Women and Girls Have Specific Needs in Storms and Conflicts

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Girls’ and Women’s Needs Don’t Stop in Storms or Conflicts Giving Compass

Giving Compass’ Take:

• Jenni Lee of the United Nations Foundation explains why girls and women impacted by natural and human-made disasters have specific medical and safety needs.

• How can philanthropy support women and girls in crises? How can donors ensure that their funds are being properly directed?

• Find out why donating to community foundations is an impactful way to support disaster relief.

Imagine being pregnant in a refugee camp. Or being a young girl separated from her family after a natural disaster and at risk of sexual violence.

We want to make sure every woman and every girl affected by a crisis has the protection and services required for her health and dignity.

Girls and women in emergency settings – grappling with the effects of disaster, conflict, and violence – have specific needs that are often overlooked, yet essential to their lives and livelihoods.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) supports reproductive health care, access to contraceptives, gender violence prevention, and mental health to girls and women in underserved regions and emergency situations.

There are so many countries in crisis now – the highest number ever of people displaced and the highest number ever of people living in an emergency with humanitarian needs.

Now, if we’re speaking specifically about women and girls, we have over 200 million women and girls of childbearing age, that means they’re between 15 and 49, and almost 35 million women who are pregnant in 15 of the least peaceful countries in the world.

Read the full interview with Ugo Daniels on women’s need during a crisis by Jenni Lee at United Nations Foundation.

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    Giving Compass' Take: • United Nations Foundation discusses the importance of gender data collection in order to inform better policies around the world. • Are we elevating the impact stories around this effort? In what ways can we do better? • For more on data collection and gender equity, check out this webinar. In a speech on September 21 at “We The Future: Accelerating Sustainable Development Solutions,” an event organized by the Skoll Foundation, TED, and the United Nations Foundation as part of Global Goals Week, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan spoke directly to women and girls around the world. “You are not invisible. You are not just a number on a spreadsheet,” she said. How do we celebrate the promise of data when it fails to capture the experience of each person? How can we improve data so that the full lives of all people are reflected, even when we are speaking about hundreds, thousands, or millions of people? The answer is that gender data is key for making women’s stories actionable for policymakers. The availability of accurate, timely, and disaggregated data ensures that policymakers have the information they need to design policies and programs to improve people’s lives. Read the full article about gender data guiding policy to improve lives by Emily Courey Pryor on United Nations Foundation.

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