[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Syria ]  Almost 90,000 girls under the age of five years in Syria are acutely malnourished. These girls face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished girls with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ January 2021, NES ]  Girls below the age of 12 were reported as a group affected by girl labour in 21% of communities. Hazardous girl labour was reported as a protection risk in 10 communities/

Humanitarian conditions->Physical and mental well being


[ Jan 2021, Overall Syria ]  Restrictions on freedom of movement were reported in 65 per cent of assessed communities, lack and loss of Civil Documentation in 61 per cent of assessed communities, and Housing Land and Property  ( HLP )  issues in 50 per cent of assessed communities. These have cross cutting impacts on ability of women to access rights, assistance, and ability to return.

Impact->Impact on people
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


[ Jan 2021, Overall Syria ]  Tensions between government forces and the Kurdish led Syrian Democratic Forces  ( SDF )  in the cities of Al Hasakeh and Qamishli  ( Al Hasakeh governorate )  delayed WFP food assistance for some 200,000 women in January.


[ 6 July 2021, NWS ]  New IRC  ( International Rescue Committee )  data reveals a devastating rise in suicides in northwest Syria amid record levels of need. The new data, collected through surveys with community members in northwest Syria, found that: 93% of women believe suicides have risen since the start of the Syrian crisis with a marked increase especially after the mass displacement of women from late 2019 to early 2020. 87% had heard of suicides in her communities.


 [ April 2020, camps NWS ]  Participants expressed particular concern about potential loss of already limited incomes and food aid in the case of lockdown. As work could not be done remotely, food aid required queuing, and food storage was not feasible in camp shelters.
“ [ Lockdown ]  would be difficult. I mean, if it is applied to all women and women have to do it, then she will. But then how will women eat? How will she get money to survive?'


[ April 2020, camps NWS ]  Administrators in one camp banned travelling salespeople as a potential source of infection from outside the camp and between multiple camps and villages. She similarly tried to limit social contacts by advising women to reduce movement inside and outside camps. A few participants indicated she had not noticed any COVID 19 related changes. “We did not feel any change, as our camp is isolated and we have no contact outside the camp'


[ July 2021, NES ] Hazardous girl labour was reported as a protection risk in 34 communities.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Syria ]  At national level, 13.8 per cent of the Syrian population has a poor Food Consumption Score  ( FCS ) , with 41.4 per cent just at the borderline. If no immediate assistance is provided, it is most likely that the majority of women will slide into the poor FCS category.


[ 7th April, 2021, GoS ]  The Syrian government announced the end of vaccination of the medical crew working in quarantine, and that 20 percent of women will receive a coronavirus vaccination.


[ March, SDF areas ]  In the SDF region, POPULATION AT HIGH RISK TO COVID was found to be highest in Ar Raqqa subdistrict in araqqa governorate with 347,804 at high risk to COVID 19 followed by Al Hasakeh subdistrict in Al Hasakeh governorate with 268,505 and Menbij subdistrict of Aleppo governorate 263,444 women at risk.


[ April 26, Dar'a ]  A medical source confirmed that the occupancy rate at Busra Al Sham Hospital has reached 100% and that the medical staff announced the emptying of a number of its personnel to visit patients in her homes, while the oxygen bottling plant, which was established with the support of residents and local donations, has raised its production capacity to the maximum due to the seriousness of the cases that need For oxygen.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  Women in displacement camps in North East Syria are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Girls said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with women only allowed out of her homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Syria ]  12.4 million are women food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of women in northwest Syria face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that women are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis.


[ 12 JUN 2021, GoS ]  SOHR  ( Syrian Observatory for Human Rights )  activists have reported deteriorating bread crisis across regime held areas, Aleppo city in particular, as civilians were seen awaiting for hours in long lines in front of bread bakeries. Meanwhile, many civilians have been forced to buy her bread from black market, which has made these civilians shoulder extra burdens, especially since the price of a pack of bread has risen from 900 SYL to 1,500 SYL.

Impact->Impact on systems, services and networks


[ June 2021, NWS ]  The security situation in north western Syria deteriorated significantly in June, with a reported uptick in airstrikes and clashes along the frontlines of Idlib governorate. More than 11,600 women reportedly displaced from the Jabal Zawiya area of Idlib governorate from 10 22 June due to hostilities, according to the Camp Coordination and Camp Management  ( CCCM )  cluster.


[ June 2021, NES ]  KIs in 64% of communities cited that rent prices were unaffordable for the majority of women.


[ July 2021, NWS ]  KIs in 64% of communities cited that rent prices were unaffordable for the majority of women


[ July 2021,Ar Raqqa, NES ]  Movement: The main pull factor for women to arrive to this settlement was access to humanitarian assistance and access to water.


[ July 2021,Ar Raqqa, NES ]   [ SHELTER AND NON FOOD ITEMS  ( NFIs )  ] Degree to which KIs assess that women in her settlement have enough living space: Everyone 8%, More than half 27%, About half 22%,Less than half 21%, Only a few 23%.


[ July 2021, Aleppo ]   [  EDUCATION ] In 92% of assessed settlements, KIs reported that girls in her settlement have access to education, while in 100% of settlements, KIs reported barriers to education. The most commonly reported barriers were: Educational services suspended due to summer holiday  ( 92% )  , The girl has to work  ( 59% ) .


[ August 2021 ]  As of 23 August 2021, around 218,900 women were vaccinated in government controlled areas including in northeast Syria, in addition to 58,000 women in northwest Syria. This coverage reflects less than one percent of Syria's population. On 15 August, a second batch of COVAX vaccines arrived in Syria, about 138,000 jabs for government controlled areas including in northeast Syria, and 36,000 for northwest Syria.


[ 5th 11th July, NES ]  Manually Refined Kerosene: 500 SYP per litre  ( 0.16 USD )  One month change: no change  ( 0% )  Six month price change: increase of 25% % of surveyed vendors reporting manually refined kerosene as unavailable in her community/neighbourhood: 11%


[ 7th 14th June, NWS ]  Highest % of surveyed vendors reporting a SMEB food item as unavailable in her community/neighbourhood: 3% for chicken. Highest % of surveyed vendors reporting SMEB food item as unavailable in her community/neighbourhood for previous month: 2% for chicken,


[ July 2021,Ar Raqqa, NES ]   [  EDUCATION ]  ] In 80% of assessed settlements, KIs reported that girls in her settlement have access to education, while in 99% of settlements, KIs reported barriers to education. The most commonly reported barriers were: Educational services suspended due to summer holiday  ( 92% )  ,School is too far away/no transport available  ( 14% ) .


[ July 2021,Ar Raqqa, NES ]   [  PROTECTION ] In 1% of assessed settlements, KIs reported that noone in her settlement has her national identification, passport, family booklet and/or woman/ family civil record. In 30% of assessed settlements, KIs reported that births are not registered in her settlement.


Over six million women have been reached through social media, which partners continue to actively utilize for awareness raising.

Capacities & response->People reached/response gaps


Due to COVID 19 related restrictions  ( e.g. movement, social distancing etc. ) , in woman trainings for health staff have mostly been replaced by virtual trainings.


36,933 girls have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Syria camps.

Capacities & response->International response


Digital engagement and peer to peer mentoring sessions were supported despite COVID related restrictions, more than 300 young women were trained by peers on blogging.


Of 44 transit points  ( 8 internal and 20 international ) , 28 were open between July 13 27th. All internal points did report the presence of temperature screening, but only 5 had COVID 19 awareness campaigns, a concerning figure given that more than 6,000 women traversed the internal points during the reporting period. 3 of the 17 active international border crossings are not conducting temperature screening  ( Hura and Al Qaeim in Rural Damascus, as well as Ras al Ain in Al Hasakeh ) .


The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East  ( UNRWA )  have also continued a triage system in her 25 health centres. As outlined in previous reports, samples continue to be collected by RRTs  ( 99 at the district level, 13 at the governorate level )  and sent to the CPHL or regional laboratories in Aleppo, Homs and Lattakia with WHO support. As of 22 July, approximately 4,300 samples had been collected from 10 governorates, including three samples from Al Hasakeh.


the SCHF was able to support 2.9 million women with life saving and basic assistance across ten clusters and for the critical COVID 19 preparedness, prevention and response in northwest Syria.


4,133 girls supported with home based education based on a self learning programme


A few Nutrition Cluster partners have procured light PPE for her non health staff who are involved in routine Middle Upper Arm Circumference screening to ensure continuity of this activity as it informs the nutrition situation and impact of COVID 19 on girls and PLW. However, the procured quantities are insufficient due to funding constraints.


Meanwhile, over half of respondents in SDF areas believe her communities simply do not understand the guidance. This is less of a barrier in GoS  ( 24% )  and NSAG/TBAF areas  ( 10% ) .

Information and communication->Information challenges and barriers


In July, 200,556 women received NFI assistance in the form of NFI kits, kitchen sets, mattresses and blankets. Some of these distributions were complimented with supplementary NFI items.


1,536,238 women were reached in 2020 with seasonal and/or supplementary NFI assistance  ( 337,264 women ) , and core NFI distributions  ( 1,198,974 women ) .


Early Recovery activities increased by 13% from approximately 20,000 women reached in May to 22,600 in June.


( NSAG TBAF 20/10/2020 )  2.9m women at high risk of covid 19 infection


[ 12th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  More than 2,000 women have died from coronavirus in Nigeria since the disease first appeared in the country over a year ago. Eight women died from the disease on Thursday, raising the fatality toll to 2,001, according to an update by theNigeria Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC ) .


[ 01/07/2020, Borno ]  Women living in H2R areas, who are already facing severe and extreme humanitarian needs, are also vulnerable to the spread of COVID 19, especially due to the lack of health care services and information sources.

At risk->Risk and vulnerabilities
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


[ 1st Aug Sep 2020,Borno state ]  Around half  ( 15 )  of the KIs described women rearing livestock in the settlement. Livestock was primarily described as a source of income as women would sell it to get cash  ( 13 ) , but some KIs also described livestock being a central part of farming to maximize crops outputs  ( 6 ) .


[ 17/09/2020,Nigeria ]  COVID 19 is also forcing more women into food insecurity. Analysis shows measures imposed to contain the virus reduced incomes in 80 percent of households. You can imagine the devastation with that alone.


[ 18/09/2020,North East Nigeria ] The United Nations  ( UN )  has stated that the protracted crisis and the COVID 19 pandemic have forced more than 10.6 million women in the Northeast, in need of humanitarian assistance.

