Gender Alert on Fire in Kutapalong and Balukali Camps

Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

On the afternoon of March 22, 2021, a massive fire broke out in the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. The fire quickly spread across three camps consuming shelters and personal belongings of refugees as well as essential facilities such as hospitals, primary health facilities, learning centers, and women friendly spaces in the camps.

Service directory for women migrant workers in the ASEAN region

Date: Monday, April 5, 2021

Effective coordination and referrals are essential to respond to the needs of women migrant workers subject to violence. Safe and Fair has created a regional service directory for this purpose. The service directory enables referrals of women, including women migrant workers survivors of violence, by sharing information on available violence against women (VAW) specialized service providers across the region.

ASEAN Regional Study on Women, Peace and Security

Date: Monday, April 5, 2021

This study consolidates good practices and lessons learned on WPS, including key recommendations that have emerged from ASEAN-owned experiences and context to pave the way forward. Sustaining peace must start at building peace where it already exists. At the same time, women’s empowerment cannot be accomplished without the active engagement of men and boys in promoting the rights and dignity of women and girls.

Supporting the recovery of women entrepreneurs and women’s micro, small, medium enterprises from the impact of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Date: Monday, April 5, 2021

The policy brief highlights the key barriers that women entrepreneurs and MSMEs are facing in Bangladesh; and how the overall situation deteriorated further due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Only Way is Up: Monitoring and Encouraging Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion in the Humanitarian and DRR Sectors

Date: Monday, March 29, 2021

Before, during and after disasters and conflicts, people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) experience discrimination, violence and exclusion. This report explores what inclusion truly means according to key frameworks and tools in the humanitarian and disaster risk reduction systems. At the same time, it serves to identify gaps within these systems and generate a clearer understanding of how and why these gaps exist.

Guidance Note: Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool to Assess Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion Results in Humanitarian Contexts

Date: Monday, March 29, 2021

This Guidance Note provides detailed information on how and when to use the Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool package to facilitate assessment of diverse SOGIESC inclusion of programmes/projects implemented by humanitarian organizations. The tool requires use of a Survey instrument for collecting data from people with diverse SOGIESC, and spreadsheet-based Questionnaires and Dashboard for deriving a diverse SOGIESC inclusion score. The tool focuses on five key areas: Pre-emergency...

Tracking the Progress and Impact of Women’s Leadership in COVID-19 Responses in the Philippines

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The purpose of this research is to develop a framework and tools to measure women’s leadership and participation in the COVID-19 response. Now, the new measurement framework developed by Humanitarian Advisory Group and UN Women has shown that, even when women and women’s rights organisations (WROs) are operationally active and supported to coordinate, advocate, and grow, their lack of access to the spaces where decisions are continues to prevent transformative change.

Women innovators create solutions to stem COVID-19 in India

Date: Monday, March 15, 2021

Women and girls have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic’s social isolation and economic fallout. They face increased violence, unpaid care work, and other inequalities and violations of their rights.

WEPs Transparency and Accountability Framework: Creating Transparency on Gender Equality to Transform Business

Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021

Businesses have a critical role in enacting policies that support women’s economic empowerment and ensuring these efforts are measured, reported and aligned to areas that have the greatest impact.

Framework and Tools for Measuring Women’s Leadership and Meaningful Participation in COVID-19 Responses

Date: Monday, March 8, 2021

This document provides a framework and tools for assessing the progress and impact of women’s leadership and meaningful participation in the COVID-19 response.