Answer Detail: Nearly half the global population (46.4% or 3.6 billion people) remain offline, with the majority of the unconnected living in the least developed countries.

Answer Detail: As per World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, around 100 billion USD is required over the next 5 years to prevent and prepare for the next pandemic in 67 low and middle income countries.

Answer Detail: According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), young workers are affected more than their older, more experienced colleagues because they are often the first to have their hours cut or be laid off. Further, 3 in 4 young people work in the informal economy, which is badly affected.

Answer Detail: Women’s economic and productive lives are affected disproportionately and differently from men since worldwide, women earn less, save less, hold less secure jobs, and are more likely to be employed in the informal sector. They have less access to social protections and represent the majority of single-parent households, which makes their capacity to absorb economic shocks less than that of men.

Answer Detail: According to the United Nations Report titled “Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19”, 2.2 billion people lack access to water and 4.2 billion lack access to basic sanitation.