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COVID-19 vaccine rollout – What do we know from past public health emergencies about gender-based violence risks and gender related barriers to vaccine access
29 Apr, 2021
As initiatives for large-scale global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine get underway, this report looks at what is known from past public health emergencies and vaccination campaigns to understand gender-related barriers that women and girls may face in accessing the vaccine, as well as risks of gender-based violence (GBV) related to vaccine distribution for women and girls at the community level and female health workers.
Exploring the links between flooding and violence against women and girls in the Eastern and Southern African region- GBV AoR Helpdesk 2024
02 Jul, 2024
This report examines how flooding, induced by climate change, disproportionately affects women and girls and increases their risk of experiencing GBV. The report has a particular focus on the Eastern and Southern Africa region. It identifies effective emergency preparedness and response strategies, particularly in the Eastern and Southern African region. It provides information that is useful to humanitarians, as well as development actors, working in flood-prone contexts.
REGA Review: Abridged Report - April 2023
23 May, 2024
Since the establishment of the Regional Emergency GBV Advisors (REGA) structure as an emergency mechanism in 2014, it has been challenging to ensure the systematic collection and analysis of evidence to assess its impact and relevance - beyond the number of deployments or the size and composition of the teams. A lack of qualitative evidence for the sustainability of the deployments measured in the extent to which their work has been capitalised on, replicated and sustainably absorbed by country offices, field GBV sub-clusters and UNFPA Regional Offices has also been noted. In addition, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) expertise gap in operations seems to have grown between 2014 and 2019, which was reflected by the commitment in the 2019 REGA Letter of Intent to expand the composition of the REGA teams by adding new areas of GBV expertise (Regional Coordination and Information Management) to provide wider support to country operations. Nonetheless, there has been little joint ana...
Tigray GBV Service Mapping : Facilitating Access to Minimum GBV Response Services
04 Apr, 2022
The purpose of this analysis is to access availability of existing GBV response services (health, psychosocial, legal and safety) in Tigray. Objectives; - Identify what care and support services are currently available for GBV survivors, who the service providers are and where the services are located - Develop a directory of services and update the inter-agency referral pathways - Understand the capacity and quality of services - Identify key gaps and capacity building needs of service providers - Ensure effective and efficient multi-sectoral service delivery and coordination