June 2020

Stress, Resilience, and the Role of Science: Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has the capacity to affect every person in the world—and how each individual responds can potentially affect everyone else. In addition to the efforts of courageous health care providers, first responders, and a wide range of workers providing other vital services, countless numbers of selfless individuals are leaping into action to meet the rapidly changing needs of people most affected by the economic, social, and health impacts of this crisis. 
 

In March, half of visitors to the National Sexual Assault hotline were minors

In March, half of visitors to the National Sexual Assault Hotline were minors. 
 
This grim statistic is a historic one. It’s the first time in the hotline’s history that minors have accounted for half of the people asking for help, according to a statement from the anti-sexual violence organisation, RAINN, which runs the hotline.
 
That figure can be traced to the implementation of shelter-in-place orders amid the new coronavirus pandemic, which came into effect across the U.S. in March. 
 

Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on children

“We have to work together to make progress on these three fronts—information, solidarity and action. We have a chance to not only defeat this pandemic, but to transform the way we nurture and invest in the young generation. But we have to act now, we have to act decisively, and at very large scale. This is not a gradual issue, it is a clarion call for the world’s children, the world’s future.”
 

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