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Gender-based violence and child protection among Syrian refugees in Jordan, with a focus on early marriage

UNWomen (2013)

Findings from this report reveal that, rates of early marriage are high, a significant percentage of children contribute to the household’s income or are its main source of income, and restrictions on the mobility of women and girls constrain their participation in social and economic activities a... more

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Apart Together survey

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Preliminary overview of refugees and migrants self-reported impact of COVID-19 The study surveyed over 30,000 refugees and migrants living in 170 countries. Many of the respondents had fled war or dire economic conditions in their home country only to be faced with the additional challenges posed b... more

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Sudan: Multi-Year Humanitarian Strategy 2017-2019

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1

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Ebola emergency preparedness in EU Member States: Conclusions from peer-review visits to Belgium, Portugal and Romania

ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) (2015) CC2

This report presents the main characteristics of Ebola emergency preparedness in three EU Member States. Findings are organised in five sections: preparedness planning, organisational structures, recourses and capacities, intersectoral and cross-border collaboration, and country-specific findings

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Policy Paper The Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Financing for Development

International Disability Alliance (IDA) & International Disability Development Consortium (IDDC) (2014) C1

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Save the Children's COVID-19 Program Framework and Guidance and Companion Pieces

Save the Children (2020) C1

How we respond both now and going forward will help mitigate the impact of COVID-19, and to the extent possible preserve children’s rights to Survive, Learn, and Be Protected. We will focus our efforts on the most critical work essential to maintaining these commitments to the extent possible.

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Planning framework for a national policy and programme for making health facilities safe in emergencies

World Health Organization (2009)

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HIV and AIDS in India

Avert (2018) C2

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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022

United Nations (2022) C2

According to the Report, cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very own survival. The Report highlights the severity and magnitude of the challenges before us. The confluence of crises, dominated by COVID-19,... more

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Climate change-induced migration: a bibliometric review

García, J.M.; Caparrós-Martínez J.L., Rueda-López N., et al. (2021) CC

Globalization and Health (2021) 17:74 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00722-3

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Lost at home - The risks and challenges for internally displaced children and the urgent actions needed to protect them

UNICEF (2020) CC

Today, more children than ever before are displaced within their own countries. Their harrowing stories of displacement are unfolding every day, and with increasing frequency. At the end of 2019, approximately 45.7 million people were internally displaced by conflict and violence (Fig. 1.1). Nearly ... more

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Greece Accomodation update January 2020

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC

By the end of January 2020, UNHCR had created 25,664 places in the accommodation scheme as part of the ESTIA programme. These were in 4,606 apartments and 8 buildings, in 14 cities and 7 islands across Greece. The Accommodation Scheme provides rented housing to vulnerable asylum-seekers and refug... more

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The Middle East Program for Youth in Crisis at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Brett D. Nelson, Maya Fehling, Margaret E. Tierna, Zina Maan Jarrah Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (2015)

Examining the needs of at‐risk youth in the Middle East and North Africa: A multi‐method landscape analysis and systematic literature review

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Health at a Glance: Europe 2020

OECD (2020) C1

State of Health in the EU Cycle. With the coronavirus (COVID-19) once again spreading rapidly, and the re-introduction of containment measures to flatten the curve of the epidemic, it is crucial for policymakers to plan effective strategies to re-open their economies to avoid further re-confinement... more

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FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots - July 2020

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; World Food Programme WFP (2020) CC

A new reportshows that people in some 25 countries are set to face devasting levels of hunger in coming months due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the greatest concentration of need is in Africa, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the Middle East and Asia – inclu... more

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Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide
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World Health Organization WHO, CDC, UNHCR (2022) C_WHO

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Mental health and climate change: policy brief

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

We need to be concerned about mental health in the context of climate change

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Guide to community engagement in WASH
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Niederberger, E.; S. Ferron and M. O'Reilly Oxfam (2016) C1

A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola. This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme ... more

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Policy Brief: The impact of COVID-19 on older persons

United Nations (2020) C2

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world. As of 26 April, the virus itself has already taken the lives of some 193,710 people, and fatality rates for those over 80 years of age is five times the global average. As the virus spreads rapidly to devel... more

Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide recommended

Guide to community engagement in WASH recommended

Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide
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Guide to community engagement in WASH
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