This brief is developed to guide the development of injects for gender-responsive services/interventions for earthquakes and urban flood preparedness, describing disaster events, their impacts and response through a GESI perspective.

This policy brief addresses some of the key factors and measures to be adopted in a Post-Crisis GESI Analysis, to effectively address a crisis’s differential impacts on gender, social disability, and age. The recommendations are intended to support analyses undertaken immediately after a crisis, to represent structural inequalities...

The Policy Brief draws from GEDSI Analysis conducted in Lumbini, Sudurpashchim and Karnali Provinces to identify opportunities for municipal governments and development partners to strengthen disaster risk reduction efforts and urban resilience by more comprehensively meeting the needs of women and excluded groups.

This policy brief is intended to serve as a knowledge resource for UN Women, the Government of Nepal, international development partners, civil society, and the private sector to work towards inclusive Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) sector growth in Nepal.

This policy brief is intended to serve as a knowledge resource for UN Women, the Government of Nepal, international development partners, civil society, and the private sector to accelerate the financial inclusion of women in Nepal.

The policy brief series is intended to serve as a knowledge resource for UN Women, the Government of Nepal, international development partners, civil society, and the private sector to work toward gender-responsive and inclusive post-pandemic recovery in Nepal.

[EVIDENCE FROM BIG DATA ANALYSIS Lessons from Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga] Findings prove the hypothesis that more people are searching for VAW-related terms during and after crisis. This remained true for both general information, and help seeking searches. Findings can shape VAW policies in the face of crisis, and strengthen the reach of essential services to VAW survivors.

Backed by over five years of experience in leading the mainstreaming of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in all phases of disaster risk reduction, prevention and response, and in collaboration with government, civil society, United Nations (UN) agencies and development partners, UN Women put together its own COVID-19 Response Strategy for Nepal. Braced for the long haul, UN Women approached the COVID-19 humanitarian crisis with a development perspective, glued to the twin focus of responding to the people’s immediate needs while pushing gender equality in the short and long-term responses to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates power dynamics and makes communities more vulnerable to violence. To advocate for the protection of the vulnerable groups against the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the current context, the Gender Equality Update 21 highlights emerging issues on PSEA raised by INGOs, NGOs and civil society organisations during the Gender in Humanitarian Action Task Team meeting on June 25, and provides resources for organisations wanting to strengthen their prevention and reporting mechanisms.

An overview reference document covering emerging GESI issues in Nepal in context of COVID-19 responses and preparedness. The issues highlighted in the document are drawn from the inputs provided by the participants of Gender in Humanitarian Action Task Team (GiHA).

Nepali Women speak about Covid-19—Hear their requests | We, the undersigned organizations committed to feminist principles and women’s human rights, call on the Government of Nepal to recall and act in accordance with human rights standards in their response to COVID-19 and uphold the principles of equality and non-discrimination, foregrounding the needs and interests of the most marginalized people—women, children, elderly, people with disabilities, rural women, LGBTIQ.

With the wor ld responding to the COVID-19 virus, it is important to consider response and recovery mechanisms through a gender lens. While wom en, as caregivers, breadwinners and health care workers, play critical roles in times of crisis, many of the impacts of COVID-19 are affect ing women the most, exacerbating pre-existing social and economic inequalities, barriers and discrimination in their homes and communities.

They were developed on the basis of the IASC Policy Statement on Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action (November 2017)1, and in light of lessons learned from the Ebola and Zika outbreaks and emerging gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to mobilize inter-agency support within the Nepal Humanitarian Country Team in ensuring these principles are reflected in the emergency response activities in support of the Government of Nepal.