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Preventing GBV Building Livelihoods - WRC 2011
17 Jul, 2019
GBV Risks, Food Insecurity, and the Integrated Food Security Classification – What Are Basics that Food Security and GBV Actors Need to Know? - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2022
07 Sep, 2022
Current events globally such as the escalating effects of climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the COVID-19 pandemic are creating an exceptional risk of food insecurity across many parts of the world, prompting the UN Secretary General to issue a dire warning in March 2022 about an impending possibility of “a hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system.”1 Evidence shows that this cataclysm of food insecurity will impact the lives of women and girls disproportionately. According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), women around the world are more likely than men to experience moderate or severe food insecurity, an issue that appears in recent years to be on the rise. 2, 3 As food insecurity continues to increase, so may this food-related gender gap.
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.
Energy, Gender, and GBV in Emergencies- Mercy Corps & WRC 2019
06 Dec, 2019
The Women's Refugee Commission and Mercy Corps’ Energy in Emergencies: Reducing Risks of Gender-based Violence (EEMRG) project, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, aims to improve safety and opportunities for women and girls through inclusive access to energy in emergencies. The report and accompanying case studies on Energy, Gender and GBV in Emergencies incorporate input from refugees, humanitarian practitioners and market actors and lay the foundation for a forthcoming training program, which will be rolled out in 2020 in close collaboration with Mercy Corps teams in Afghanistan, Jordan, and Uganda.
Analysis of GBV needs and response in 2023 Humanitarian Needs Overviews and Humanitarian Response Plans
30 Oct, 2023
To Evaluate • The quality of GBV needs analysis in HNOs, and response planning in HRPs • GBV mainstreaming in the intersectoral and other sectors parts To Identify • Areas of strengths and improvements • Best practices to inform 2023 HPC • Key messages for advocacy purposes To Strengthen • GBV needs analysis and response planning • GBV representation in HNOs and HRPs To Advocate • Reinforce country-level attention and investment in the upcoming HPC cycle • Increase attention to GBV in global directions and policy documents
GBV AoR Regional Teams Support - Annual Report 2021
23 Dec, 2022
The Regional Emergency GBV Advisor (REGA) project was established in 2014, to strengthen system-wide capacities and promote collective accountability to GBV prevention, response and risk mitigation. The project is field-focused, and strengthens country-level gender-based violence (GBV) sub-clusters coordination in emergencies. The REGA project\mechanism was established through a strategic partnership between UNFPA, NORCAP and the GBV AoR. The GBV AoR, with UNFPA as its lead agency, is a functional component of the Global Protection Cluster.