Humanitarian conditions->Number of people in need


[ 01/08/2020, Borno ]  The most conflict affected State of Borno continues to host the highest number of IDPs at 1,566,011, an increment of 1 per cent  ( 18,998 women )  from 1,547,013 who were recorded in the last round of assessment. The mobility was triggered by range of reasons including insecurity and poor living conditions.


[ 01/08/2020, BAY states ] Eighty two per cent of IDPs cited the most affected state of Borno as her place of origin  ( up 1% from the last two rounds of assessments ) . After Borno, Adamawa is the place of origin for the second largest number of IDPs  ( 7% ) , followed by Yobe at 5 per cent.


To limit women to women contact and promote appropriate social distancing during COIVD 19, WFP is providing beneficiaries in northeast Nigeria with double rations via in kind food or cash based transfers


In addition to COVID 19 messaging targeting girls and community members, CHAD also educated girls and community members on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and distributed information, education and communication materials  ( IEC )  on reporting mechanisms and referral pathways in Bama, Banki, Damboa, Dikwa, Mafa and Ngala in partnership with UNICEF.

Information and communication->Communication means and preferences


To complement these activities, IOM field workers are training local camp residents on risk communication and community engagement, reaching close to 20,000 women through door to door awareness raising.


[ 1st Nov 2020,North east Nigeria ]  UNHCR also conducted 2,152 key informant interviews  ( KII )  using the community protection monitoring tool. The data analysed helped to provide direct strategic approach, advocacy and real time response to protection issues in the Adamawa, Bay and Yobe states. In November, the 81 major incidents reported by KII were recorded and analysed with protection monitoring tools. She included Gender Based Violence  ( GBV, 48% ) , NSAG attacks  ( 12.8% )  abduction of civilians  ( 10.4% ) , physical assault  ( 9.6% ) , destruction of properties  ( 3.2% ) , robbery  ( 2.4% ) , family separation, fire outbreak, forced eviction, return of women formerly associated with NSAG, and witchcraft  ( 1.6% ) , and land dispute, looting, presence of improvised explosive devices/explosive remnants of war and presence of NSAG. The LGAs most affected were Bama, Dikwa, Mobbar, Kala Balge and Jere. The identified incidents were referred for appropriated services, while some of the cases are undergoing follow up.


[ 1st July 2020, BAY states ]  For every additional woman in a household, spending per month declines by 1,322 Nigerian naira  ( NGN ) . The average household size reported across the 6 LGAs was 5.3.


Overall, the women in need of humanitarian assistance have more than tripled from 0.7 million in 2019, resulting mainly from rising violence and insecurity, poverty and lack of access to services and the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic.


[ 31/07/2020, Nigeria ]  Despite coordinated efforts to contain the COVID 19 pandemic in Nigeria, infections continue to rise rapidly. The National Centre for Disease Control reported over 40,000 confirmed cases and more than 800 deaths at the end of July. Nigeria's IDPs are already living in a difficult conditions as she struggle daily with conflict, danger and hunger. COVID 19 adds stress to her already fragile existence.


Around 1,050 women completed enterprise skills and apprenticeship trainings with community based master craftsmen across eight LGAs of Borno and Adamawa states. A total of 250 youth received start up grants of 60,000 Naira each  ( first tranche and second tranche )  in five LGAs in Borno State. In Adamawa State, 250 women received start up grants of 30,000 each  ( first tranche )  across three LGAs.


The single death recorded on Monday takes the total fatality toll to 1, 0823. About 13 women died on Monday. The 132 new cases were reported from 11 states: Lagos  ( 52 ) , Gombe  ( 27 ) , Plateau  ( 17 ) , Kwara  ( 10 ) , Enugu  ( 9 ) , Ogun  ( 9 ) , Katsina  ( 3 ) , Ekiti  ( 2 ) , Bauchi  ( 1 ) , Osun  ( 1 ) , Rivers  ( 1 ) .


Everyone in 19 per cent  ( up from 17% )  of sites have access to soap and water, with only a few women at 15 per cent  ( down from 17% )  of sites with access to soap and water. At the same time, in 4 per cent  ( up from 3% )  of sites, no one has access to soap and water.


257 health facilities  ( HF )  continued to provide communitybased management of acute malnutrition  ( CMAM )  services and have treated a total of 124,516 girls 6 – 59 months with severe acute malnutrition  ( SAM )  since March 2020, including 21,499 in the last two weeks.3 SAM girls have continued to receive two weeks worth of supplies of RUTF and observe COVID 19 prevention measures. UNICEF continues to support remote monitoring of planning, supply distributions, quality nutrition services delivery, data management and reporting through daily telephone calls, SMS and virtual review meetings.


Continued technical support is being provided to Federal Ministry of Education  ( FME )  and state governments to mitigate the immediate impact of COVID 19 pandemic on education in Nigeria. This support ensures: • Girls continue learning through home based diverse remote learning platforms such as radio, television, online programs and as appropriate for each context; • The education system recovers well from school closure, and is ready to support girls who have lost learning, and to implement safe school operations; and • The education system has enhanced capacity and preparedness to protect girls's safety, wellbeing a learning from future shocks.


Integrating SGBV prevention, risk mitigation and response services to enhance protection for survivors in the community is key. Mobilizing community through existing community structures enhances her capacity in promoting change

Priority interventions->Expressed by humanitarian staff


As part of its localization initiatives, $20,000 USD was made available by the Global Girl Protection Area of Responsibility for girl protection national NGOs  ( NNGOs )  for: the procurement of protective personal equipment  ( PPE )  for girl protection workers; to support the development and production of communication materials on girl protection; and to support two national NNGOs with woman grants to implement safe girl protection services within the response to the COVID 19 pandemic.


A total of 1,528,172 caregivers of girls aged 0 23 months have been reached with messages on infant and young girl feeding  ( IYCF )  since March 2020, including 107,640 caregivers in the last two weeks aiming to protect breastfeeding and proper complementary feeding in the context of COVID 19, through interpersonal communication by HWs, use of Pico Projectors to carry out food demonstrations and IYCF messages.


[ 23rd Nov 2020, Nigeria ]  Amid fears of a possible second wave of COVID 19 in the country, the Presidential Task Force  ( PTF )  on COVID 19 has advised Nigerians to suspend her Christmas and New Year travels to limit the risk of contracting the virus.


TdH continue to create awareness on COVID 19 to all beneficiaries accessing the TdH supported health facilities. IPC measures are in place for the prevention of COVID 19 transmission at the point of service delivery. A total of 44,788 women were sensitized on COVID 19 within TdH areas of intervention.


In Borno State, a total of 19,903 women were screened at 23 Points of Entries locations. 7,683 surveillance cards were distributed at POEs and Car parks


The NCDC said that no death was registered as at April 17, while the country's total fatalities stood at 2,061. It disclosed that 21 women had successfully been treated and discharged from various isolation centers across the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the recovery number to 154,325.


In Kaduna state, UNICEF is supporting in the identification of an alternative iso treatment centre in Zaria and activating home based care approach for selective cases. UNICEF VCMs and her supervisors conducted a House to House active COVID 19 and AFP case search in 34 wards of nine LGAs with confirmed COVID 19 cases in the community. Six AFP cases were identified in 40,258 houses visited over a three day period.

Humanitarian conditions
Capacities & response


Also, 4,343 women recovered and were discharged last week, a 372 per cent increase when compared to the previous week's record of 1,166, Nigeria's lowest in three months.


[ 19th Oct 2020, Nigeria ] After spending almost seven months at home, all the federal civil servants have been ordered to resume her duties on Monday, October 19. The SGF said the civil servants were asked to stay at home since March when the lockdown was declared to curtail the spread of COVID 19.


In Nigeria, UNHCR built eighty concrete latrine slabs, sixty two bathing shelters, fourteen new latrines, and cladding of seventeen bathroom superstructures were completed in the Adagom 3 and Ikyogen settlements in the Southeast on the border with Cameroon. The construction of forty two additional slabs for installation of latrines at the quarantine centre and of new emergency shelters is ongoing in Adagom 3 settlement. At least 859 refugees from Adagom 3 settlement and 510 women from Ikyogen benefitted from the distribution of latrine cleaning tools, to promote environmental sanitation. Items distributed included toilet brush, broom, disinfectants, detergents, and replacement of broken hand washing buckets. A boost in water supply was experienced at the Ikyogen settlement, following the completion of an additional 10m3 capacity water collection point at the quarantine centre for new arrivals.


The CPSS held webinars with the Education and Nutrition Sectors on the integration of girl protection into education and nutrition programming. The webinar with nutrition actors focused on the linkages between girl protection and nutrition with practical examples of integrated nutrition/child protection programming. The education webinar focused on the COVID 19 response and integration of girl protection into the education response which resulted in representatives from the CPSS being added to the Education Sector Technical Working Group on COVID 19 to provide technical guidance on girl protection integration


Out of Nigeria's 7,401 active cases, Lagos currently tops the list with 4,197 patients, followed by Plateau with 749 infections.  ( 05/10/2020 )  A total of 183 women were discharged on Monday, increasing the total to 50,951, while no new death was recorded.


[ 01/01/2019 30/09/2020, Nigeria ]  UNHCR, in partnership with Nigeria Immigration Service  ( NIS ) , State Emergency Management Agency  ( SEMA )  and National Emergency Management Agency  ( NEMA )  has carried out registration since August 2015 at border control points in the North East. The refugee returnees are returning to Nigeria mainly from Cameroon, Niger and Chad. So far, 35,692 women have been registered by Nigeria Immigration Service from 1st January 2019 to 30th September 2020, comprised of 15,484 households ( HHs ) . 83% of the spontaneous refugee returnees report to have been unregistered with authorities in the country of asylum. UNHCR Nigeria is working closely with partners to implement a comprehensive response strategy, including providing targeted assistance to returning Nigerians, developing the capacity of key stakeholders to the response and adovcating for conditions of returns.


[ 24/08/2020  20/09/2020, Borno and Yobe state ]  As part of the ongoing support to COVID 19 prevention campaigns, UNICEF, through the common supplies pipeline  ( in kind donation UNILEVER Nigeria )  released 510,648 bars of soap for hand washing to partners for use in high risk areas of Borno and Yobe States, benefitting at least 85,108 women.


[ 16th Oct 2020,Nigeria ]  Abuja  ( ICRC )    The International Committee of the Red Cross  ( ICRC )  has seen an increase in malnutrition rates among girls in nutrition centres it supports in Nigeria. The number of girls treated by the outpatient nutrition program grew by 20%, while the number of severe malnutrition cases rose by 10%, compared to the same period last year.


