The ICEH researcher Carolina Coll moderated the webinar “Flattening the surge of violence against women and children: COVID-19 and beyond,” which took place virtually on October 20, 2020. The webinar, the first in a series organized by the Lancet Commission on Gender-based violence and Maltreatment of Young People, aimed “to address innovative international policy responses that have emerged in the face of COVID-19 and the broader changes needed to build back better after the pandemic recedes".

During the event, panelists were stimulated to reflect on the solutions and what are the lessons we have learned about the measures and responses that are needed to address the syndemic of COVID-19, and the persistent pandemics of gender-based violence and poverty.