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As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks

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Women face increased risk of violence, loss of livelihoods and other threats under the pandemic. © Unsplash/Tam Wai
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Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

GBV AoR

Resources

Poster: The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-based Violence in Emergencies Programming

This poster shows the 16 Minimum Standards for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies.

See the full report here.

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Publisher

Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

159

Publication

The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming

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News

Venezuelan volunteers provide humanitarian relief to migrants, refugees

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Venezuelan migrants on the Colombian border. © Tomer Urwicz
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Former child brides find brighter future at Türkiye's safe spaces

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Rima*, a 22-year-old mother of two, escaped both violence in Syria and abuse in her home. Today, she works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye
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Five things you need to know about Yemen's blockade

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Five things you need to know about Yemen's blockade

Five things you need to know about Yemen's blockade

As the blockade in Yemen enters its second week, assistance to 27 million people has been disrupted. Here are five critical facts about the effects this is having on the people of Yemen. 

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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

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Women and girls are waiting for a fistula repair at Maiduguri’s State Specialist Hospital © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA
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Young women emerge as responders, leaders in Nepal flooding

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Priyanka Singh (second from right) and her friends discuss their advocacy against child marriage with UNFPA District Officer Bhav Nath Jha. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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South Sudan clashes force pregnant women into the bush, over the border

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Rose Akongo, 26, was in labour by the time she arrived at the border post. © UNFPA Uganda/Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
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