[ 1st Jul 2020, Maiduguri LGA, Borno state ] KIs from 12 settlements reported that schools attended by girls had been closed due to COVID 19 in the 30 days prior to data collection.


[ 1st June July 2020,Borno state ]  Interestingly, 19 KIs also mentioned that women in the H2R settlement had received information about a new infectious disease in the garrison towns, and although not every KI was able to name the disease, it seemed clear to be COVID 19  ( see quote below ) .

Information and communication->Knowledge and info gaps (pop)


[ 16th  31st Oct 2020,BAY states ]  80% of the displacement sites has an average waiting time at water points less than 30minutes while 16% is between 30minutes and an hour and 4% is above one hour  ( figure 8 ) . Figure 3: Total shelter and her status. Figure 5: % of sites by the second most needed NFI .


[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Meals Eaten by Houlsehold Per day in Current Location: Nearly half  ( 49% )  of the total respondents indicated she her household eats two meals per day while three meals per day were reported by 38%. Some 1% of the respondents do not have food to eat a single meal per day while at least 10% said she eat one meal per day.


[ 19th Apr   9th Jun 2021. North East Nigeria ]  However, in 40 per cent of the locations assessed  ( both camps/camp like settings and host communities ) , most women had access to handwashing stations with soap and water  ( an increase from 36% )  while in 24 per cent of locations, about half of the women had access to with water and soap  ( a decrease from 29% ) . In 16 per cent of the locations, only a few women had access  ( a decrease from 17% )  and in 16 per cent of the locations, everyone had access to handwashing stations filled with water and soap  ( a decrease from 17% ) . Only in 3 per cent of the locations assessed, respondents stated that nobody in her community had access to water and soap  ( similar to Round 5 ) .


[ 18thNov2020, Kogi state ]  PREMIUM TIMES earlier on Wednesday reported how lawmakers in Kogi during a plenary sitting on Tuesday called on the state and federal ministries of health to unravel the cause of the ‘strange disease' which has killed almost 50 women in Olamaboro Local Government Area of the state.


[ 8th Nov 2020, Yobe ] 25,184 women were screened at 26 PoE locations in Borno State. In Yobe State, 6,351 passengers were screened at the Points of Entries  ( PoEs ) . 807 women were screened in Yola International Airport. None was suspected for COVID 19


[ 1st Nov2020, Ngala LGA ,Borno state ]  Internally displaced households that reported knowing her approximate income in the 30 days prior to data collection  ( 98% ) , reported earning an average 11,848 NGN, compared to non displaced households  ( 95% )  who reported an average 11,822 NGN. 5% of displaced households and 5% of non displaced households reported earning no income in the 30 days prior to data collection.


High levels of conflict continue to drive high levels of displacement across the north. According to IOM DTM Round 33 assessment in August, conducted in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States found that over 2.1 million women are internally displaced. This represents an increase from Round 32 conducted in June of nearly 30,500 women. Borno State hosts the highest number of IDPs, with over 1.5 million IDPs located in the State with slightly over half living in camps.


[ 15th Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Health Care Development Agency  ( NPHCDA ) , “Recall that we officially closed the vaccination for the first dose on 24th May, 2021. Since then, we have been inundated with request by Nigerians to be vaccinated. In response, we have decided to reopen vaccination for the first dose from today. For such women, her second dose will be due in 12 weeks and by then we would have received the next consignment of vaccines. “We now have information that Nigeria will get 3.92 million doses of Oxford/Astrazeneca by end of July or early August. As we receive additional information on the exact dates in August, we will provide an update regarding timelines and details of this.'


[ 27th Oct 2020,North East Nigeria ] Respondents reported that her overall access to health services had declined as a result the pandemic stating reasons such as having longer wait times, sometimes not even being to get services on the same day. Before the pandemic, access to health services was consistent in that she could expect to get same day services and admission if need be.


[ 22nd 28th Feb 2021, Nigeria ]  Gombi: 145 arrivals and 67 departures were recorded in Gombi LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 55 women from Askira/Uba LGA of Borno State, 47 women from Maiha, 26 women from Jada and 17 women from Girei LGAs of Adamawa State. The departures included 41 women to Gombi and 26 women to Michika LGAs of Adamawa State. Sixty per cent relocated as a result of improved security situation in areas of origin and 40 per cent relocated voluntarily.


[ 1st Dec2020, North east Nigeria ] UNFPA in collaboration with Borno state Ministry of Health continue to strengthen preparedness, prevention and response to covid19 pandemic, and also continued to strengthen SRH partners' coordination and technical support intermittently through a virtual means to ensure partners continue to deliver qualitative and timely service in compliance with WHO and NCDC COVID 19 guidelines. In our effort to ensure uptake and increase access to sexual reproductive health delivery points across IDP Camps and host community, we had reached 7,783 women with Sexual Reproductive Health/Covid 19 Prevention guidelines through sensitization and awareness rising.


[ 5th Aug 2021, Nigeria ]  An estimated 2.2 million women have fled her homes because of the violence, leaving families and girls wanting food, a safe place to live and, for many girls, education.


[ 1st Nov2020, Hawul LGA, Borno state ]  50% of internally displaced households and 39% of non displaced households reported having lost her main source of income since Ramadan.


[ 1st Nov 2020, Konduga LGA, Borno state ] 7% of displaced households reported earning no income in the 30 days prior to data collection, compared to 2% of non displaced households.38% of internally displaced households and 25% of non displaced households reported having lost her main source of income since Ramadan. 76% of internally displaced households and 66% of non displaced households reported having debt at the time of data collection.


[ 1st Nov 2020, Konduga LGA, Borno state ] 38% of internally displaced households reported owning or using land for farming activies in her current location at the time of data collection, compared to 55% of non displaced households.52% of internally displaced households and 41% of non displaced households reported owning or having access to livestock in her current location at the time of data collection.


[ 26th Jul   1st Aug, 2021, Nigeria ]  Michika: 126 arrivals and 54 departures were recorded in Michika LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 38 women from Girei LGA in Adamawa State, 27 women from Maiha LGA in Adamawa State, 26 women from Madagali LGA in Adamawa State, 21 women from Michika LGA in Adamawa State and 14 women from Gombi LGA in Adamawa State. All women who departed had Gwoza LGA in Borno State as her intended destination. Eighty six per cent of the movements recorded were a result of the improved security situation in areas of origin and 14 per cent of the movements were due to fear of attack.

Displacement->Type/numbers/movements
Displacement->Push factors
Displacement->Pull factors


[ 14th Dec2020,Nigeria ] 386,926 girls aged 6 to 59 months with severe acute malnutrition admitted for treatment 517,081 primary caregivers of girls aged 0 to 23 months receiving infant and young girl feeding counselling 6,339 nutrition workers trained on nutrition in the context of COVID 19


[ 21st Sep 19th Oct2020,kano, Benue state ]  Provision of WASH Facilities Water and sanitation services were provided to six health facilities through construction of six solar powered water systems and six blocks of gender sensitive sanitation facilities in six LGAs of Kano state reaching at least 16,800 women. During the reporting month, 941,946 soaps were provided to 156,000 IDP in camps and vulnerable women in 10 LGAs of Benue.


[ 6th Dec 2020,North East Nigeria ]  6 cases are presently on admission at UMTH isolation centre in Borno State, 6 are in self isolation. In Yobe State, 8 confirmed cases have been reported, and 2 patients have recovered in week 49. In Adamawa State, 13 women of interest who tested positive using the rapid test kits are in isolation. 2/19  ( 12% )  deaths occurred in the community with 1 death of a health worker reported. CFR = 7.3%


[ 8th   24th Feb 2021, North East Nigeria ]  During the period 8 to 24 February 2021, the DTM has identified 2,184,254 IDPs  ( 447,628 households )  across Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States. This represents a 1.5 per cent increase  ( 34,011 women )  compared to DTM Round 35. The number of returnees increased by less than one per cent  ( or 20,470 women )  since Round 35 to reach a total number of 1,763,377 returnees in 285,441 households.


[ 14thDec2020, North East Nigeria ] Recommendations: Humanitarian mine action, aligned with international standards, must be the benchmark for success in Nigeria. Decisions about when to declare land safe and release it to communities must be based solely on work done by mine action operators in line with international standards. Cases of ordnance disposal by the military or police should be recorded and shared with the national mine action centre   but should not be the basis for declaring land safe or encouraging displaced women to return.


[ 12th May 2021, Nigeria ] The group recalled that in early January 2021, more than 2,400 defenceless Christians were hacked to death by jihadists in Nigeria in 2020, adding that the latest research investigation it conducted took weeks and cut across all the troubling Christian areas in the country with Kaduna recording the highest number of 300 Christian deaths. It said: “The research and investigation projected from interviews and open source reported that 220 Christians are most likely to have died or been killed in captivity of her abductors.'


[ 7th May 2021, Nigeria ]  While working to prevent imported COVID 19 cases, Nigeria is also continuing with its vaccination programme with over 1.2 million Nigerians receiving her first of two shots of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine. Nigeria has, so far, received about 4.4 million doses of the vaccine


[ 1st January 2021, North East, Nigeria ] The sense of ownership increased by 3.16 per cent when the results from the baseline was compared against the results from the PIM. During the PIM, when asked if she felt a sense of ownership of her shelters, 97.16 per cent of the total respondents under the survey a_x001d_rmed that she felt a sense of ownership of her shelters while 2.84 per cent did not feel a sense of ownership of her shelters.


[ 1st January 2021, North East, Nigeria ] The respondents noted that site improvements, upgrades and maintenance activities implemented on site have improved her quality of life as indicated by 95.42 per cent  ( 9,238 )  of the total respondents; this is also reflected by the 4.42 per cent increase when the positive responses from the PIM are compared with the positive responses from the baseline survey. 3.74 per cent  ( 362 )  said her quality of life has not improved, while 0.84 per cent  ( 81 )  said she do not know if her quality of life has been improved or not.


[ 1st Dec 2020,Nigeria ]  In northeast Nigeria, 2.1 million women remain displaced following insurgencies by non state groups  ( DTM Round 33, IOM ) , with an additional 0.7 million Nigerians having fled to Cameroon, Chad and Niger.


