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Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022 - Webinar
Every 28th of May the world celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day, a moment to let our voices be heard and advocate for the importance of addressing equitable and dignified menstrual health and hygiene. Humanitarian actors play a crucial role in ensuring that these needs are met for those affected by conflict or natural disaster. With over 550 million unique engagements in 2021, MH Day is the perfect opportunity to showcase your work on menstrual health and hygiene, share challenges you have encountered, and engage colleagues or partners to illustrate the importance of addressing menstruation in our work. The MHM in Emergencies Working Group has partnered with the International MH Day Secretariat to organize an exclusive webinar for humanitarian actors on "Hosting your own MH Day event". What can you expect With the 28th of May fast approaching, this preparatory meeting will give you the tools and how-to's for organizing your own MH Day activities, gain ac...
Recherche et Plaidoyer sur les Violences Basées sur le Genre : Présentation du Forum SVRI 2022 aux Acteurs VBG de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
13 janvier 2022 - 10h30 GMT (Dakar) Intervenants : Lisle Loots, Officier en charge du partenariat et des forums (SVRI) & Noemi Dalmonte, Conseillère Régionale sur les VBG (GBV AoR / UNFPA Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre ) Le Groupe de travail régional sur les VBG pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre a invité l'Initiative pour la recherche sur les violences sexuelles, en anglais Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), pour présenter le Forum SVRI prévu à Cancun, à la Mexique entre le 19 et le 23 septembre 2022. Le Forum SVRI est devenu au cours des années la plus grande conférence mondiale de recherche et de plaidoyer concernant la violence à l'égard des femmes et des filles. Il rassemble tous les deux ans des chercheurs, des bailleurs de fonds, des praticiens, des décideurs, des militants et des survivants pour se connecter, apprendre, partager, discuter sur ce qui marche et ce qui ne marche pas en matière de lutte contre les V...
UNFPA CVA Activities in Indonesia
30 Aug, 2021
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. This CVA pilot provided cash assistance for transportation directly to female sex workers (FSWs) living with HIV so that they could access antiretroviral (ARV) therapy at health service centres. It was implemented by the Indonesian Organization for Social Change (OPSI), a national network of sex workers that is trusted and well- known by sex workers at district levels.
UNFPA CVA Activities in Bangladesh
30 Aug, 2021
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. From September 2018 to August 2019, UNFPA provided vouchers to encourage antenatal care visits and facility-based deliveries. Participatory assessments and feedback mechanisms, financial risk mitigation such as the use of QR codes for voucher tracking, and ongoing outreach by community health workers contributed to the success of the voucher assistance as part of a broader humanitarian sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programme.
CHILD MARRIAGE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES Girls and Parents Speak Out on Risk and Protective Factors, Decision-Making, and Solutions - UC Berkeley, Save the Children and Plan International 2021
05 Oct, 2021
In order to address these gaps, the Human Rights Center (HRC), Save the Children, and Plan International partnered on a long-term research initiative to strengthen child marriage prevention and response in humanitarian settings. This qualitative study, the second phase of the three-phase initiative, sought to better understand the risk and protective factors, decision-making processes, service and support needs of girls and their caregivers that contribute to vulnerability to child marriage, and community perspectives on solutions for addressing and responding to child marriage in humanitarian settings.
GBV AoR Regional Support Teams Annual Report, 01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
04 Oct, 2021
During 2020, the GBV AoR regional support teams strengthened GBV coordination in emergencies in 24 countries. COVID-19 necessitated moving to remote assistance. REGA teams were bolstered by the arrival of new regional experts in information management (IM), rapid response, GBV preparedness and academic partnerships. Despite the hurdles related to the pandemic, regional and country level advocacy and technical support for the GBV community continued across five regions. UNFPA provided effective management support through its regional and country operations.
Guidance to Gender-Based Violence Coordinators Addressing the Needs of Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in GBV Coordination - GBV AoR 2021
02 Nov, 2021
This guidance note is intended to guide gender-based violence (GBV) coordinators in their work on addressing sexual violence against men and boys in humanitarian coordination. The GBV AoR recognises the importance of ensuring that referral pathways, standard operating procedures and needs assessments include and address the needs of male survivors of sexual violence, and that all relevant humanitarian sectors are engaged in meeting these needs2 . To that end, this guidance note is designed to ensure that male survivors have safe access to support and services that they need, without comprising the safety or reducing access to services for women and girls.
Time for a Better Bargain: Prioritizing Women’s Leadership and Financing in Humanitarian Crisis within West Africa
« C’est le moment pour une meilleure négociation : Donner la priorité au leadership et au financement des femmes en contexte de crise humanitaire » Dans le cadre des activités au sein de notre Réseau Régional des Experts Genre en Action Humanitaire-AOC, nous vous invitons à prendre part à cette activité organisée sous le lead de CARE International. Il s’agit du webinaire régional sur le thème : « C’est le moment pour une meilleure négociation : Donner la priorité au leadership et au financement des femmes en contexte de crise humanitaire ». Le webinaire s’inscrit dans le cadre de la campagne menée par CARE "She Leads in Crisis" (SheLeadsInCrisis Report Card ). Il permettra de : Mettre en évidence les lacunes dans le financement d’une réponse humanitaire renforçant le leadership des femmes et filles. Partager des bonnes pratiques dans le domaine en Afrique de l’Oues...
Why Not Local? Gender-based Violence, Women’s Rights Organisations, and the Missed Opportunity of COVID-19 - IRC 2021
07 Dec, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll on women and girls’ safety in already complex humanitarian emergencies. Risk mitigation measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including lockdowns and restrictions of movement, made specific and serious disruptions in women and girls’ lives. These factors also intensified operational challenges to delivering lifesaving gender-based violence (GBV) response services, which in complex humanitarian settings were already an arduous undertaking.
Links Between Food Insecurity and GBV in Conflict-Affected Settings
16 Dec, 2021
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).