It is all around recorded that during a conflict, a cataclysmic event or a pandemic, women’s health bears the more regrettable brunt of the crisis. Thus, domestic violence against women is already widespread and under-reported in worldwide. Presently, at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations perceives domestic violence against women as a “shadow pandemic”. However, lockdown measures and school closures influence girls and women distinctively across the world and may have long haul unfortunate consequences. Though, the COVID-19 pandemic and its socioeconomic impacts have made a worldwide crisis, unparalleled in history. Although, antagonistic economic impact of COVID-19 has been most pressing for women, and especially women working in the informal economy. Hence, this policy brief features the vital effects of the pandemic on women who work in the informal economy in growing countries. It underlines their weakness to monetary pressure, as this segment regularly needs lawful and social insurances, and analyzes government reactions to address the economic aftermath.