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📜 Rapid Gender Analysis: Bangladesh Eastern Flash Floods 2024 Explore the report: https://lnkd.in/gjUPHs5T The recent flash floods have disproportionately impacted marginalized groups—women, children, older people, persons with disabilities, and more. This Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) by Oxfam in Bangladesh highlights the urgent gender-specific needs and long-term challenges facing flood-affected communities in Noakhali and Feni districts 🇧🇩. To rebuild resilient communities, we need to ensure inclusive recovery efforts. #GenderJustice #FlashFloods2024 #InclusiveRecovery #BangladeshFloods Oxfam Oxfam International Mehzabin Ahmed Ashish Damle Mahmuda Sultana

Through the Women's Resilience to Disasters project funded by DFAT led by UN Women in Malawi, 25 communities in Zomba now have improved access to early warning systems and vital information on gender and resilience. These systems play a critical role in preparing for and responding to disasters, ensuring communities are better protected, especially women and girls. Together, we are making strides in building safer and more resilient communities. #Resilience #GenderAndResilience #EarlyWarningSystems #DisasterPreparedness

"There is limited guidance on the role of public open spaces in climate adaptation in Bangladesh, and the tools to enable access for all, especially women, girls, gender minorities, and people with disabilities. For example, research from larger cities in Bangladesh indicates that while women may be involved in numerous community activities, they may not use open spaces for leisure (Jabeen 2019). Adolescent girls are less likely than their male peers to use parks due to spatial and social factors (Brown, Khan, and Hung, 2021). "Public open spaces are often inaccessible for people with disabilities, despite the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (2013) (WDDF 2014). Designing public open spaces to increase the presence of different groups of women—young and adolescent girls, pregnant women, elderly women, women with disabilities, resource poor women—can make them inclusive for all. Simultaneously, women’s participation in the decision-making of public open space development can ensure that the barriers and expectations of different groups of women and girls are heard and incorporated from the inception." Thanks @DrSuzetteMitchell for sharing this resource.

#IWD2024 There is a great need to enable women and girls to make the transition to old age in a way that allows them to capture social and political opportunities and to have a voice. Also pressing need to find innovative ways to break the cycle of poverty amongst the growing number of older women in Pakistan. Effective and timely implementation of laws protecting the rights of older people across Pakistan urgently needed. #MissingWisdomBeyond49 #OlderNotOver #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2024

⛔️ The ongoing #conflict in #Sudan has unleashed a devastating "#war on #women and #girls", intensifying their vulnerabilities to #violence and deprivation. The conflict has disproportionately impacted women and girls, exacerbating existing #gender inequalities and perpetuating harmful #gendernorms in Sudan's #patriarchal society. 💡 Before the conflict, over 3 million women and girls were already at risk of gender-based violence (#GBV), a number that has surged since hostilities began. Women and girls, including those with disabilities, rights defenders, and healthcare providers, have been specifically targeted during the conflict. Displacement and living conditions have amplified #protection risks, with #sexualviolence, #trafficking, and #exploitation becoming distressingly common occurrences. The real toll of conflict-related sexual violence is likely in the thousands, highlighting the urgent need for increased protection and support for women and girls in conflict zones. The document underscores the critical importance of addressing the specific needs of women and girls in conflict settings, emphasizing the necessity of targeted interventions to #mitigate the #risks they face. 💭💭As we navigate the complexities of humanitarian crises, it is imperative to prioritize the protection and empowerment of women and girls, ensuring their voices are heard and their rights are upheld in all aspects of conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts. #SudanConflict #GenderEquality #HumanitarianCrisis #WomenEmpowerment #GBVPrevention #PeacebuildingEfforts #Care #CareInternational

More attention needs to be paid to the crisis in #Sudan FACTS: 🚨Women and girls experience the vast majority of gender-based violence 🚨5.8 million women and girls are internally displaced 🚨64% of female-headed households are food insecure 🚨74% of girls are out of school 👇 Our new Gender Alert highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict on Sudanese women and girls. Full report: https://lnkd.in/dtK-K_ZF

The crisis in Sudan is deeply affecting women and girls, who are facing alarming levels of gender-based violence and displacement. These statistics underscore the urgent need for collective action and support. 👉 Let’s raise awareness and advocate for the rights and safety of Sudanese women and girls.

As I read this Advocacy Brief my heart aches for Women and girls in impacted by the Sudan conflict. it's clear that urgent action is needed to ensure their safety and meet their unique needs. It is important that regional and international social justice advocates to join forces with women-led organizations (WLOs) and women's rights organizations (WROs) in the fight for gender equality and protection for women and girls in Sudan. Let's stand together and amplify their voices. #WomenEmpowerment #GenderEquality #HumanitarianAid #SudanCrisis #SocialJustice #WomenRights"

In South Sudan, insecurity, gender stereotypes, limited economic opportunities, and other factors hinder women and girls from contributing to lasting peace. Moreover, sexual and gender-based violence remains a severe threat, affecting 65%, most of whom are under 18. In partnership with UNICEF, HealthNet TPO aims to demonstrate the positive impact of women and girls on peace by creating resilient community-based psychosocial services, strengthening the resilience of women, girls, and their communities. Discover more about the LOP project in South Sudan: https://loom.ly/99ACT80 #MHPSS #resilience #wellbeing

In #Sudan 🚨Women and girls experience the vast majority of gender-based violence 🚨5.8 million women and girls are internally displaced 🚨64% of female-headed households are food insecure 🚨74% of girls are out of school 👇 Our new Gender Alert highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict on Sudanese women and girls. Full report: https://lnkd.in/dtK-K_ZF