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The Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has curtailed access to social and health services in Jordan, especially Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with a disproportionate impact on women, adolescent girls and youth. In response, UNFPA Jordan has focused efforts on ensuring continuity of essential SRH and GBV services, and mobilising youth and women’s organisations and their networks, as “response accelerators” across Jordan and particularly within Zaatari and Azraq refugee camps. This paper provides an initial analysis of the impact of the crisis on women and girls in Jordan, with a focus on SRHR and the increased risks of GBV, in addition to outlining a set of recommendations for key decision-makers.