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NEW:
Conference report: Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict - Identifying Research Priorities to Inform More Effective Interventions
On 26 June 2008, OCHA brought together 28 scholars and practitioners to identify research priorities for analysis of the scourge of sexual violence in armed conflict, within the following two focus areas:
- Understanding the motivations behind sexual violence in armed conflict. Click here for discussion paper and literature review <<
- The nature, scope and motivation for sexual violence against men and boys in conflict. Click here for discussion paper and literature review <<
Presentation on Gender and Climate Change
On 16 July 2008, OCHA organised a side-event on gender and humanitarian action to the annual session of ECOSOC. The Global Gender and Climate Alliance presented compelling evidence for why gender matters in disaster response and disaster risk reduction. For full presentation, click here <<
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OCHA and Gender Equality
Understanding how conflicts and disasters affect women and men, girls and boys is critical to the overall effectiveness of our humanitarian response. Women, men, girls and boys experience war, floods, earthquakes and displacement differently: they have different priorities, responsibilities and protection needs.
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"Effective humanitarian response addresses the needs and concerns of all groups in an affected population. This means understanding how conflicts and disasters affect women, men, boys and girls differently and basing programming on their differential needs and capacities. This is what gender equality programming is all about. "
John Holmes
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
and Emergency Relief Coordinator
In a letter to Humanitarian Coordinators, April 2007
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Young men from Kosovo
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Women, girls, boys and men can also play different, but important, roles in responding to conflict and making decisions to resolve conflict and build peace. While women and girls are disproportionately affected during crises, they are not just victims. Gender inequalities undermine the ability of women and girls to exercise their rights and to be active partners in emergency response, rehabilitation and development.
This overview of OCHA’s work to promote gender equality will answer the following questions:
- What is OCHA’s Policy on Gender Equality?
- Why does OCHA need a policy on gender equality?
- What does OCHA mean by ‘gender mainstreaming’?
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