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Cash and Voucher Assistance and Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation: Somalia
01 Jun, 2021
Case study highlighting key learning from Somalia related to ensuring that CVA does not create more harm and that GBV risks are mitigated before, during and after any humanitarian CVA intervention. See the whole GBV Risk Mitigation in CVA toolkit here: https://gbvaor.net/node/1607
The pandemic is gendered: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria
The Gender and COVID-19 Working Group is delighted to be able to invite you to our upcoming webinar “The pandemic is gendered: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria” on 29 June 2021. During the webinar we will be presenting findings from our multi-country project exploring the social, economic, and health gendered impacts of COVID-19. Please find the details below. Time: 9:00-10:30am (EST) 14:00-15:30 (BST; West Africa Standard Time) 16:00-17:30 (East Africa Time) 19:00-20:30 (Bangladesh Standard Time) Link to register Description: There is mounting evidence that COVID-19 has gendered impacts. Women are bearing the brunt of the secondary effects of the pandemic, changes that are wrought by societal or political responses to the disease. It has impacted on a constellation of human rights – security and bodily integrity, freedom of movement, labour and education, and health and wellbeing. This webinar is an ...
ECOSOC Side Event: Advancing the Localization Agenda: locally-led humanitarian action
More details to follow On 20 April 2021, ECOSOC agreed (E/2021/L.14) that the theme for the 2021 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) will be “Strengthening humanitarian assistance to face the challenges of 2021 and beyond: mobilizing respect for international humanitarian law, inclusion, gender, innovation and partnerships.” The 2021 HAS will be held from 23 to 25 June in a hybrid format. Since 1998, the Segment has been an essential platform for discussing issues related to strengthening the coordination and effectiveness of the humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, including assessing progress and identifying emerging issues, obstacles and challenges. For more information on the event go: to https://www.unocha.org/ecosoc-2021 Monday 21 June 2021 1:00pm – 2:30pm Side Event: Advancing the Localization Agenda: locally-led (virtual) humanitarian action