UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a Temporary Appointment with the GBV Unit at Headquarters in Geneva. The GBV unit sits within the Field Protection Service in the Division of International Protection and works with entities at HQ and across the wider organisation.
The global rise in food insecurity has disproportionately affected women: whereas the prevalence of moderate to
severe food insecurity was 6% higher in women than men in 2019, it was 10% higher in women than men in 2020. Food insecurity is not only affecting women disproportionately, but has a range of gendered impacts, including well-
established links to gender-based violence (GBV).
USAID’s Collective Action to Reduce Gender-Based Violence (CARE-GBV) has shared a how-to note and infographic to support USAID staff and implementing partners who have a role in GBV programming to understand how programs can achieve a survivor-centered approach.