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Introducción La violencia basada en género -especialmente la ejercida por su pareja y la violencia sexual- constituye un grave problema de salud pública y una violación de los derechos humanos de las...

MPC is intended to enable people to meet their basic needs through local markets as they see fit, hence, its outcomes will vary, depending on the context, design (e.g., transfer values, number of...

Amidst the Ukraine emergency, don’t forget to coordinate with national Cash Working Groups The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has created the latest large-scale regional emergency, with escalating...

1. INTRODUCTION a. Background and rationale This document presents good practice to assist humanitarian actors designing and implementing cash programmes, including multipurpose cash (MPC) and cash...

ABSTRACT Turkey, as the country with the highest number of refugees, is currently a home to 3.7 million Syrians who had to flee from their country due to the conflict started in 2011. Since December...

Executive Summary A new socio-economic vulnerability assessment tool (SEVAT) used to target IDP (living out-ofcamp), returnee, and host community households eligible for multi-purpose cash assistance...

In June this year, the Regional Cash Working Group (CWG) for Eastern Africa and the Global Health Cluster (GHC) engaged in a two day workshop to take stock of CVA for health outcomes activities,...

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Yemen has been witnessing conflict since 2015 and has become the world’s largest man-made food security crisis, leaving half the population in acute food insecurity. According to...

FOR CASH AND VOUCHER ASSISTANCE A glossary is simply an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject with explanations. This is a glossary of terms or words relating...

Executive Summary Health is inherently complex, and health needs are unpredictable and can lead to high levels of expenditure. Without support, information asymmetries make it difficult for...

In this blog, we focus on the challenges related to achieving health-related outcomes through Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in humanitarian response. Using CVA to advance health outcomes is...

Dear Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, The lack of predictable and accountable coordination arrangements for humanitarian cash continues to hamper the scale, quality and...

Executive Summary This study examines the experimental use of vouchers in Bangladesh by 3 different agencies, funded by the EU, to address health gaps for the urban extreme poor by providing...

Summary Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been facing a humanitarian and security crisis of unprecedented scale. Already affected by chronic food and nutrition insecurity, the country has now witnessed...

The use of cash transfers in humanitarian action has implications for evaluative activity. On the one hand, the utility of some evaluations has been strengthened by the increased attention that has...

The CALP Network East and Southern Africa Office closely engages with and supports Cash Working Groups in the region (there are 13 active CWG from 12 countries). Cash Working Group Leads and Co-Leads...

Humanitarian Health describes which combination of interventions resulted in the most effective diabetes treatment for Syrian refugees based in Jordan. 23 March 2021 — By Shannon Doocy Providing...

Max Seilern and Hannah Miles from Ground Truth Solutions reveal the positive impacts of simply being more open about cash programming with cash recipients. A closer look at recipient feedback in...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY TEAM Cash transfers in Yemen, delivered through humanitarian actors and social protection systems, offer great opportunities for beneficiary impact and...

OVERVIEW OF THE TOOL The Basic Needs and Response Analysis Framework and Toolkit (known as the Framework & Toolkit) is part of the ECHO ERC funded project to increase the uptake of multi-purpose cash...