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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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Les perceptions locales de la participation communautaire à la santé au Burkina Faso

Sombié I., D. Amendah, K. A. Soubeiga Cairn info - chercher, répéter, avancer (2015) C2

La Burkina Faso met en oevre depuis plusieurs années la stratégie de la participation communautaire dans son système de santé. L'objectif principal de cette stratégie est d'impliquer les populations dans le processus de prise de décisionen vue d'améliorer l'utilisation des services de sant... more

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Evaluation guidelines for Measles supplemental immunization activities

World Health Organization; Regional Office for Africa (2006)

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Myanmar Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation 200299: “Supporting Transition by Reducing Food Insecurity and Undernutrition Among the Most Vulnerable” (2013-2017)

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1

An evaluation of WFP’s operation. Evaluation Report
The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) main components include: relief assistance; food assistance for assets (FFA); nutrition support to women, children and HIV/TB patients; school feeding (SF) and capacity building. The evalua... more

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Monitoring and restricting digital marketing of unhealthy products to children and adolescents

World Health OrganizationEurope (2019) C_WHO

The WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases organized an expert meeting on monitoring of digital marketing of unhealthy products to children and adolescents in June 2018. Based on that meeting, this report aims to provide a tool to support Member States in moni... more

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Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome

Nalbandian, A.; et al. (2021) CC

Nature Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01283-z

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Health Sector Integrated Refugee Response Plan 2019 - 2024

Uganda Government (OPM) (2022) CC

Uganda hosts approximately 1.1 million refugees making it Africa’s largest refugee hosting country and one of the five largest refugee hosting countries in the world. Most recently, throughout 2016- 2018, Uganda was impacted by three parallel emergencies from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic o... more

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Ukraine Social Protection: Current & Future Needs

World Bank (2022) C2

The necessity to support displaced persons (IDPs) and to provide social assistance and pension payments has put the welfare system in Ukraine under extreme stress. The invasion has resulted in massive employment losses. According to ILO, around 44 percent of jobs may be lost , while according to the... more

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Trends in Demographic and Reproductive Health Indicators in Ethiopia

Zachary, Blake, Zhuzhi Moore, and Pav Govindasamy ICF International (2013) C2

Data from the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Demographic and Health Surveys. DHS Trend Reports No. 7

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Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems

World Health Organization (2012)

2nd edition. This new edition provides policy-makers, programme managers and health-service providers with the latest evidence-based guidance on clinical care. It includes information on how to establish and strengthen services, and outlines a human-rights-based approach to laws and policies on safe... more

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Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation
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World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO

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Plano Estratégico Nacional de Resposta ao HIV e SIDA 2015-2019 (PEN IV)

Conselho Nacional de Combate ao HIV e SIDA , Moçambique (2015) C1

O PEN IV reune informação de inquéritos, estudos epidemiológicos e comportamentais, tendo como objetivo estabelecer os objetivos e metas no combate à epidemia do HIV/SIDA em Moçambique através de uma abordagem que reforça e dinamiza o envolvimento de todos os setores do Estado, Sociedade... more

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Impact and implications of the Ebola crisis

Rohwerder, B. Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (2014)

What are the political, economic, social and security implications of the Ebola crisis, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone?

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Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Uganda Fieldwork Report, August-September 2013

Laura Smith-Khan, Professor Mary Crock, Professor Ben Saul, Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum AO, University of Sydney (2013) C1

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We Keep It in Our Hearts: Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Syria Crisis

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2017) C1

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Standard Operating Procedures for the National eHealth Coordination Hub

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone (2017) C1

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Ebola- local beliefs and behaviour change

Grant, C. HEART (2014)

What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (around health-seeking behaviour, caring for relatives and nature of burials) and can inform effective behaviour change interventions for preventing Ebola i... more

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The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security

Benton, T.; et al. Chatham House (2022) CC

Cascading risks from rising prices and supply disruptions, April 2022. Global resource markets are still reeling from the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the two countries are major suppliers of energy, food and fertilizers. Supply disruption and the sudden imposition, in response to the... more

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National Community Health Strategy 2017-2022

Government of the Republic of Malawi (2017) CC

The Government of Malawi is committed to improving health and livelihoods in Malawi through community health – the provision of basic health services in rural and urban communities with the participation of people who live there. Historically, Community Health has significantly contributed to im... more

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Malawi National STEPS Survey for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and their Risk Factors

Ministry of Health, Malawi; World Health Organization (WHO) (2010) C_WHO

Final Report

Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation recommended

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