Between 2018 and 2022, teams from MSF in the Central African Republic (CAR) took care of over 19,500 survivors of sexual violence across the country. During the same period, UNFPA documented 14,907 other cases of sexual violence in CAR reported by other humanitarian organizations working in the country, or by state structures. This report outlines the public health emergency that sexual violence has become in CAR, with recommendations to address the crisis.Read More
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Rapid Gender Analysis: Gendered Impacts of the October 2023 Escalation in Gaza
This rapid gender analysis provides information and analysis about the different needs, capacities and coping strategies of women, men, boys, and girls to underpin UNRWA’s and other actors’ capacity to design and deliver gender-responsive emergency support. There are critical gaps in access to health services that particularly affect women and adolescent girls, including access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care, newborn care, and sexual and reproductive health services.Read More
Young and Married: Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Bangladesh, Mauritania, Nepal, and Tanzania
Understanding the complexities around how girls and young women exercise their power within or outside marriage is essential to better understand how to support girls and young women. This report aims to do just that and to more fully recognize the experiences and needs of girls and young women who are already married. This report highlights the struggles, including a high risk of violence and negative traditional gender roles, these girls and young women are facing while attempting to find a better situation for themselves, and offers recommendations for policy and programming.Read More
Addressing Gender Inequalities in Countries Affected by Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support
Conflict and fragility can increase women and girls’ exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) and make it more difficult for them to access social services, including sexual and reproductive health services. This evaluation uses several elements to assess the Bank Group’s country support for women and girls’ economic empowerment and GBV prevention and response. Read More
Gender-Transformative Collective Action to End Child Marriage and Advance Girls’ Rights: The Experience of Coligação Para Eliminação dos Casamentos Prematuros, the Girls Not Brides National Partnership to End Child Marriage in Mozambique
This report shares highlights from Coligação para Eliminação dos Casamentos Prematuros (CECAP, the Girls Not Brides National Partnership to End Child Marriage in Mozambique), a civil society organization collective invested in strengthening their gender-transformative skills, knowledge, and leadership to systematically analyze and address the root causes of gender inequality at the individual and systems levels. This report includes a review of the evidence and data, the partnership's gender-transformative ranking, and a road map of priorities for collective action to advance girls' rights.Read More
REBUILD: The Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Policy Responses on Women Working in the Informal Urban Economy in Kenya
Kenya's COVID-19 policy response measures negatively impacted women’s livelihoods, economic activities, and access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services. This report shares emerging findings from a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy responses on women in the urban informal sector in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as recommendations for policy and action to address gender inequalities in the informal economy.Read More
