15 March 2021

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Compounding misfortunes: refugee women and girls lose even more ground during the COVID-19 pandemic (UNHCR Blog, March 2021) [text]

Falling through the cracks: shining a light on adolescent girls in humanitarian emergencies (The Conversation, March 2021) [text]

"How the aid sector marginalises women refugees," The New Humanitarian, 15 March 2021 [text]

Refugee Women Connect Take Over: International Women’s Day! (Border Criminologies Blog, March 2021) [text]
- Note: Posts in this series can be accessed via the "see also" menu on the right.

Whose rights are we talking about when we talk about women’s rights on 8th of March? (FluchtforschungsBlog, March 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Germany. Also available in Spanish.

The Wrong Answer to the Right Question:  How to Address the Failure of Protection for Gender-Based Claims? (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2021) [text]
- *See also related response to this blog post.

Reports:

Beyond numbers: improving the gathering of gender-based violence data to inform humanitarian responses (UNFPA, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Contraceptive Services in Humanitarian Settings and in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Summary of Gaps and Recommendations from a State-of-the-Field Landscaping Assessment (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2021) [text]

Maternal Death Review Guidance (2020 rev.) (UNHCR, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Protecting Forcibly Displaced Women and Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples of UNHCR gender responsive and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, risk mitigation and response interventions (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]
- See also related press release.

*Ready to Save Lives: A Preparedness Toolkit for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Emergencies (Family Planning 2020 et al., March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also French version.

Time for a Better Bargain: How the Aid System Shortchanges Women and Girls in Crisis (CARE, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UNHCR Policy on the Prevention of, Risk Mitigation and Response to Gender-based Violence, 2020 (UNHCR, Oct. 2020) [text]
- Note: Versions of this policy document are now available in Arabic, French and Spanish.

*UPDATED

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