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CONTEXT & RATIONALE
More than 20 months since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, the population of the country has experienced rising humanitarian needs1 and an exacerbation of preexisting gender- and disability-based vulnerabilities.
In this context, REACH partnered with World Food Programme (WFP) to launch a Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA). The objective of the MSNA was to understand and analyze the demographics, multi-sectoral humanitarian needs, service access, and displacement dynamics of populations living in Ukraine; so as to inform the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2024 and contribute to a more targeted and evidence-based humanitarian response. To further assess how the current situation differs for women, men, people with or without disabilities and with the technical input of the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, REACH conducted a targeted analysis of needs along gender and inclusion lines. Given the MSNA’s household-level unit of analysis for most indicators, REACH primarily explored differences between female and male-headed households (HHs), HHs with or without a member with a disability with additional investigation into HHs with intersecting vulnerabilities, in order to understand whether these groups experience more severe needs or increased barriers to assistance.