的机会，让他们根据自己的经验和需要参与制定学校停课和远程学习的策略和政策。 

en-us	Ensure return to school: Provide flexible learning approaches so that girls are not deterred from returning to school when they re-open. 
zh-cn	确保学生返校：提供灵活的学习方法，使女童在学校复课时能顺利返校。

en-us	This includes pregnant girls and young mothers who often face stigma and discriminatory school re-entry laws that prevent them from accessing education. 
zh-cn	这包括怀孕女童和年轻母亲，她们往往因面临羞辱和歧视性的返校法律而无法接受教育。

en-us	Allow automatic promotion and appropriate opportunities in admissions processes that recognise the particular challenges faced by girls. 
zh-cn	采取承认女孩面临的特殊挑战的录取程序，允许合格女童自动升学，为女孩提供充足的机会。

en-us	Catch-up courses and accelerated learning may be necessary for girls who return to school. 
zh-cn	为有需要的返校女童提供补习课程，加快学习进度 