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Humanitarian assistance
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Funding for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Programming: Jordan case study
Evidence shows that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and conflict. These crises affect their life expectancy, education, maternal health, livelihoods, nutrition, as well as the levels of violence they experience. At the same ti
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Funding for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Programming: Bangladesh case study
Evidence shows that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and conflict. These crises affect their life expectancy, education, maternal health, livelihoods, nutrition, as well as the levels of violence they experience. At the same ti
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Understanding the Factors Affecting The Humanitarian Health and Nutrition Response for Women and Children in Somalia Since 2000: A case study
Two decades of armed conflict has caused immense damage to Somalia's infrastructure and led to mass displacement and suffering among the population. Health and nutrition indicators in the country are some of the worst in the world, as the complex context
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Funding for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Programming
Evidence shows that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and conflict. These crises affect their life expectancy, education, maternal health, livelihoods, nutrition, as well as the levels of violence they experience. At the same ti
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021: West and Central Africa
67 million people – 37 million of whom are children- in the West and Central Africa region are in need of humanitarian assistance. Additional pressure on already overburdened social services due to the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the situation of vulne
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Delivering Infectious Disease Interventions to Women and Children in Conflict Settings: A systematic review
In countries and regions across the world, there are significant gaps in access to infectious disease interventions within health systems. In some instances, these are further impeded by war, civil unrest and political violence. There is an urgent need to
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Humanitarian Action for Children 2021: Afghanistan
The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan has increased from 9.4 million in 2019 to 14 million in 2020. Children and women are continuously getting disproportionately impacted by violence. The ongoing crisis in Afghanistan is
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Funding for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Programming: Somalia case study
Evidence shows that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and conflict. These crises affect their life expectancy, education, maternal health, livelihoods, nutrition, as well as the levels of violence they experience. At the same ti
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Protecting People in Locally Led Disaster Response
Humanitarian organizations operating in the Pacific are increasingly recognizing the importance of localized humanitarian action. Major donors have made supporting localization a strategic objective in their humanitarian work and their monitoring and eval
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Humanitarian Action for Children: Refugee migrant response in Europe
In 2019, thousands of children continue to enter Europe as they flee from conflict, insecurity, and deprivation in their home countries. However, for many of these children, the ordeal continues in the countries of arrival, transit, and destination, as th
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Humanitarian Action for Children: Sudan
An ongoing economic crisis, constant changes of government, protracted conflict and natural disasters highlight the need for the protection of children in Sudan. In total, it is estimated that 2.6 million children required humanitarian assistance in 2019.
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Addressing the Humanitarian-Development Nexus in the Horn of Africa
Protracted crises resulting from prolonged conflict, recurring drought, and natural hazards, as well as cycles of displacement characterize several parts of the Horn of Africa (HoA). The scale of crises, stretched resources and the need to support communi