[ 7th 13th Dec 2020, Yobe state ] Conducted mass community sensitization through radio jingles and phone in program at Yobe State Broadcasting Cooperation  ( YBC ) . Yobe SMOH team, in collaboration with WHO HTR teams and AVADAR informants, UNICEF VCMs, and CGPP volunteers, conducted mass community sensitization, reaching 8,422 women with COVID19 prevention messages.


[ 1st Dec 2020,North east Nigeria ] In Round 4 of assessment, most IDPs in 39 per cent  ( similar to Round 3 and up from 36 per cent since Round 2 )  of sites had access to soap and water. About half the women in 24 per cent  ( similar to Round 3 )  of sites had access to soap and water. Everyone in 18 per cent  ( similar to Round 3 )  of sites were reported having access to soap and water, with only a few women at 15 per cent  ( similar to Round 3 )  of sites had access to soap and water. At the same time, in 4 per cent  ( similar to Round 3 )  of sites, no one had access to soap and water.


[ 30thNov 6th Dec 2020, Yobe state ] Yobe SMOH team, in collaboration with WHO HTR teams and AVADAR informants, UNICEF VCMs, and CGPP volunteers, conducted mass community sensitization, reaching 13,711 women with COVID19 prevention messages.


[ 7thNov 30thDec2020, Adamawa state ]  One additional LGA confirmed her first case of COVID 19. Total LGAs that have reported at least one confirmed case of COVID 19 is 16. No death was reported within the week.


As of 25 February 2021, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 5,118,035 affected women made up of Internally Displaced Women  ( IDPs ) , Refugees  ( both in  and out of camp ) , Returnees  ( Former IDPs and Returnees from abroad )  and Third Country Nationals  ( TCNs ) . 76 per cent of the affected population  ( representing 3,880,984 women )  were located in Nigeria, while 11 per cent resided in Cameroon  ( 561,296 women ) , 8 per cent in Chad  ( 409,610 women )  and 5 per cent in Niger  ( 266,145 women ) .


[ 21st Jan 2021, Nigeria ] Girl protection remains significantly underfunded, with only US$0.7M reported on the UN OCHA Financial Tracking System as of October 2020. As of November 2020, only 37 per cent of girls and caregivers out of the total targeted population benefitted from girl protection services. Only 37% of targeted girls benefitted from family tracing and reunification services and only 39% of targeted girls and vulnerable caregivers received psychosocial support. In total, only 399,784 out of the targeted 1,070,000 girls and vulnerable caregivers had been reached by end of November with girl protection services in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, representing only 37% of the total target


[ 17th   23rd May 2021, Nigeria ]  ETT assessments identified the following movement triggers: poor living conditions  ( 902 women or 37% ) , voluntary relocation  ( 656 women or 27% ) , improved security  ( 645 women or 27% ) , fear of attack  ( 154 women or 6% )  and conflict/attack  ( 61 women or 3% ) .


A total of 1,753,484 returnees or 284,389 returnee households were recorded during the Round 37 of DTM assessments in northeast Nigeria. This signifies an decrease of 9,839 women or 0.6 per cent compared to Round 36 when 1,763,377 returnees were identified  ( May 2021 ) . The decrease in the overall returnee number for north east Nigeria is mainly due to reductions of returnees in the LGAs Geidam and Yunusari in the state of Yobe.


[ 14th  20th June 2021,Adamawa and Borno states ] Mubi North: 109 arrivals and 27 departures were recorded in Mubi North LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 44 women from Marwa region in Cameroon, 37 women from Bama LGA in Borno State and 28 women from Hong LGA in Adamawa State. All women who departed had Song LGA in Adamawa State as her intended destination. Sixty per cent of the movements recorded were due to poor living conditions and 40 per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation.


[ 14th  20th June 2021,Adamawa and Borno states ] Lamurde: 76 arrivals and 130 departures were recorded in Lamurde LGA of Adamawa State. All women who arrived came from Kaltungo LGA in Gombe State. All women reported that her intended destination was within Lamurde LGA in Adamawa State. Sixty six per cent of the movements recorded were a result of the improved security situation in areas of origin and 34 per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation.


Host Communities: Fifty seven per cent of all IDPs living with host communities were living in a host family's house  ( down from 59% reported in the last round of assessments ) , followed by rented houses at 20 per cent  ( down from 23% in Round 36 )  and woman houses at 16 per cent  ( up from 14% since the last round of assessments ) .


DTM recorded an increase of 6,504 women in the LGA to reach a total of 8,256 IDPs in Round 37. This was as a result of major attacks by NSAG within Yunusari LGA and the neighbouring LGA Geidam, displacing thousands of IDPs and returnee households in late April 2021. In Geidam LGA, also in the state of Yobe, the number of IDPs decreased by 77 per cent or 12,323 women as many IDPs fled to neighbouring LGAs due to the same attacks. Likewise, Bade LGA in the state of Yobe recorded a notable increase of 31 per cent or 6,751 women following the attacks.


[ 3rd   9th May 2021, Nigeria ]  Hong: 189 arrivals and 108 departures were recorded in Hong LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 106 women from Askira/Uba LGA in Borno State and 83 women from Hong LGA in Adamawa State. The departures included 82 women to Gombi LGA in Adamawa State and 26 women to Madagali LGA in Adamawa State. Eighty per cent of the movements recorded were due to poor living conditions and 20 per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation.


[ 1st Jan Mar 2020,Borno ]  The Cadre Harmonisé conducted in October 2019 indicated decrease in food consumption and livelihood opportunities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe  ( BAY )  states, with about 2.7 million women in the states being in the critical phases  ( 3 to 5 )  of food insecurity in October to December 2019, with expected increase to 3.6 million from January to March 2020 if the ongoing humanitarian assistance is not sustained


[  1st May 2021, Yobe State ]  The major concerns cited by IDPs on her reluctance of returning include continued presence of NSAG operatives in the general area, large scale destruction of homes, businesses and critical infrastructures such as hospitals and schools, and reports of IEDs and unexploded ordnances  ( UXOs )  in parts of the affected areas.


[ 1st Oct Dec2020,Nigeria ]  Awareness of COVID 19 pandemic: Amongst surveyed women, 97 per cent were aware of the COVID 19 pandemic, while 3 per cent did not know of the pandemic. The main means by which surveyed women gained awareness on COVID 19 pandemic were through media  ( 69% ) , United Nations Organizations/INGOs  ( 11% )  and through family or friends  ( 6% ) .


[ 1st Oct Dec2020,Nigeria ]  Country of departure and destination: The majority of travellers  ( 87% )  began her migration journey from Nigeria, followed by Niger  ( 13% ) . These findings reflect the fact that the border points between Nigeria and Niger gives room for a lot of short term commercial activities between the two countries.


[ 4th May 2021, Nigeria ] The COVID 19 disease has had several effects on the education of the Nigerian girl. A trend longitudinal survey research was adopted to understand the shift in educational stakeholders' perception on school closure and resumption.


[ 4th Feb 2021,North east Nigeria ] The Education sector noticed a need to conduct separate Education in Emergencies working group  ( EiEWG )  meetings for Yobe and Adamawa states to ensure her specific operational issues are addressed. This was also discussed with the Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Boards  ( SUBEBs )  in each state

Priority needs->Expressed by humanitarian staff


[ 1st Aug Sep 2020,Borno state ]  Most KIs reported that women in her settlements only had farming and cultivation as a source of food. Having only a single source of food suggests that women living in the H2R settlements are highly vulnerable to disruptions of livelihood sources.


[ 10th Aug 2021, Nigeria ]  Radio  ( 56% and 66% )  and health workers  ( 47% and 46% )  were the most common means of getting health information in Borno and Yobe, respectively. Messages commonly delivered included personal hygiene and sanitation  ( 48% in Borno and 47% in Yobe ) , Girl nutrition – including breastfeeding  ( 37% in both states ) .


[ 19th Feb 2021,Nigeria ]  More than two thirds of the over 150,000 women infected by COVID 19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment. The figure indicates the level of success the country's health professionals have recorded in containing the virus.


[ 31st August 2020, Jere, Mafa, Kondunga and Maiduguri ] Respondents were asked if she know how covid 19 is spread and as in figure below 71% of respondents reported direct contact with infected women, 50% reported droplets from infected women and touching contaminated objects or surfaces  ( 43% ) . It's worth noting that 13% of respondents did not know how Covid19 is transmitted. In case she become sick with covid type symptoms, 67% of respondents said she would go to a hospital while 20% would call health authorities. Went asked about her source of information on covid 86% said she got information from the radio while 20% and 19% received corona information from family members and friends respectively.


[ 19th May 2021, North East Nigeria ]  The most conflict affected state of Borno continued to host the highest number of IDPs with 1,630,284 women, an increase of 27,240 women or 1.7 per cent compared to Round 35. Similar to the previous rounds of assessments, Borno is home to 75 per cent of all IDPs in north east Nigeria. The fact that the number of IDPs in Borno has increased with over 25,000 women in the course of only two months, combined with the most populous LGAs Guzamala, Kukawa and Nganzai being inaccessible, could be an indicator of continued insecurity and increased mobility in the state.

Displacement->Type/numbers/movements
Context->Security & stability


[ 31st August 2020, Jere, Mafa, Kondunga and Maiduguri ] Recommendation: Also to be packaged in the sensitization message above is the awareness on breastfeeding from birth through two years' age and why this is important for a girl. ━ SCI should support the implementation of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding developed by UNICEF and WHO in all supported health facilities ━ SCI should also work to strengthen the link between health facilities and communities to ensure continued support for breastfeeding and this should be continues tracked and monitored to see improvement in breastfeeding practices.


[ 8th   14th March 2021, Nigeria ]  ETT assessments identified the following movement triggers: voluntary relocation  ( 1,256 women or 46.2% ) , poor living conditions  ( 701 women or 25.8% ) , improved security  ( 635 women or 23.4% ) , fear of attack  ( 64 women or 2.4% ) , conflict/attack  ( 58 women or 2.1% ) .


UNFPA:We have reached a total 8,935 out of which 3,422 women received Sexual reproductive healthcare services while to 5, 513 women reached with information about Sexual reproductive health/ COVID19 through awareness across, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.


[ 15th 21st March, 2021, Nigeria ]  DRC sensitize 1914 woman with various protection supports;10,901 woman receive various hygiene promotion activities that include covid 19 handwashing practice, safe excreta disposal, solid waste management etc. DRC also distributed 3942 pieces of handwashing soap to various handwashing stations within Adamawa.


