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The Future of the Grand Bargain: Findings of the survey
In September and October 2020, the Grand Bargain Secretariat carried out two separate surveys to contribute to the consultations on the future of the Grand Bargain by addressing some of the knolwedge gaps and providing quantitative data on the views of Si
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My Hero is You: Storybook for children on COVID-19
This is a storybook for children on COVID-19. It was developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. The project was supported by global, regional and country-based experts,
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Interim Technical Note: Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) during COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health, social and economic crisis. With restrictions on travel ad movement, civil society and humanitarian organizations play a critical role in supporting authorities to respond. All people should remain safe fro
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Adjusting Food Distribution Standard Operating Procedures in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak Ver 2
These interim recommendations for school and food distribution are useful for COVID-19 response, when looking at phase 3 of a large scale response, working with social service systems and child protection actors to ensure continuity of critical services t
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Guidelines: With us and for us, working with young people in humanitarian and protracted crisis
These IASC guidelines provide a framework for working with and for young people throughout the humanitarian program cycle, complete with tips, examples, and case studies. In addition, humanitarian actors can use this guidance as reference to design progra
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IASC Interim Guidance on COVID-19: Focus on persons deprived of their liberty
Children deprived of their liberty face many vulnerabilities as the spread of COVID-19 can expand rapidly due to usually high concentration of persons and restricted access to hygiene and health care in some contexts. In detention centres and similar cont
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Interim Guidance: Localisation and the COVID-19 response
As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to restrictions on travel and movement, local actors are crucial in the response to the disease. Localization is therefore both a necessity and an opportunity for effectively meeting humanitarian needs and recovery efforts
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Interim Guidance: Gender alert for COVID-19 outbreak
Gender norms and pre-existing inequalities disproportionately impact women and girls during emergencies, including pandemics. Gender, together with other factors such as age, sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnicity, disability, education, employ
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Interim Guidance: Scaling-up COVID-19 outbreak readiness and response operations in humanitarian situations including camps and camp-like settings
People affected by conflict or crisis, and particularly those who live in camps or camp-like settings, are often faced with specific vulnerabilities and challenges. For example, they are often neglected, stigmatized and may face difficulties in accessing
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From Words to Action: Promoting gender equality and transformative action through the Grand Bargain
This brief presents the key points from a global consultation organized by UN Women and the Grand Bargain Friends of Gender Group. The goal of the consultation was to enable dialogue among the Grand Bargain Facilitation Group, Workstream co-conveners, sig
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A Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Field test version
This document provides guidance in the assessment, research, design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes in emergency settings. Although designed specifically for emergency contexts (in
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Inter-Agency Referral Form and Guidance Note
The process of directing a client to another service provider because the client is in need of help beyond the expertise or working area of the present service provider, is called a referral. The purpose of this referral form is to be used by humanitarian