GBV AoR Strategy 2021-2025 Launch Event
We are happy to invite you to the launch of our GBV AoR five-year strategy at a side event during next week's Call to Action Network Meeting.
The event will focus on the new strategic priorities and our vision for addressing GBV
in emergencies through a coordination based, lessons learned approach and adaptations required to effectively operate and address emerging issues, new needs and circumstances.
Key remarks will be provided by:
We Care Project Consultancy
The SVRI is seeking the services of a qualified consultant to support the SVRI Technical Specialist in conducting various tasks related to literature review, developing course content, documenting case studies, hosting online learning events, creating accessible knowledge products, and organizational policy revision process. This consultancy is a part-time contract position for approximately 9 months and is a home-based consultancy with no travel requirement.
Sexual Violence Operations Manager
The Sexual Violence Operations Manager is overall accountable for the delegation’s implementation of the Sexual Violence Strategy. S/he coordinates between the relevant colleagues within the delegation (including coordinators and across departments) thereby ensuring functioning and efficiency of multidisciplinary response, as well as externally with other actors, while also providing technical expertise, where needed, to the delegation both through training and sensitization as well as through direct implementation of field activities.
Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Dara’a al-Balad, Syria
76th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76)
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) will open on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 21 September 2021.
UNFPA CVA Activities in Bangladesh
UNFPA found that facility-based deliveries by women in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar were low (35%), which is linked to increased maternal mortality. In addition, undernourishment among pregnant women in this community increased their risk of poor pregnancy outcomes such as obstructed labor and premature and low birth weight newborns.
UNFPA CVA Activities in Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted sex workers in Indonesia: their incomes decreased dramatically, they encountered greater difficulty accessing healthcare, and many of them could not access the government cash assistance that was set up to help Indonesians during the pandemic.
UNFPA CVA Activities in Palestine
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of gender-based violence (GBV)
High-level Humanitarian Event on Anticipatory Action: A Commitment to Act Before Crises
This virtual event will be co-hosted by the United Nations and the Governments of Germany and the United Kingdom to advance anticipatory action and galvanize a collective push to act ahead of crises.