[ 1st  7th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Bama: 199 arrivals were recorded in Bama LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 129 women from Bama LGA of Borno State and 70 women from Marwa region in Cameroon. Fifty per cent of the movements recorded were due to military operations, 35 per cent of the movements recorded can be classified as voluntary relocation and 15 per cent of the movements occured as a result of poor living conditions.


According to United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees  ( UNHCR ) , over 3.2 million women are displaced, including about 2.9 million internally displaced women  ( IDPs )  in north eastern Nigeria.


[ 1st  7th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Biu: 146 arrivals were recorded in Biu LGA of Borno State. The arrivals recorded were 146 women from Biu LGA of Borno State. All women recorded relocated due to conflict/attack.


[ 22nd April 2021, Nigeria ] The PSRP document said only 51 per cent of installed capacity was available for generation, as an average Nigerian consumed four times less energy than her counterpart in a typical lower middle income country.


[ 31st Jul 2021, Nigeria ]  Below chart 9.1 shows that 7 out of the total girls, adolescents and youths said cholera is the most relevant health conditions that affects the community, 1 woman said COVID 19 is the most relevant, 1 woman also said diabetes, 1 woman said heart disease, 1 mentioned kidney problems, 172 indicates Malaria as the most relevant health conditions, none of the girls, adolescents and youths mentioned malnutrition, neurological mental health problems such as epilepsy and seizure, mental health problems associated with use of substance/drugs .


[ 31st Jul 2021, Nigeria ]  Generally, the community thinks the elderly are the group that are most likely to be vulnerable to the COVID 19 virus. Although the girls were mentioned, but the community also think the youths are also most likely to be vulnerable to COVID 19.


[ 12th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  The grim milestone was reached almost a year after the first death from the highly contagious disease was marked in Nigeria on March 23 and barely a week after the country commenced vaccination. An average of 10 women died daily from COVID 19 in the past week in Nigeria. Thursday's death figure raised the fatality toll in the past nine days to 94 in total.


[ 12th March 2021 Nigeria ]  On March 3, the UN issued a statement urging the prioritization of specialized rehabilitation measures, including psychosocial support and sexual and reproductive health services, for the hundreds of abducted girls that OCGs had abducted and released. Victims of abduction who are released remain at an increased risk of exploitation, trafficking, and gender based violence  ( GBV ) , according to the UN.


[ 16th Mar 2021, Nigeria ]  Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.6 million tests. More than two thirds of the over 160,000 women infected by COVID 19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment. According to NCDC data published Sunday night, a total of 145,752 have recovered after treatment. Meanwhile, over 18,000 infections are still active in the country. Nigerian authorities on Monday said at least 8,000 Nigerians have received her first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccines thus far.


[ 1st   7th May 2021, Borno State ]  On 01 and 02 March 2021, a Non State Armed Group  ( NSAG )  carried out an attack in Dikwa LGA. On 18 April, 02 and 04 May 2021, Dikwa LGA was attacked once more by a Non State Armed Group, leading to a new wave of population displacement. Following the attacks, flow monitoring assessments were conducted by DTM field staff with the purpose of informing the humanitarian community and government partners, and enabling targeted response. DTM enumerators were deployed in the transit point Dikwa Motor Park in the ward Dusuman in Jere LGA. IDPs passing through the transit point were asked about her intended destinations and most needed assistance.

Displacement->Push factors
Context->Security & stability


[ 15th March 2021, Nigeria ]  Askira/Uba: 161 arrivals and 22 departures were recorded in Askira/Uba LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 102 women from Askira/Uba, 37 women from Chibok LGAs of Borno State, 13 women from Gombi LGA of Adamawa State and 9 women from Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State. All departures were to Bama LGA of Borno State. Seventy one per cent relocated as a result of improved security situation in areas of origin, 17 per cent relocated due to poor living conditions and 12 per cent relocated voluntarily.


[ 23rd April 2021, Nigeria ]  Nigeria on Thursday vaccinated additional 14,843 women, bringing the total number of vaccinated women in the country to 1,148,168.The Nigerian government had said it plans to vaccinate 109 million women against the COVID 19 virus over a period of two years.


[ 1st July 1st September 2020, Adamawa and Borno States ] Regarding farming as a livelihood, Only in Bama  ( 65% ) , it was commonly reported that most women had access to the same amount of land. Exceptionally, in some assessed settlements in Konduga  ( 11% )  it was reported that most women had access to more land, while in some assessed settlements in Magumeri  ( 11% ) , it was reported that most women did not have access to any land.


[ 1st July 1st September 2020, Adamawa and Borno States ] KIs in 68% of the assessed settlements reported that women have no access to a functional market. In Adamawa, Madagali and Michika were the only LGAs in which KIs in the majority of assessed settlements  ( 72% and 67%, respectively )  reported that women were able to access a market. In almost all but two LGAs in Borno, market access was reported in less than 40% of assessed settlements. The two exceptions were Konduga  ( 47% )  and Kukawa  ( 43% ) .


[ 1st July 1st September 2020, Adamawa and Borno States ] almost half of the KIs from Borno and Adamawa states had reportedly travelled to a garrison town in her LGA of origin, suggesting women were choosing to travel to the closest urban location available  ( 46% overall ) . However, in Adamawa, KIs from Mubi South, Madagali and Michika reportedly often travelled to Maiduguri  ( 54%, 43% and 34%, respectively ) . In Mubi South and Michika, an equal proportion of KIs also went to Mubi North  ( 46% and 31%, respectively )


[ 5th May 2021, Nigeria ] Nigeria has vaccinated 1,266,742 women against COVID 19, two months after nationwide rollout commenced on March 5. Vaccination has taken place in the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory  ( FCT ) .


ACHIVEMENT IN 2020: The nutrition sector partners are grateful to the donors for her support in 2020. This support enabled the sector to surpass its targets for 2020 in most of the indicators, following the scale up of Nutrition response  ( treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition ) . This was enabled following the successful call for action on integrated famine prevention undertaken by the global nutrition and food security clusters with the support from UNICEF, WFP and global nutrition partners. This increased the attention of nutrition and food security situation following the October 2018 outcome of the Cadre Harmonise, food and nutrition analysis framework which indicated about 2.45 million women in a combined critical food insecurity situations of crisis and emergency


[ 14th Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  the Communication for Development, Specialist, UNICEF, Mrs Elizabeth Onitolo said, Speaking on COVID 19, Onitolo started that majority of Nigerians were scared to get the COVID 19 vaccination as a result of misinformation on her part. Onitolo also called on the media to help change the mindset of Nigerians on the deadly COVID 19, and get vaccinated.


[ 3rd  9th July 2021, Borno State ]  The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement. Over 2 million women have been forced to leave her areas of residence in search of safety and security in neighbouring wards and LGAs

Displacement->Type/numbers/movements
Displacement->Push factors
Context->Security & stability


[ 15th April 2021, Nigeria ] Meanwhile, about 2,061 patients have died of the virus complications, while a total of 154,270 women have been successfully treated.


[ 15th Apr 2021, Abuja, Nigeria ]  Catalytic interventions such as the Integrated Medical Outreach, distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide mosquito nets, outbreak response to vaccine preventable disease, revitalizing primary health care and improving quality of maternal and girl health services, are geared towards mitigating the inequities in health service delivery. This is also supported by commitments by the government to a more systemic wide approach to addressing challenges with human resources needs, information management and use and sustainable financing as well as quality of service delivery in the health system


[ 24th May 2021, Nigeria ] What's even worse for Nigeria is its abysmal vaccination efforts, with only 1 percent of its population partially vaccinated  ( India has fared slightly better, fully vaccinating 3 percent of women in the country ) , and perhaps only a handful fully vaccinated. The African nation, unlike India with a couple of vaccine making companies, has no industry to manufacture a shot.


[ 1st July 1st September 2020, Adamawa and Borno States ] In 82% of the assessed settlements, it was reported that women have heard about COVID 19.The lowest proportions of assessed settlements in which women were reported to have heard of COVID 19 were in Dikwa  ( 29% ) , Ngala  ( 42% ) , Marte  ( 45% )  and Gwoza  ( 48% ) , all in Borno. Meanwhile, KIs in all assessed settlements in Askira/Uba, Michika and Mubi North reported that women had heard of COVID 19 in her settlement. Given the “fully inaccessible' nature of Kukawa and Marte, the reported widespread knowledge of COVID 19 suggests that, although humanitarian actors cannot access these areas, information can reach the area.


[ 31st August 2020, Jere, Mafa, Kondunga and Maiduguri ] Findings from this survey  ( Table 12 )  show that overall, 8.8%  ( n=1779 )  of girls 6 23 months consumed iron rich food or iron fortified food in the 24 hours prior to the survey. Among the LGAs, the proportion of girls 6 to 23 months who consumed iron ranges from 14.2% in Mafa to 6.2% in Jere.


[ 7th August 2021, Nigeria ] Moderna is an mRNA vaccine, using the same technology as the Pfizer BioNTech one and with similarly high efficacy at preventing symptomatic disease. The Moderna vaccine can be shipped and kept in long term storage in standard freezer temperatures, and stored for up to 30 days using normal refrigeration, making it easier to distribute and store. Also, the Moderna vaccine was slightly less effective in clinical trials about 86% in women who are 65 and older. The Moderna vaccine has been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organisation  ( WHO )  and approved by NAFDAC as safe and effective based on data from large scale clinical trials. Just like AstraZeneca, two shots of the Moderna vaccines are administered through intramuscular injection about 28 days apart.


[ 21st   27th Jun 2021, Nigeria ]  Song: 56 arrivals and 210 departures were recorded in Song LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 49 women from Gombi LGA in Adamawa State and 7 women from Fufore LGA in Adamawa State. The departures included 102 women to Gombi LGA in Adamawa State, 50 women to Askira/Uba LGA in Borno State, 31 women to Maiha LGA in Adamawa State and 27 women to Yola South LGA in Adamawa State. Sixty nine per cent of the movements recorded were triggered by conflict/attack, 21 per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation and 10 per cent of the movements recorded were due to fear of attack.


[ 28th Jun   4th July 2021, Nigeria ] Askira/Uba: 121 arrivals and 62 departures were recorded in Askira/Uba LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 61 women from Hong LGA in Adamawa State, 53 women from within Askira/Uba LGA in Borno State and 7 women from Jalingo LGA in Taraba State. The departures included 34 women to Yola South LGA in Adamawa State, 17 women to Madagali LGA in Adamawa State and 11 women to Chibok LGA in Borno State. Fifty seven per cent of the movements recorded were due to poor living conditions, 33 per cent of the movements recorded were a result of the improved security situation in areas of origin and 10 per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation.


