Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group

Introduction and Background The dire and compounding humanitarian crisis in Sudan is not gender-neutral. Widespread displacement, grave violations against civilians and ongoing conict, severe food insecurity, and the looming threat of famine, exacerbated by strained public infrastructure,…

Christopher Lockyear, secrétaire général de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), s’est adressé aujourd'hui au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies en appelant à la fin de la violence contre les civils au Soudan et à un nouvel…

9878e séance – matin CS/16018 Le Soudan est aujourd’hui confronté à « la crise humanitaire la plus grave et la plus dévastatrice au monde », une « polycrise » qui a le potentiel de provoquer une « catastrophe…

SC/16018 13 March 2025 World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis Calls for Ceasefire, Unhindered Aid Access Horrifying, systemic sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan —including against children — the Security Council heard today, as its…

Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has today given a briefing to the United Nations Security Council, calling on them to immediately respond to the war in Sudan. Mr Lockyear's speech to the…

Tomorrow, we mark International Women’s Day 2025 under the theme “Accelerate Action.” On this occasion, we call for urgent attention to the catastrophic impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan on women and girls. Plagued with…

Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Groups are integral to the in-country humanitarian architecture, contributing to strategic, policy, and decision-making at the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) levels. They enable clusters and sectors…

Background and Context Setting After years of protracted crisis, Sudan plunged into a conflict of alarming scale in mid-April 2023 when fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group,…