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A practitioner’s Guide to the Ethical Conduct of Research on Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings
This guide offers a framework for decision-making regarding whether and how to conduct research on child marriage in humanitarian settings.
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Youth, Peace and Security: A programming handbook
This handbook aims to contribute to the operational readiness and capacity of United Nations practitioners to implement the youth, peace and security agenda. Recent evidence and increasing momentum is presented in the handbook to prioritize youth-inclusiv
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GBV Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
The Gender-based Violence (GBV) Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit draws on the insights and experiences of international and local organizations implementing GBV programming in Turkey cross-border operations, as well as best practice GBV resources on the
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COVID-19: Sexual and reproductive health and rights in times of crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed access to social and health services in Jordan, especially those relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV). This presents specific risks for women, girls and young peop
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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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State of World Population 2020: Against my will- Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality
Opening with a powerful Call to Action from UNFPA's Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dr. Natalia Kanem, this report focuses on three harmful practices: femal genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage, and son preference. Year 2
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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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Resilience in Action: Lessons learned from the joint programme during the COVID-19 crisis
The UNFPA has estimated that two million cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic that otherwise would have been avoided. Realizing the limited research on FGM in the COVID-19 crisis, this brief was developed
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Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in South Asia: Study results from Bangladesh and Nepal
There are estimated to be 285 million child brides in South Asia. Child marriages can result in serious violations of human rights as it prevents the child from having a childhood where it can play and be protected. Although the child marriage rates are d
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Empowering Girls and Women to Lead Change Annual Report 2019
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme is the largest global program addressing female genital mutilation. The 2019 annual report describes how the Joint Programme have been working during 2019 to empower girls and women to lead change.
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Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units: Improving emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC)
Maternal mortality is decreasing globally. However, progress is too slow. There are also critical inequalities across the world. The wast majority of maternal deaths are preventable if appropriate healthcare is provided. To achieve Sustainable Development
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Women’s Wellbeing Survey- 2019: Findings from Sri Lanka's first dedicated national survey on violence against women and girls
Sri Lanka’s first national survey on violence against women and girls using an internationally recognized standardized methodology, was the 2019 Women’s Wellbeing Survey. The survey covers all 25 districts in Sri Lanka and includes interviews with more th