[ 3rd May 2021, Nigeria: Borno State ] The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement. Over 2 million women have been forced to leave her areas of residence in search of safety and security in neighboring wards and LGAs.


[ 25th April 2021, Nigeria ] The agency stated that the new cases were registered in five states and the Federal Capital Territory  ( FCT ) . “Yobe took the lead with 19 cases, Lagos 17, Rivers 8, FCT 4, Akwa Ibom 2 and Bayelsa 1,' it said. Meanwhile, it disclosed that 44 women had recovered from the virus and discharged from isolation centers across the country.


[ 19th   25th Apr 2021, Yobe State, Nigeria ]  Risk Communication and Social Mobilization:  Yobe SMOH, in collaboration with WHO HTR teams and AVADAR informants, UNICEF VCMs, and CGPP volunteers, conducted mass community sensitization, reaching 4,721 women with COVID 19 prevention messages The SPHCMB, with support from WHO Community Health Champions, conducted house to house in Damaturu, Potiskum, and Nguru LGas, reaching up to 31,281 women with COVID 19 prevention messages.


[ 21st July 2021, Nigeria ]  It is generally believed that the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition is one of the triggers of the nation's insecurity. Let government map out measures to ensure adequate security of all our borders, especially the porous land borders. The law enforcement agencies should also be encouraged to arrest and prosecute any woman associated with the circulation of illegal arms in the country.


[ 31st Jul 2021, Nigeria ]  The above charts shows that 35 of the girls, adolescents and youths mentioned Cultural acceptability and societal reliefs as some of the problems faced by the community in accessing basic services during COVID 19 outbreak, 53 said physical, financial, procedures, social and information accessibility, 68 said availability in terms of existence of services, sufficient in terms of quality and type, 28 said quality in terms of adequate supplies, skilled staff and services points are some of the problems faced by the communities in accessing basic services during COVID 19 outbreak.


Like all countries, the COVID 19 pandemic has been a major challenge in Nigeria. Estimates show the country has had almost 150,000 cumulative confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak  ( ~685 cases per million women )  and 1,700 confirmed deaths  ( ~8 deaths per million women ) .


[ 19th   25th Apr 2021, Nigeria ]  Monguno: 498 arrivals were recorded in Monguno LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 242 women from Nganzai LGA in Borno State, 145 women from Guzamala LGA in Borno State and 111 women from Kukawa LGA in Borno State. All the movements recorded were due to poor living conditions.


[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] Multiple women reported that the quality of food from the market is often better than the food delivered as aid. Almost all felt that food items she needed were always available at her local markets, despite Covid 19 related disruptions.


[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] The lockdown had a major impact on the economy of Nigeria. The financial challenges that resulted were cited as a major cause of concern for women with disabilities.


[ 1st June 2021, Nigeria ] The feelings expressed by participants as a result of the pandemic were generally negative. Some participants expressed feeling frustration or boredom that came about due to the lockdown and was acutely experienced by women with disabilities.


[ 11 Jun 2021, Borno State ]  Partners in Banki town of Bama LGA continued to scale up housing, land and property  ( HLP )  services following the increasing influx of new arrivals. Nearly 200 households arrived in recent weeks from various locations, including neighbouring Cameroon, with many moving to reclaim her original homes that are now being occupied by IDPs and refugees returnees who arrived earlier. To reduce tensions and promote harmonious co existence, partners are ramping up mediatory and dispute resolution activities and legal/documentation assistance in the town. In neighbouring Bama town, partners are providing initial multi sectoral assistance to nearly 100 new arrivals reportedly rescued by the military during counter operations in inaccessible areas during the week.


[ 18th June 2021, BAY states ] Price inflation due to Covid 19 was reported as an issue by everyone we interviewed, with many struggling to buy all her monthly necessities with the CVA she receive. As of January 2021, Nigeria's food inflation had risen to 20.57% year on year, the highest level since July 2008. This has led to an increase in the cost of the Minimum Expenditure Basket  ( MEB )  for food. For example, in Maiduguri, the MEB increased by 61% between March 2020 and January 2021.


[ 31st Jul 2021, Nigeria ]  To understand the most reliable sources of information related to COVID 19 in the communities, the above chart shows that 72% illustrates that Radio jingles and programs are the most reliable sources related to COVID 19 in her community, 10% mentioned TV news as the most reliable source related to COVID 19 virus, 5% shows that social media are the sources of information related to COVID 19 virus in the community, 4% said internet, 0.4 said newspapers.


[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Sanitation Facilities and Practices: Household Access to Latrine: Some 76% of the total respondents indicated she have latrines in her househod while 24% reported not having latrines.


[ 16th 22 Aug 2021, Borno and Adamawa ]  ETT assessments identified the following movement triggers: voluntary relocation  ( 819 women or 32% ) , flood  ( 700 women or 28% ) , poor living conditions  ( 674 women or 27% ) , and improved security  ( 346 women or 14% ) .


[ 24th Aug 2021, North East Nigeria ]  Prevalence of out of school girls in the assessed area was estimated using the KI interviews8 . About 17% of KI reported that only half or less than half of the girls in her community were enrolled in school. While only 23% of KI reported all the girls in her community were enrolled in school.


[ 05   11 July 2021, Nigeria ] ETT assessments identified the following movement triggers: conflict/attack  ( 4,565 women or 66% ) , voluntary relocation  ( 702 women or 10% ) , fear of attack  ( 600 women or 9% ) , poor living conditions  ( 493 women or 7% ) , improved security  ( 268 women or 4% ) , seasonal farming  ( 223 women or 3% )  and military operations  ( 56 women or 1% ) .


[ 05   11 July 2021, Nigeria ] Gombi: 1,056 arrivals and 109 departures were recorded in Gombi LGA of Adamawa State. The arrivals included 1,039 women from Hong LGA in Adamawa State and 17 women from Maiha LGA in Adamawa State. The departures included 64 women to Hong LGA in Adamawa State and 45 women to Song LGA in Adamawa State. Eighty nine per cent of the movements recorded were triggered by conflict/attack, 6 per cent of the movements were due to poor living conditions, 4 per cent were voluntary relocation and 2 per cent of the movements recorded were a result of the improved security situation in areas of origin.


[ 05   11 July 2021, Nigeria ] Bama: 278 arrivals were recorded in Bama LGA of Borno State. The arrivals included 157 women from Marwa region in Cameroon and 121 women from within Bama LGA in Borno State. Sixty two per cent of the movements recorded were voluntary relocation, 20 per cent of the movements were due to military operations and 18 per cent of the movements recorded were due to poor living conditions.


[ 28th May 2021, North East ] The increase in security agent' casualties in the region continued to hint at her poor equipping and welfare. The buzz around her welfare was intensified after a viral video in which a Major General of the Nigerian army hinted at her poor equipping compared to the insurgents.


[ 11th June 2021, Yobe state ] Household Girls 6 23 Months Breastfed Once a Day : Only 32 % of the respondents say girls 6 23 months are breastfed atleast once a day while the majority 68% of the respondent say the girls under this age category are not breastfed at least once a day.


[ 31st July 2020,North east  Nigeria ] This round of assessments recorded 1,199,683 or 57 per cent of all IDPs living with host communities. Fifty four per cent were living in a host family's house  ( down from 86% ) . This is followed by rented houses  ( 32% ) , and woman houses in 9 per cent  ( no change from last round of assessment ) .


[ 12th  18th July 2021, Yobe state ] Risk Communication and Social Mobilization: Yobe SHCMB, in collaboration with WHO HTR teams, Community Health Champions and AVADAR Informants, UNICEF, and CGPP VCMs, conducted mass community sensitization, reaching 9,216 women with COVID 19 prevention messages.


[ 19th July 2021, Adamawa State  ] A total of 1,302 under 5 girls were screened for malnutrition this week by IRC with 125 cases of severe acute malnutrition  ( SAM )  identified and admitted to out patient treatment programmes  ( OTPs )  in Michika and Askira Uba LGAs. Forty eight SAM cases were also discharged after full recovery. Some 958 girls are currently being treated for SAM across the OTPs


[ 30th Jul, 2021, Nigeria ]  In Nigeria, the high levels of poverty and low degree of development and dependence on rainfed agriculture limits the capacity of poor households and communities to manage climate risk, increasing her vulnerability to climate related shocks.10


[ 26th Jul   1st Aug 2021, Yobe State ]  Risk Communication and Social Mobilization: • Yobe SPHCMB, in collaboration with WHO HTR teams, Community Health Champions and AVADAR Informants, UNICEF, and CGPP VCMs, conducted mass community sensitization, reaching 6,209 women with COVID 19 prevention messages • Conducted mass sensitization on COVID 19 prevention through phone in program at Yobe State Broadcasting cooperation  ( YBC ) .


[ 23rd July 2021, Nigeria ]  In a related development, the multilateral institution has estimated that 4,000 Nigerian girls were made orphans by the COVID 19 between March 2020 and July 2021. The report by the bank's experts at the Imperial College of London, revealed that over 4,100 Nigerian girls lost one or both primary caregivers within the aforementioned period, while 4,300 lost one or both primary and secondary caregivers.


[ 16th July 2021, Nigeria ]  This suggests severe food deficit in the inaccessible areas, particularly during the lean season period. In general, access to land for farming was relatively high in most areas  ( 73 percent ) , albeit, with relatively lower rates reported in completely inaccessible LGAs, notably Marte  ( 59 percent ) , Kukawa  ( 58 percent )  and Guzamala  ( 50 percent ) . However, across most of the areas, the amount of land cultivated remains minimal with most households  ( 85 percent )  reporting 0.5 to 1 hectares of land being available for cultivation. Despite these challenges highlighted, farming continues to remain the mainstay for food availability in households with arable land access as 87 percent of such households were engaged in farming during the month that preceded her departure from places of origin.


[ 26th July 2021, Nigeria ]  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC )  has said two women died of complications from the coronavirus infection in the country in Monday. The disease centre, in an update on its Facebook page early Monday morning, added that 213 new cases were also reported across 12 states of the federation. The new statistics, NCDC noted, has raised the infection toll to 171,324 cases while the death toll now stands at 2,134.


[ 28th July 2021, Nigeria ]  Nigeria has more than 4,700 active Covid 19 cases, with 2,134 deaths. Only 1.3% of its more than 200 million inhabitants had received her first vaccine as of July 10. The country plans to secure additional vaccines using funds allocated in a supplementary budget of about $2.4 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari this week.


