This resource is a practical, user-friendly tools that aid in the application of gender-transformative approaches for everyday work at the frontlines within the social, health, education, or legal...
Gender
Introduction
Understanding how crises affect women and men, girls and boys of different ages and disparities is critical to effective humanitarian preparedness and response. Women, girls, boys and men have distinct needs, priorities, responsibilities, limitations and protection needs. They are exposed to differential risks and vulnerabilities but also play unique and important roles in preparedness and in responding to emergencies, conflicts and building peace within their respective communities. Gender equality in humanitarian action is about better targeting and programming and therefore about effectiveness of humanitarian action reaching all segments of the affected population.
Guidelines and Manuals
Gender-Transformative Interventions to End Female Genital Mutilation: Checklists for Frontliners
Espacios Seguros para Mujeres y sus Familias - Orientaciones y buenas prácticas sobre la gestión de espacios comunitarios seguros para mujeres y sus familias en Ecuador
Un Espacio Seguro es un tipo de espacio físico o móvil donde grupos o personas pueden sentirse “seguras”, construir redes sociales, expresarse y entretenerse mientras reciben información y acceden a...
Ecuador: Previniendo la violencia, construyendo igualdad - Guía de intervenciones comunitarias desde el enfoque de género
Trabajar con y para las personas desplazadas por la fuerza y las comunidades de acogida requiere desarrollar elevados niveles de sensibilización. Dicha sensibilización debe ir acompañada de procesos...
SGBV
UNFPA Central African Republic Situation Report - November 2025
The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains fragile, driven by insecurity, localized violence, and climate-related shocks that continue to displace communities and...
UNFPA Cameroon Situation Report - November 2025
Cameroon continues to face complex humanitarian challenges in the North-West, South-West, Far North, and East regions, where insecurity, displacement, damaged infrastructure, and post-electoral...
A child under five could die every forty seconds by 2030 due to U.S. aid cuts, Oxfam analysis finds
Already, conservative estimates projected that 200,000 children under five would die in 2025 due to these cuts, leading to the first rise in under-five child mortality this century.
Gender with Age Marker
Humanitarian Coordinator’s Vision for the Venezuela Humanitarian Fund (July 2025)
1. Introduction This paper presents the Humanitarian Coordinator’s (HC) vision on what the Venezuela Humanitarian Fund (VHF) sets out to achieve and its added value in supporting the humanitarian...
Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group Time: 14:00-15:30 Date: March 5, 2025 [Meeting Minutes] [EN/UK]
Agenda: 1. Gender with Age Marker (GAM) Coding Report for Clusters Presentation (30 mins), Daria Chekalova, Advocacy Advisor, CARE 2. USAID Funding Cut Survey Presentation (30 mins), Fatih Resul...
Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group Time: 14:00-15:30 Date: February 5, 2025 [Meeting Minutes] [EN/UK]
Agenda: Results of the Capacity Development Program developed by the GiHA Funding Task Force, supported by Oxfam. Presenter: Tetiana Konovalova, Bureau of Gender Strategies and Budgeting (20 min +...
Women, Peace & Security
Families in Sudan pushed to the brink amidst brutal conflict and famine as WFP resources dry up
ROME — As Sudan marks more than 1,000 days of brutal conflict this month, what has become the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis shows no signs of abating. This comes as the United...
Seven ways WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region advanced polio eradication in 2025
13 January 2026In 2025, WHO’s polio programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region advanced critical areas of eradication despite conflict, humanitarian crisis and funding pressures. From refining...
Ethiopia + 1 more
UN Welcomes Japan’s US$10.5 Million Contribution to Humanitarian and Development Efforts in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 12 January 2026 – The United Nations welcomes a generous contribution of US$10.5 million (approximately ETB 1.62 billion) from the Government of Japan to support critical humanitarian...
Latest Updates
Why HLP Matters - From Crisis to Recovery and Reconstruction
Housing, land, and property (HLP) rights are fundamental to people’s safety, dignity, and livelihoods in emergencies, addressing HLP issues is essential for an effective humanitarian response. For...
Trained midwives keep vital services going as health care declines in Dadaab
(ERGO) – Professional midwives left unemployed by aid cuts in Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya are filling a critical gap helping women during pregnancy and childbirth on a voluntary basis. A...
Slovakia + 1 more
UNHCR Slovakia socio-economic insights survey final report | 2025
Executive Summary Between 24 February 2022 and July 2025, more than 5.6 million refugees have reportedly fled Ukraine.1 Among these, over 3.4 million people crossed the border from Ukraine into the...