Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Deportation as gendered violence: Afghan women’s experiences at the Iran-Afghanistan border (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Everyday Effects of Displacement and Conflict on Mothers: A Survey of Myanmar and Manipur Women FDPs in Mizoram (RLI Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

Fragile Gains: Why Women Must Be at the Center of Gaza’s Relief and Recovery Efforts (Women's Refugee Commission Blog, Feb. 2026) [text]

SIPRI advances gender-responsive humanitarian action in eastern Chad (SIPRI, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports: 

Access to justice for refugee women in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Refugee-leg Research Working Paper, no. 9 (Refugee Studies Centre, Nov. 2025) [access]

- Focuses on Uganda. Scroll down to access report and executive summary.

Access to land and resilience of Sudanese refugee women in Chad: Systemic issues and local perceptions (SPARC, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Also in French.

Gender Matters Bulletin (UN Women, 2025) [via ReliefWeb]

- No. 1 (April 2025): No Relief in Sight: The impact of escalating hostilities, repeated displacement orders and the ongoing aid blockade on women, girls, men and boys in Gaza

- No. 2 (Oct. 2025): Nowhere to call home: The impact of displacement on the shelter needs of women and girls in the West Bank

- No. 3 (Aug. 2025): Leading in times of crisis: The role of Women’s Organizations in the Humanitarian Response in Palestine

- No. 4 (Oct. 2025): Sustaining families alone: The experiences of crisis-affected and displaced women-headed households in Gaza

The impact of foreign assistance cuts on women’s rights and women-led organizations in Ukraine (UN Women, Feb. 2026) [text]

The Impact of ‘Safe Country’ Concepts on Women Seeking Asylum in the UK (Women in Refugee Law & Asylos, Jan. 2026) [text]

Lessons for research funders from locally led action research on women’s empowerment among pastoralists (SPARC, Sept. 2025) [text via ODI eLibrary]

- Focuses on Nigeria and South Sudan.

Participatory Action Research: A How To Guide by Researchers with Lived Experience (Women for Refugee Women, Feb. 2026) [text via WiRL]

Multimedia:

A Year of Harms, 10 Feb. 2026 [access]

- Recording of a panel discussion on the global impact of humanitarian funding cuts on women and girls.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (4 Feb. 2026)