Sex & Age Matter: Improving Humanitarian Response in Emergencies

Published 2011
Type Analysis report
Theme Sexual and Gender based Violence
Language English
Pages: 92
Uploader Amanda Haynes
Publisher(s) Feinstein International Center
Sector(s)
Location(s) Pakistan, Eritrea, Haiti
Author(s) Dyan Mazurana, Prisca Benelli, Huma Gupta, Peter Walker
Disaster(s) Armed Conflict and Natural Disasters
Rights 2011 Feinstein International Center
Source: Global Protection Cluster
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This report begins with a discussion on why evidence matters, to inform and strengthen humanitarian response to emergencies. The report details why sex/ gender and age matter for evidenced based humanitarian response, giving examples of how natural disasters and armed conflict are in fact deeply discriminatory processes that affect women, men, girls and boys in significantly different ways.