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UNFPA in the Arab Region: Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies
Even under normal conditions, reproductive health issues are a leading cause of death and illness among women of childbearing age. But when a crisis strikes, skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care often become unavailable, exacerbating the vulnerability of pregnant women. Moreover, during conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies, plans for a humanitarian response can easily lack adequate services for the immense sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs among any affected population. Women face other threats as well. The absence of health services and other factors can increase the risks of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. And the breakdown of protection systems often leads to a rise in gender-based violence (GBV). In addition, the burden of care women assume for children and others can make it difficult for them to take proper care of themselves. Women may neglect their own needs as they care for their families and neighbours.
Manual on Social Norms and Change
This manual is meant for training programme managers to promote the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
UNFPA Humanitarian Action Overview
Today more than 75 per cent of people affected by humanitarian crises are women and children. And adolescents aged 10-19 years constitute a significant proportion of the population in many conflict and post-conflict settings.
2015 Annual Report of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change started in 2008 and has just completed the first half of its Phase II implementation period (2014–2017).
UNFPA Annual Report 2015
This annual report shows how UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helped millions of women and girls gain the power to realize their full potential and transform their lives.
FIGHTING BACK TEARS… CLINGING TO DREAMS
In Fighting Back Tears ... Clinging to Dreams. Syrian Women in Their Own Words, a different picture of Syria emerges than the one we normally see.
Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Syria Crisis: Training manual for facilitator
Five years on, the Syria Crisis shockwaves still reverberate across an already volatile region. Syrian women bear the full hardship of this open-ended conflict, as they pay the price of social stigma and displacement inside the country and in the five neighbouring countries, which are now home to more than four million refugees. Almost always, they are affected by gender-based violence, which tends to increase in times of duress as familial bonds weaken as a result of forced migration and displacement.
Girlhood not mothers
When a girl becomes pregnant, her present and future change radically, and rarely for the
better. Pregnancy before a girl is physically, developmentally and socially ready jeopardizes her
right to a safe, successful transition into adulthood.
This publication presents strategic thinking and reviews the best available evidence on effective
strategies and interventions to empower girls and reduce their vulnerability to adolescent
pregnancy. Drawing from the evaluated evidence, it provides guidance on how to implement
effective programmes that operate at multiple levels and with multiple stakeholders, including
and most importantly, with the adolescent girl.
See more at: http://www.unfpa.org/publications/girlhoodnotmotherhood#sthash.gk2kO...
Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Syria Crisis: Good Practices in the Media
Despite the efforts and engagement of local and regional media in highlighting and denouncing gender-based violence against women and girls in the six countries most-affected by the Syrian crisis (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt), the bulk of coverage still – whether directly or indirectly – attributes stereotypical and predictable social images to women and girls.
Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence
The United Nations Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence (the Joint Global Programme) was officially launched by UNFPA and UN Women in December 2013, with support and funding from the Government of Spain and the Australian Government. The participating UN agencies include: UNFPA, UN WOMEN, WHO, UNDP and UNODC.