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The cost of child marriage over the life cycle of girls and women: Evidence from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia
Child marriage violates human rights and is a significant impediment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Although progress has been made in reducing child marriage worldwide, it remains prevalent (including in the Arab region), fuelled by sociocultural norms, poverty, lack of education, and external factors such as conflict or natural disasters. Research confirms that child marriage has severe and far-reaching consequences for women and girls, affecting all aspects of their lives, families and society. This new study estimates the costs of child marriage at different stages of women’s lives, using a life-cycle skill formation model in four Arab countries, namely, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Tunisia. The study provides new insights into the multifaceted costs of child marriage and highlights the urgent need for action to eliminate this harmful practice.
Syria Earthquake - Six Months On
Six months after the devastating earthquake that struck Syria in February, the humanitarian situation throughout the country remains volatile, with 2023 shaping up to be one of the worst years of a crisis that has now entered its thirteenth year.
Despite these challenges, UN agencies and partners have made progress in restoring service delivery points, including safe spaces and health clinics, to provide critical services such as GBV assistance and healthcare. Some referral hospitals damaged by the earthquake have resumed services, reducing pressure on temporary facilities.
This report provides an overview of UNFPA's main achievements during the first 180 days of the earthquake.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARAB REGION 2023 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE AND PATHWAYS
This paper aims to present the evidence on the interlinkages between climate change and gender-based violence in the Arab region and to provide recommendations to support the international community, policy-makers, feminist and climate change advocates, researchers and professionals in the field of climate change and gender issues. A version of this study encompassing the wider membership scope of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation beyond the Arab region will also be published in the Flagship report of the Women Development Organisation, titled “The Status of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in OIC Member States 2021-2022: Women and Climate Change”.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE IN THE ARAB REGION
Coordinated, age-responsive essential services are required for the prevention and response to GBV to mitigate the adverse impacts of violence on adolescent girls in a way that is specific to their realities. Following the guiding framework of the Essential Services Package, the current paper is an effort to provide an initial mapping into the availability and delivery of GBV essential services for adolescent girls and to provide recommendations to strengthen GBV prevention and response services for adolescent girls in the Arab region. The study is targeted at policy-makers, researchers, programmers, civil society and other professionals in the field of gender-based violence and in adolescent girls programming.
By girls, for girls - Framework for Adolescent Girls’ Programming in the Arab states 2023-2025
This Regional Adolescent Girls Framework for 2023-2025 intends to strengthen, better coordinate, and expand adolescent girl-centred initiatives and programmes in the Arab region.
Until Every Need is Met - Analysis report
This report provides a gender sensitive analysis of existing data to inform the upcoming 2024 Whole of Syria (WoS) Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).
Young Evaluators are key to building a Better World!
As part of our commitment to leaving no one behind, UNFPA recognizes the crucial role of evaluation in ensuring that our programs and policies are effective and responsive to the needs of all people, especially the most vulnerable in our Arab States region. We also recognize that young and emerging evaluators have a unique perspective and skill set that can help us achieve our mandate. That's why we're proud to showcase the experiences of our young and emerging evaluators in this flyer. Through their work, we see firsthand the impact that evaluation can have on improving the lives of people around the world. Follow us to learn more about the role of evaluation in UNFPA's mission and the contributions of our young and emerging evaluators to a better world.
Overview of Funding Needs / Regional Syria Crisis Response 2023
This document provides an overview of the funds required for UNFPA's regional response to the Syria crisis in 2023.
UNFPA is appealing for a total of $182.3 million, which includes includes an appeal of $134.9 million to fund UNFPA’s regional Syria crisis response across the Whole of Syria, Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, in addition to $33.6 million to fund its response to the February earthquakes in the Whole of Syria and Türkiye, $7.2 million to fund the Lebanon Emergency Response Plan, and $6.65 million to fund the Sudan Emergency Response Plan.
In light of the extensive humanitarian needs in 2023, compounded by economic deterioration and the devastating impact of the February earthquakes, women and girls throughout Syria and host communities are more reliant than ever on humanitarian assistance, making the consequences of underfunding both significant and far-reaching.
Until Every Need is Met - Advocacy brief
The Syria crisis is a prime example of how women and girls almost invariably bear the brunt of the impact of humanitarian crises, with assessments showing that the lives of Syrian women and girls are marked by mutually reinforcing forms of violence and gender inequality, often exacerbated by discriminatory attitudes based on age, displacement status, disability, and/or marital status. This has been conducive to the normalisation of gender-based violence and the creation of an environment in which women and girls are consistently devalued, controlled, exploited, and then blamed for the violence they face.
This advocacy brief summarises the key findings, challenges, and recommendations of a gender analysis, commissioned by the Syria Senior Steering Group (SSG) and conducted by UNFPA, of existing HNO and HRP data and sectoral assessments to advance gender equality and GBV risk mitigation in the Whole of Syria humanitarian response and inform the 2024 Whole of Syria Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).
Empowered to Choose - Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Highlights
UNFPA's experience in different humanitarian contexts has shown that cash and voucher assistance (CVA) is a powerful instrument that can save lives, alleviate risks, and help women and girls escape abusive environments.
By giving women and girls greater access to vital services and empowering them with the freedom to choose, UNFPA has found that CVA can directly contribute to the realisation of the Three Transformative Results of zero unmet need for contraception, zero preventable maternal deaths, and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices, which UNFPA is committed to achieving by the year 2030.
This fact sheet provides an overview of key achievements made in 2022 under UNFPA’s CVA programming throughout the Arab region and Türkiye.