Assessments

Summary of Findings Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) conducted in 2021 identified that sexual violence, including FGM/C and sexual harassment; domestic violence; early/forced marriage; and sexual exploitation of women and girls, constitute major GBV risks in Somalia and…

1. Background and Methodology Gender based violence (GBV) is a major risk for women and girls and population groups who are in particularly vulnerable situations, especially when residing in transit or relocation sites. GBV risks are exacerbated…

Gender based Violence (GBV) is a major risk for vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in particular for women and girls residing in IDP sites across Cabo Delgado. To gain a deeper insight into the specific risks…

Konso’s conflict: Maternal and reproductive health care on the edge of collapse KONSO, Ethiopia - “I was discharged from the health facility after a stillbirth without any medication or treatment. I have been bleeding ever since”, says…

This study is the first nation-wide, qualitative assessment of GBV that has ever been done in Sudan, co-authored by UNFPA and the Government of Sudan’s Combating Violence against Women Unit (CVAW). The report aims to complement…

UN Women in partnership with UNFPA and the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) commissioned this study to undertake a rapid assessment of gendered effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda. The study was carried out…

UN Women in partnership with UNFPA and UBOS commissioned a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) survey in Uganda’s four regions. The results are intended to provide policy and decision-makers with reliable evidence and information to design appropriate…

The first confirmed COVID-19 patient in South Africa was a traveler returning from Italy who was diagnosed on March 5, 2020. Like most of its neighbours, South Africa responded swiftly by adopting a series of lockdown…

From an economic perspective, the timing of the COVID-19 pandemic was worsened by the fact that Mozambique was in the process of recovering from two major fiscal shocks - the hidden debt crisis and cyclones, which…

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governments across the world, including Kenya, have taken up different containment measures including introduction of economic stimulus programmes to cushion women and…