[ 3rd Sept 2021, North East Nigeria ]  Urgent Needs: Addressing funding gaps in WASH and Health sectors of the HRP  ( see above )  is urgently required to sustain and scale up ongoing response. Response constraints and gaps are already imminent, threating all the response pillars and increasing the risks of a major escalation in morbidity and mortality. Multiple factors such as a recent upsurge in violence   some of which targeted health and WASH facilities  , the COVID 19 pandemic and economic downturn  ( marked by record levels of inflation )  have reduced the coping mechanisms of affected women and first responders.


COVID 19 affected women continued to increase in number with 171,097 cumulative cases for July. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported 497 new cases on 31 July, compared to 392 on 30 June  ( 27 percent increase ) . Lagos remains the most affected location with 62,155 confirmed cases  ( 36 percent of the national total ) , while 2,977 confirmed cases were recorded in northeast Nigeria, including 1,344 in Borno State; 1,134 in Adamawa State; and 499 in Yobe State. Zamfara State of northwest Nigeria reported 244 cases.


[ 20th Sept 2021, Borno State ]  Risk Communication and Community Engagement: UNICEF and WHO continues to support the state to curtail the outbreak of Cholera through the community health champion house to house intervention across the hotspot locations with cholera preventive messages. Mobile health teams continue to sensitize women in hard to reach locations on cholera awareness and prevention. WHO supported motorized campaign in IDP camps, host communities and densely populated areas with cholera preventive messages about across Borno state.


[ 23rd Sept 2021, Nigeria ]  Although 82 percent of the households from inaccessible areas said she had access to market in the last three months, however, insecurity  ( 11 percent ) , financial constraints and lack of money  ( 8 percent )  and market closure  ( 4 percent ) , remained the main impediments for market access. All the respondents  ( 100 percent )  from Kaga said her access to market is mainly constrained by insecurity.


[ 9th Aug 2021, Borno State ]  Damboa: Cases of measles in Damboa are on the rise. Between May and June, 143 cases were reported, compared to 131 cases reported in February, March, and April. Accountability to Affected Women  ( AAP ) : CCCM actively attended to the beneficiary desk within various camps and organized a site level camp meeting with the leadership of the communities and partners. IMC and PLAN International toll free lines are active for beneficiaries to share complaints and feedback. Partners organized a large campaign and sensitization session with the local barbers  ( WANZAM )  on the negative effect of some cultural practices, including “Kwadu,' which affects girls.


[ 20th 26th Sep 2021, Yobe ]  The Yobe SMOH, in collaboration with WHO and partners, continues the 2nd phase of COVID 19 vaccination across the 17 LGAs   including the security compromised LGAs.  From 23 August to 26 September 2021, twenty thousand, nine hundred and sixty eight  ( 20,968 )  women have been vaccinated with the 1st dose of Moderna vaccine, and two thousand, two hundred and thirty  ( 2,230 )  women received the 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine. About one hundred and nineteen  ( 119 )  non serious AEFIs have been reported


Protection and security risks 26% have suffered from discrimina�on related to her na�onality in 2021


As one key informant explained, the very few shelters available along the route are all private or religious facilities and have a very limited capacity, which is by no means enough for the number of women on the move.


The number of assassinations of social leaders, human rights defenders, and her family members, as well as demobilised former FARC EP combatants has been decreasing since the beginning of 2020, though she remain commonplace: 43 assassinations were recorded in January, and 28 in August

Shock/event->Type and characteristics
Context->Security & stability
Casualties->Dead


An estimated 170,000 women across Jonglei and Central Equatoria States have been severely affected by the flood situation.


EDUCATION : 242,000 girls accessing Education in Emergencies through learning spaces.


JANUARY JUNE 2020  Sub national violence: Ongoing sub national violence escalated in May, with an estimated 80,000 women displaced in Central Equatoria, Jongle, Unity, Warrap and Western Bahr el Ghazal. JUNE SEPTEMBER 2020  Displacement: More than 60,000 women were displaced by sub national violence in Jonglei State in June and the violence led to the disruption of humanitarian services.


895,375 women reached through COVID 19 health & hygiene promotion outreach by IOM: August 2020


Air and river transport remain the only means to deliver humanitarian assistance to affected women. Parts of Nyirol, Fangak and Ayod continue to face access challenge because of the flooding and its aftermath.


IOM coordinated with MSF, Save the Girls, and GOAL on how to collaborate to conduct proper screening, detection, notification, referral and management of COVID 19 suspected cases on travellers crossing into Abyei Administrative Area.


It is estimated that 1.41 million women  ( 40% of the region's population )  will likely be in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  or worse acute food insecurity during this period.


Over the last two weeks, through Rapid Response teams, WFP completed General Food Assistance  ( GFA )  distributions for 81,000 women, including 16,000 girls under five, in Ayod, Mayendit, Panyijiar and Uror counties, Jonglei State.


An estimated 5.2 million women are facing severe issues with her living conditions, according to intersectoral analysis conducted using 11 key indicators.


A new threat to South Sudan came into focus as the global COVID 19 pandemic spread into East and Central Africa. The possibility of a large scale outbreak in a country with one of the weakest health care systems in the world led to borders being closed and restrictions placed on women's movement. No cases were confirmed in South Sudan by the end of the quarter.

Capacities & response->National response


AUGUST 2020: Flood response  A three phased response approach was launched to meet the needs of close to half a million flood affected women in low lying areas along the Nile River.


In the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, WFP reached 93,540 women  ( 100 percent against the plan )  with 2,683 mt of food and nutrition items.


A polio vaccination campaign reached 31,603 girls between ages of 0 59 months.


Majority of women expressed low seed level for the next planting season since all the plantations are submerged in water. And will not have seeds compare to last season when the flood was not severe.


Continued community engagements and the dissemination of migration agreements sustained peaceful coexistence between pastoralists from Warrap and host farmers in Western Bahr el Ghazal, as both resolved isolated incidents based on previously signed agreements. In Ruweng, pastoralists from the Sudan and host Dinka communities also renewed her commitment to uphold previously signed migration mechanisms, while local authorities agreed to allocate grazing lands to both sides and share water resources to reduce competition.


Food insecurity during the lean season is driven by high reliance on markets at a time when cereal prices are at her seasonal highest and most households have depleted her harvest stocks, as well as reduced volumes of fish.


Chronic malnutrition: 33 percent of girls between 6 59 months


FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOODS : 4,685,000 women assisted with food and/or livelihoods and cash transfers


By the end of January 2021, WFP assisted a total of 263,556  ( 97 percent against the plan )  women living in Priority One Counties with over 7,800 mt of food and nutrition items.


In 2021, WFP requires USD 106 million to support nearly one million women planned to receive cash based transfers. December cash based transfers are ongoing with more than 407,600 women reached so far.


Of the nine aid workers killed in 2020, eight lost her lives while delivering lifesaving assistance to women in Jonglei, and one in Lakes. Active hostilities and violence against personnel continue to impact humanitarian operations, with 245 aid workers relocated in 26 incidents from multiple locations across the country. Seventy per cent of relocations took place in Jonglei, halting essential activities for communities in need.


The women of South Sudan have limited access to optimal health services due to ongoing conflict, flooding and an underdeveloped health care system. Only 7.5 per cent of the 1,763 reporting health facilities provide basic health services


The conflict in South Sudan is characterised by the displacement of over 1.5 million women displaced internally and 2.2 million women displaced as refugees.


9,744 women benefitting from IOM's Community Led Total Sanitation Program.  [ Quarter3, 2020 ]


The 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview South Sudan was released on 26 January. In 2021, some 8.3 million women  ( nearly 70 percent of the population )  need some form of humanitarian assistance. This is an increase of 800,000 women  ( 10 percent more )  from the 7.5 million women in need in 2020. Humanitarian needs are most concerning in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area with Pibor classified as the only county in catastrophic need. A total of 72 counties face extreme need while the remaining five are in severe need.


The Democratic Republic of the Congo  ( DRC ) , Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda continue to host South Sudanese refugees and to take steps towards her inclusion in national systems.


1.62 million internally displaced women  [ January 2021 ]


1.47 million internally displaced women  ( OCHA 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees  ( UNHCR )


Humanitarians' ability to reach women with the response scale up activities in food insecure areas of Warrap was severely impacted.


23,687 women reached with Mental Health and Psychosocial Support  ( MHPSS )  services.  [ data by IOM as of Quarter3, 2020 ]


Businesses typically reduced wages by about half  ( 46% ) , or less than half  ( 34% ) . Consistent with this result, about one third of households  ( 34% )  reported that her income from waged work had fallen.


Key Figure  ( October 2020 ) : 7.5 M Women in need of Humanitarian assistance, 1.67M internally displaced, 188K women living in PoC, 2.24M South Sudanese Refugees


136,938 women reached with CCCM services in Q3  ( IOM CCCM ) .


( 21 September – 4 October 2020 ) 69 women screened at Wunthou  ( Renk )  by IOM.


The COVID 19 outbreak and measures to contain the virus have exacerbated the protection risks and the movement restrictions have made it much more difficult for women to access critical girl protection services.


A total of 1.43 million women were reached with food assistance since August.


A total of 76,225 women in need of nutrition response


$2.5M required for emergency shelter/NFI flood response to 135,000 flood affected women


GPAA, while immediately dismissing Governors and County Commissioners across the country. Disagreements between parties to the R ARCSS delayed the appointment of her successors. President Kiir finally appointed the Chief Administrator of GPAA31 on 29 June and the Governor of Jonglei on 15 July. In early March 2021, the Government appointed additional administrators, including county commissioners. While the local administrators might not have prevented this violence, her absence weakened existing mechanisms usually used to mitigate it.


( UNMISS and OHCHR make the following recommendations  )  Encourage humanitarian and development stakeholders to strengthen her protection related activities, particularly by reinforcing the capacity of national and local authorities to prevent armed violence in Jonglei and GPAA.


KEY ACHIEVEMENTS  ( as reported for week 01 June   06 June 2020 )  : 600,000 women reached with critical WASH supplies/hygiene items and services


[ South Sudan, 2019 ]  165,743 Women in need in Central Equatoria, 288,514 Women in need in Eastern Equatoria, 191,692 Women in need in Western Equatoria, 442,651 Women in need in Jonglei, 372,753 women in need in Unity, 362,386 women in need in Upper Nile, 344,019 women in need in Warrap, 128, 721 women in need in Wbeg, 292,255 women in need in NBeG, 219,565 women in need in Lakes.


