DI examines the impact of Covid-19 on international funding for gender-related humanitarian programming, finding that global efforts to support gender equality and support women and girls in humanitarian crises are falling short.
Read Online DownloadsThere is urgent need for reform in delivery, tracking and reporting of funding if recent trends in gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are to be countered.
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According to UN Women, 435 million women and girls would have experienced extreme poverty in 2021, as Covid-19 compounded needs in protracted crisis settings.
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Gender-specific international humanitarian assistance has grown significantly since 2018 but is not keeping pace with rapidly increasing needs.
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Current reporting does not provide adequate data on where gender-relevant funding is going, preventing women’s and girls’ needs from being met.
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Funding for gender-relevant humanitarian response has increased in recent years but is insufficient in the face of Covid-19 and escalating needs of women and girls in crisis contexts.
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Details of the methodology used in this report including discussion of its limitations.
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Thank you to those who contributed to and supported the publication of this report.
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The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2021 provides detailed analysis of the crisis financing landscape. Development Initiatives found that humanitarian funding failed to grow despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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