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Socio-economic recovery framework for the Covid-19 crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic has both a direct health impact but also and increasingly so indirect socio-economic impacts. This recovery framework proposes a multi-year strategy and roadmap to help people and communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. It highlights the need for integrated, inclusive and market-aware interventions from the outset for a speedy return to longer term development. The framework identifies three broad strategies towards socio-economic recovery, namely: 1) protecting livelihoods, 2) rebuilding livelihoods and 3) enhancing livelihoods – all of which need to be considered for existing and new programmes and coordinated with all relevant stakeholders. It also highlights key principles, standards and sample key actions that can guide potential socio-economic responses. Our Covid-19 crisis response underpins the importance of bridging the humanitarian and development nexus to rebuild inclusive and resilient livelihoods, support critical market systems and save lives.

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Integrating GBV in WASH toolkit: Lessons from Yemen

This toolkit acts is a practical guide to mainstream gender-based violence prevention activities in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes. It supports programme staff to assess commitment to the minimum humanitarian action standards in each programme’s life cycle. It summarises the “dos and don’ts” and shares tips for best practice based on our experience in Yemen.

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Integrating Protection: An Integrated Approach to Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection

This document summarises key lessons from integrating Gender Based Violence and Child Protection activities into humanitarian programmes in Mali, Niger and Pakistan. It documents best practice examples and evaluates strategies that worked best based on the different contexts. It also highlights several case studies and provides recommendations for donors, partner organisations and other stakeholders.

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Achieving gender justice: An Islamic Relief Review

This report is a summary of a comprehensive analysis of Islamic Relief’s gender and gender-based violence (GBV) related activities and programmes from 2017 to 2019 (inclusive). It uses the framework of IRW Gender justice Policy, SDG5 on gender equality and the Islamic Gender Justice Declaration. The main purpose is to document our gender and GBV related activities to inform projects, policy and advocacy development throughout the organisation; support Islamic Relief’s gender justice commitments; and inform the development of systems, policies and processes to advance Islamic Relief’s effort to achieve gender equality.

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Gender-based violence against women and girls in Gaza protection and inclusion framework

This study looks at gender-based violence (GBV), in particular domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated against women from across Gaza. It focuses on the experiences of widowed, abandoned, single, married and remarried women and, in particular, those of beneficiaries of three Islamic Relief Palestine programmes: Enhancing Economic Empowerment, Recovering Wellbeing of Children, and the Orphan Sponsorship programme. Drawing on their experiences, the study identifies a range of forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) that are prevalent in Gaza. It makes a series of recommendations to inform future GBV prevention and response strategies for humanitarian actors in Gaza.

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