A Raise in Gender Based Violence in the Wake of COVID-19 In the wake of COVID-19 with the restriction on movement and economic downturn, with multidimensional poverty head- count ration of 51.7%1 ,...
El Plan de Respuesta Humanitaria con Panorama de Necesidades Humanitarias Venezuela 2020 tiene por objeto proporcionar asistencia humanitaria a 4,5 millones de venezolanos y venezolanas vulnerables...
The Venezuela Humanitarian Response Plan with Humanitarian Needs Overview 2020 (HRP) aims to provide 4.5 million vulnerable Venezuelans with humanitarian assistance. To do so, it appeals for US$762.5...
MISSION & MANDATE Action Against Hunger has been operating in Ethiopia since 1985, meeting urgent humanitarian and development needs across the country. Ethiopia saw a signicant increase in...
Gender is a critical factor that affects how populations are impacted by armed conflicts and the experiences and needs of individuals may vary greatly by gender and sex during times of crisis...
44th session of the Human Rights Council 13 July 2020 Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues, This Council has increasingly addressed aspects of women’s and girls’ rights in the context of...
Contexto regional La pandemia de COVID-19 constituye la mayor crisis mundial de salud pública que se ha generado en los últimos tiempos y plantea enormes desafíos tanto para los sistemas de salud...
Introduction “As the author, Rebecca Solnit has said, ‘hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with, in an emergency.’ The...
1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW The Secretary General released the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 on 25 June describing the UN strategy as based on three pillars – (a) delivery of a large-scale,...
1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW Huge gains made towards ending child labor over the last 20 years risk being reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on 12 June, in an appeal for governments to continue...