Inter-Agency Mechanisms and Activities
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
UN Women continued to actively participate in the UN system-wide SEA Working Group PSEA WG, which is being coordinated by the Office of the Special Coordinator on improving the UN response to SEA. Using its technical expertise and experience, UN Women provided input to all WG deliverables, which inter-alia include the Fact sheet on the Secretary-General’s initiatives to prevent and respond to SEA, the Secretary-General’s Report on Special measures for PSEA, the annual PSEA action...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
UN Women continued to actively participate in the UN system-wide SEA Working Group PSEA WG , which is being coordinated by the Office of the Special Coordinator on improving the UN response to SEA. Using its technical expertise and experience, UN Women provided input to all WG deliverables , which inter-alia include the Fact sheet on the Secretary-General’s initiatives to prevent and respond to SEA , the Secretary-General’s Report on Special measures for PSEA , the annual PSEA...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
UNFPA leads the GBV Area of responsibility under the global protection cluster which is part of the IASC established c oordination mechanism/architecture in humanitarian settings. As of 2021, UNFPA coordinates GBV response and prevention programmes in 35 humanitarian settings. UNFPA contributed to Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) Steering Group Review of Progre ss on Mainstreaming Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls into the Humanitarian,...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
UNODC contributed to the Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign, by providing thematic briefs for the Orange Day/ UNiTE Campaign Action Circular on the core topics of the Secretary-General’s Political Engagement Strategy on GBV and COVID-19 ( Prevent, Respond, Collect). UNODC is an active member of the United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict and contributed to enhanced interagency coordination by actively...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
WFP participated at a global level in the various meetings and initiatives led by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action (IASC). This includes contributions to the development and facilitation of an E-learning course on GBV risk mitigation and prevention and inviting the IASC colleagues to participate in WFP led webinars. WFP celebrated both Orange Days as well as the 16 Days Campaign against GBV, in collaboration with...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
During 2020-2021, UNHCR has continued its proactive engagement with numerous commitments and Inter-Agency initiatives at the global level. UNHCR supported the revision and made renewed commitments to the revised roadmap of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies UNHCR engaged with the Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility ( GBVAoR ) and its Task Teams, particularly on the GBV Minimum Standards, Localization, and the Policy and Advocacy...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
The United Nations Trust Fund in support of actions to eliminate violence against women (UN Trust Fund) is a global, multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports efforts to prevent and end violence against women and girls. The UN Trust Fund, which was established in 1996 by the General Assembly in its resolution 50/166, is administered by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) on behalf of the United Nations system. With the strong...
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Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
In response to the UN Secretary General’s Campaign for ending violence against women, UNDP country offices organized a series of awareness raising events, such as webinars and discussions, as well as publishing Op-Eds. UNDP with other UN agencies actively participated in the global campaign for the ’16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls’ 2020. A video and thematic sheets were produced to raise awareness against violence against women and...
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