Welcome to the 26th WONCA Europe Virtual Conference Programme Scheduling

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Background: The COVID-19 outbreak is affecting us all but women are likely to bear the brunt of the consequences. Apart from the direct impacts of the disease, women may find it hard to access needed health services, especially maternal. Women are more affected by socio-economic impact, gender violence, inequity at workplace and increased of unpaid work at home.

Aim and learning objectives: To provide an overview of gender impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in European region, how it influenced on women wellbeing, health and work.

Methods and timetable: This workshop will be chaired by the European part of Working Party on Women & Family Medicine. It will include the brief presentations from the authors on women problems during Covid-19 outbreak and the discussion in groups on key outcomes and lessons learned from Covid-19 pandemic - the impact on socio-economic limitations, much unpaid work, gender-based violence, inaccessibility of needed care and how it influences on mental and physical health of women. The influence on female healthcare workers at the frontline of coronavirus pandemic will be considered.

(Proposed) Results / Conclusions: This workshop is expected to provide an overview of learned outcomes and lessons of gender impact of Covid-19 pandemic and ways how to deal with it in future - engage women through partnerships in making decisions, equity in funding and leadership positions, protect women on the frontlines of the COVID-19, safeguard maternal, sexual and reproductive health, prioritize gender equality, uphold services that tackle gender-based violence, challenge gender norms in domestic duties and care work.