Monday, 19 August 2019

World Humanitarian day 2019

19th August is celebrated as World Humanitarian Day. 2019 is remembering the contribution of women humanitarian aid workers.

On the official website read 24 stories of the different women make

UN Women has a useful infographic and page on why we need to close the gender gap in humanitarian action

and International Rescue Comittee and G7 members signed an open letter 
letter to world leaders calling for more money, more expertise, and more efforts to ensure women and girls are better protected in the midst of the global crisis of displacement.
women as aid workers.
What problems do they face?
This 2017 report from Action Aid focused on women workers in 'surge' operations

Care 2017 report She is a humanitarianWomen’s participation in humanitarian action drawing on global trends and evidence from Jordan and the Philippines argued women are often seen as victims rather than first attenders

This was recently echoed in a multi agency 2019 paper. Women’s and girls’ rights and agency in humanitarian action A life-saving priority

Other problems relate to sexual violence against women aid workers. Humanitarian Outcomes produced regular aid security reports. the 2019 edition focuses on protecting against sexual violence


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