The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Girls - UNFPA
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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Girls - UNFPA The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Girls - UNFPA

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Vulnerability analysis should identify specific opportunities to increase male involvement and initiate relevant programming by all agencies concerned (all agencies); • UNFPA should support mechanisms to provide information, education and social rehabilitation for women, families and girls in host communities, such as multipurpose centres (UNHCR); • Reproductive health and counselling services should be further strengthened to meet increased demands (UNFPA); • Income generation for vulnerable groups, such as female-headed households, widows, orphans, and war-disabled and sexual violence survivors, should be an integrated part ong>ofong> UNFPA postconflict relief programming; and • Programmes that enable sex workers to protect, maintain and improve their reproductive health and reduce their vulnerability to sexual violence should be established or strengthened. 34

Report ong>ofong> Working Group Four: ong>Theong> Role ong>ofong> NGOs in Post-ong>Conflictong> Situations for Women and Girls Introduction During the last decade, NGOs and other civil-society entities have made significant advances in shaping the global agenda for democratization, development and peace. Women’s NGOs have played an especially important role in mainstreaming gender in the outcomes ong>ofong> the United Nations global conferences ong>ofong> the 1990s. ong>Theong>y have promoted at all levels women’s human rights, family reform legislation, reproductive rights and the end ong>ofong> violence against women. NGOs have also played significant roles in highlighting the adverse consequences ong>ofong> globalization on the quality ong>ofong> life, particularly for vulnerable groups such as women and children. ong>Theong>ir vision, organizational flexibility, independence and wide outreach continue to make NGOs major partners for international organizations and bilateral donors. ong>Theong> last two decades have been a period ong>ofong> increased conflicts and emergencies. NGOs, and increasingly women's NGOs, have been at the forefront ong>ofong> the aid community as it deals with emergencies created by these conflicts. As such, they are well placed to participate in all processes ong>ofong> conflict resolution and peace-building. In response to emergency situations, NGOs should be involved in needs assessment, service delivery, outreach, human rights advocacy, information dissemination and community feedback. Women's NGOs, in particular, need to be visibly involved to highlight issues ong>ofong> women and girls, whose culturally based gender roles ong>ofong>ten determine their needs. This is typically overlooked in emergency situations, especially if local and international male agency staffs marginalize women by interacting solely with other male leaders and counterparts. Even with the experience gained during decades ong>ofong> addressing conflict situations and emergencies, NGOs urgently need to strengthen their capacity to meet challenges ong>ofong> the changing international context, which is characterized by increasing violence, terrorism and nuclear threats. Given the critical needs ong>ofong> emergency situations in the world, NGOs should be strongly encouraged and supported to adopt preventive and preconflict approaches, in addition to wartime and post-conflict interventions for women and girls. For example, such approaches could involve providing education on sexual and gender-based violence and related issues to armed forces and police forces in peacetime. Financial and technical support ong>ofong> NGOs 35

Vulnerability analysis should identify specific opportunities to<br />

increase male involvement <strong>and</strong> initiate relevant programming by all<br />

agencies c<strong>on</strong>cerned (all agencies);<br />

• <strong>UNFPA</strong> should support mechanisms to provide informati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> social rehabilitati<strong>on</strong> for women, families <strong>and</strong> girls in<br />

host communities, such as multipurpose centres (UNHCR);<br />

• Reproductive health <strong>and</strong> counselling services should be further<br />

strengthened to meet increased dem<strong>and</strong>s (<strong>UNFPA</strong>);<br />

• Income generati<strong>on</strong> for vulnerable groups, such as female-headed<br />

households, widows, orphans, <strong>and</strong> war-disabled <strong>and</strong> sexual<br />

violence survivors, should be an integrated part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>UNFPA</strong> postc<strong>on</strong>flict<br />

relief programming; <strong>and</strong><br />

• Programmes that enable sex workers to protect, maintain <strong>and</strong><br />

improve their reproductive health <strong>and</strong> reduce their vulnerability to<br />

sexual violence should be established or strengthened.<br />

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