Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA)

Introduction Today there are more internally displaced people worldwide than ever; approximately 59.1 million people have been forced to leave their homes due to armed conflicts, violence or human rights violations and disasters. Evidence indicates that more…

Women humanitarian workers play a critical role in ensuring women’s access to humanitarian assistance. In the con­text of many restrictions on women’s lives, women aid workers are indeed best placed to work around the barriers facing…

The Taliban’s position on women’s rights has been central to its worldview and vision for society—from its first period of rule (1996–2001), its position at the peace table in Doha, and now, its contemporary practices and…

This second gender update has been developed by the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group and the Women Advisory Group (WAG) to the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT).The gender updates are based on reports, information and…

Executive Summary Afghanistan is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the works with 24.4 million people, 55% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance1 . In addition, the financial sanctions applied to Afghanistan after the…

Most conflict and political analyses exclude the specific status, needs, and experiences of women, men, girls, boys, and sexual and gender minorities. A gender-responsive conflict analysis explores—with a gender lens—systems of power, institutions, and stakeholders, and…

Introduction The purpose of this Gender Alert is to document and analyze the impact of the rapidly evolving Afghan context on women’s rights and gender equality. Successive decades of war, annual cycles of natural disasters, the worst…

Afghanistan is facing the devastating effects of almost forty years of war, increasing poverty and natural disasters, all of which were amplified by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of 2021, almost 17…