As seen in previous public health emergencies, a scale-up in humanitarian response increases the protection risks that women and children face and the risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. With over 400 participants, this webinar looked at how the humanitarian community is working to reduce these risks and support the most vulnerable. An update on
Version 1.0 (developed by WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, IOM, OCHA, CHS Alliance, InterAction and the UN Victims’ Rights Advocate. Available here.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having significant economic, health and social impacts on women, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people across Canada and the world. In this webinar, CanWaCH and YWCA Canada explore how we can address these impacts by applying a gender lens to research and knowledge production. Read more...
Examples of UNHCR gender responsive and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, risk mitigation and response interventions. Full report available here.
This monthly document summarises publicly reported cases of sexual violence by law enforcement bodies, conflict related sexual violence, and sexual violence that targets IDPs / refugees or vulnerable beneficiaries. These reports bear testimony to the brave survivors who speak about sexual violence. They are in no way representative of the extent or nature of sexual
CARE is deeply concerned about the implications that the spread of COVID-19 might have on women and girls in development and humanitarian settings. Informed by lessons learned from past public health emergencies, CARE’s analysis shows that COVID-19 outbreaks in development or humanitarian contexts could disproportionately affect women and girls in a number of ways, including
The INGO community came together to produce Recovery & Wellness, COVID-19 which convenes subject matter experts and practitioners from the fields of Human Resources, Insurances and Benefits, Staff Wellbeing, Security and Risk Management and Non-profit Law and Compliance. Each module seeks to provide guidance, suggestions for internal communications and an action list organized by Highly
"Working remotely—especially for an extended period—is something that many of us have not had to do before. And simultaneously being isolated from many family and friends adds another layer of complexity. In the space of just a couple of months, many of us have had to adapt to doing our work and connecting with almost
"We built the calculator to help decision-makers take a “whole of health” perspective that fully considers the indirect health effects of different policy responses to the outbreak" Available here.
The current document is an annex to the Interim Briefing Note and is meant to support the MHPSS operational response within the various sectors of humanitarian work. Approaches and interventions to MHPSS are not confined to one sector, but need to be integrated within many existing sectors and clusters.This document contains a wealth of operational