This week in “Building Peace During the Pandemic” series, Birgit Gerstenberg, UN Resident Coordinator in El Salvador speaks with Marc-André Franche, Chief, Financing for Peacebuilding, PBSO, DPPA on the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on peacebuilding efforts in El Salvador. Ms. Gerstenberg explained how the inequalities and gaps in social protection have exacerbated as a result of the pandemic and women, migrants and displaced populations have been severely affected. She also highlighted how the UN Country Team is working together with the government authorities to support the country in its peacebuilding efforts. The UN has adopted a diverse range of measures to keep advancing in projects at the national and territorial levels, through its partners on the ground and also formulated a socio-economic response plan.

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