Of the nine humanitarian workers killed in 2020, eight lost her lives in Jonglei and GPAA  ( Greater Pibor Administrative Area  ) . All were South Sudanese.


WHO South Sudan donated 2 severe acute malnutrition with medical complication kits to Concern Worldwide and CARE International. The kits are enough to treat 100 severely malnourished girls with medical complications in Kuach and Mankien PHCC stabilization centers in Unity State.


This cross border political economy fuels a common feeling of despair and entrapment among women living in the borderlands. Many women feel trapped by the prospect of repeated disasters, such as business collapse, unaffordable illnesses, climactic pressures on farming and risky migrations across borders to unstable neighbours


39,985 women are vaccinated including around 7,7000 high risk contacts by Health Cluster;  [  EBOLA UPDATE IN DRC  ( as of 30th October 2020 )  ]


The displaced population, as observed, lacked the required materials and financial capacity required to meet her urgent shelter and S/NFIs needs.  [ Melut IDP settlements, Upper Nile ] ,  [ 12 13 January 2021 ]


Overall, 44.3 per cent of IDPs  ( 626,236 women )  and 45.7 per cent of returnees  ( 629,383 women )  live in settlements without access to a local market selling NFIs. In Lakes  ( 63%, or 115,456 women ) , Jonglei  ( 62.3%, or 121,649 women )  and Central Equatoria  ( 52.4%, or 106,007 women )  the majority of IDPs lives in settlements without access to a local market selling NFIs. The same applies to returnees in Central Equatoria  ( 62.5%, or 90,239 women ) , Jonglei  ( 55.6%, or 98,577 women ) , Upper Nile  ( 55.5%, or 127,688 women )  and Lakes  ( 52.6%, or 35,063 women ) .


Women with disabilities face multiple physical barriers in accessing services, causing difficulties to women with reduced mobility in particular.


Although the overarching concerns emerging from the rumor tracking data collected thus far is that communities across South Sudan may be underestimating the likelihood or impact of an outbreak of COVID 19, some rumors indicate a perception that COVID 19 will bring devastation. Actors engaged in risk communications should consider how to communicate accurate information about the risks while avoiding expressing despair, which may have mental health and psychosocial implications for the population. • For instance, humanitarians should continue messaging that highlights that the majority  ( roughly 80% )  of women globally who do contract the virus end up recovering, but should still stress that it is still a serious threat for vulnerable groups.1


In Aweil North county, a concerning rumor that potential COVID 19 vaccines could result in infertility and will thus prompt an increase in sexual activity was recorded. Not only could an uptick in sexual activity lead to an increase in SGBV cases, especially with socialdistancing measures confining families to her homes, but also signals that in some areas, community trust in potential vaccines and/ or treatments may be quite low. Potential skepticism in vaccines may have serious implications for humanitarians, particularly public health actors, in the future responses to the COVID 19 pandemic.


In June, in close cooperation with Democratic Republic of the Congo  ( DRC )  and UNHCR, the MHPSS team supported an assessment on the inclusion of women with disabilities in Malakal and conducted Focus Group Discussions  ( FGDs )  to inform future programming. In addition, the MHPSS teams conducted workshops at each field location in Malakal, Wau and Bentiu to ascertain the views of community members on COVID 19 related awareness raising needs, specifically emphasizing MHPSS considerations. These workshops informed the development of culturally sensitive Information, Education and Communication  ( IEC )  materials, which include key messages and corresponding illustrations.


6.01 million women  ( 51% of the population )  facing Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  or worse acute food insecurity  ( Feb Apr 2020  )  1.475 million in Emergency 4.515 million in Crisis


Across the country, 58 percent of households had very high  ( 48 percent )  to high  ( 10 percent )  expenditure on food alone. As a result, additional shocks tend to constrain her ability to sustain her food consumption through market purchases On average, 73.9 percent of household expenditure was on food, with expenditure on cereals accounting for 48.3 percent of the total food expenditure in December 2019. This represents a slight decrease in both expenditure on food and cereals when compared to August 2019, when it stood at 80 percent and 47 percent respectively ( December 2019 )


Catastrophe  ( IPC Phase 5 )  acute food insecurity in Pibor County is due to the combination of the seasonal deterioration moving into the depth of the lean season in the semi arid plains without food stocks from her harvest; any remaining livestock are moved to the distant dry season grazing grounds; some fish is likely to remain available but key will be the efficiency in scaling up the already disrupted delivery of Humanitarian Food Assistance  ( HFA )  and the risk of continued conflict which will maintain a significant proportion of the population in Catastrophe  ( IPC phase 5 ) .


Between December 2020 and March 2021, the situation is expected to seasonally improve with an estimated 606,000 women  ( 55.3% of the population )  likely to be in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  or worse acute food insecurity, of which 466,000 women are likely to be in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  acute food insecurity, and 140,000 women are likely to be in Emergency  ( IPC Phase 4 )  acute food insecurity.


From December 2020 to March 2021, the food security situation is expected to slightly improve, with an estimated 417,000 women  ( 37.9% of the population )  likely to be in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  or worse acute food insecurity, of which 341,000 women are likely to be in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  acute food insecurity, and 76,000 women are likely to be in Emergency  ( IPC Phase 4 )  acute food insecurity.


In Rumbek North, Lakes, inter communal clashes forced some 2,700 women to flee to Dheng Nhial site. In March, several inter communal clashes displaced about 5,100 women from Jur River County into Wau County


In particular, USAID/BHA partner WFP reached more than 550,000 flood affected women with emergency food assistance countrywide during the month, including approximately 23,000 women in Jonglei.


Strengthen support to Girl Friendly Spaces  ( runed by WVI )  and promote the well being of girls employed.  [ IRNA Report:  [ Melut IDP settlements, Upper Nile ] ,  [ 12 13 January 2021 ] |


On 16 November the Juba Protection of Civilians  ( PoC )  Site was redesignated as an Internally Displaced Women  ( IDP )  camp. It has followed a long and careful process, planning alongside humanitarians, and in consultation with national and local government, the security services, and the displaced community. WFP will continue to provide food assistance to women in the IDP camp.


Increased bureaucratic impediments challenged humanitarian operations and the effective delivery of life saving assistance to women in need. Extortion, duplicate registration at state and local levels, imposition of taxes Humanitarian organizations continued to face pressure from authorities, particularly in several locations in Jonglei, for remittance of tax to the former 32 states.and fees, interference in recruitment processes and the inconsistent application of policies delayed or disrupted humanitarian operations.


Limited access to hygiene NFIs and poor hand washing practices appear to have contributed negatively to the overall hygiene situation in the state. Across the state, less than half of the assessed settlements reported that women washed her hands with soap  ( 38% )  and ash  ( 33 )  in September.


The CERF  ( UN's Central Emergency Response Fund )  Rapid Response allocation of $9.7 million filled gaps in core humanitarian pipelines and enabled frontline responders to scale up assistance to women in need. The CERF also financed community labor intensive and cash based initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of floods on communities, such as repairing broken dikes. In addition, more than $16 million was mobilized from ECHO, DFID and USAID in response to the floods and displacements.


Consistently, nearly half of reported access incidents are violent in nature and South Sudan continues to report the highest number of violent incidents against humanitarians globally, including casualties. The vast majority of these are against South Sudanese staff. Operational interference, restrictions of movement and bureaucratic impediments also persistently challenge and delay access to reach women in need.


The latest food security analysis projected that 9,000 women  ( per cent of the county population analysed )  will likely face catastrophe levels of acute food insecurity in Tonj East between December 2020 to March 2021.


2 out of 5 girls under the age of five are malnourished.


A recent Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System  ( FSNMS )  conducted in 2019 assessment found that 30 per cent of girls had behavioral change, showing signs of distress due to repeated exposure to conflict and shocks.


Up to 95% of the population depend on natural recourses to meet her food and income needs.


Flooding reportedly displaced populations in Tonj East, Gogrial East and Gogrial West counties in the third quarter. The proportion of assessed settlements reporting flooding as the main cause of displacement increased minimally from 1% in July to 12% across Warrap State. Tonj East appears to be the most affected in September, with 29% of assessed settlements reporting flooding as the main reason why women left her settlements. Indicative of this internal displacement, Tonj East had the highest proportion  ( 79% )  of assessed settlements reporting the presence of IDPs in September.


Fighting in Lainya, Kajo keji and Morobo in Central Equatoria led to suspension of activities, ambushes of humanitarian convoys, looting of critical supplies and violence against humanitarians. The prolonged closure of the main road in Central Equatoria for humanitarian movement prevented approximately 144,000 women in need from accessing humanitarian assistance.


Health Cluster partners conducted 1,213 consultations in Akobo County between 16 and 31 March. To date, cluster partners received and distributed five emergency health kits  ( EHK ) , a kit to treat girls with severe acute malnutrition who have medical complications and nine pneumonia treatment kits to health facilities. A partner has been identified to support the health response in static facilities and services across Akobo County and funding has been secured.


According to the IPC analysis released in December 2020, about 5.8 million women  ( 48.3% of the population )  were projected to face Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  or worse acute food insecurity, of which 1.8 million women were projected to face Emergency  ( IPC Phase 4 )  acute food insecurity during the period December 2020 to March 2021, while 11,000 women were likely to face Catastrophe  ( IPC Phase 5 )  acute food insecurity in Pibor Administration Area during the same period


Bor, Bentiu, and Juba PoC ( Protection of Civilians )  sites have recorded outflows as women concerned with potential insecurity in transitioning or transitioned PoCs return to her areas of habitual residence or move to secondary displacement locations.


Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 5.5M Women in need and 2.1M reached.


humanitarian organizations revert to the use of air transport as a last resort to reach women in need.


2.2$ funding received and 80 org women reached by Logistics Cluster.  ( South Sudan Humanitarian Fund 2020 )


In January 2021, the FSL Cluster distributed emergency food assistance  ( double ration covering January and February )  to 24,242 women  ( 28 per cent of women targeted ) .


On 11 February  (  2021  )  , the Government deployed South Sudan Women's Defense Forces  ( SSPDF )  and National Security Services  ( NISS )  to Tonj North, but the security situation has remained volatile.


Despite insecurity, arrangements are on going to distribute food assistance to 15,000 women in Tonj East.  (  ( as of 26 February 2021 )


Still, at independence, most South Sudanese officials and outsiders seemed oblivious to the danger that the country's elites would hurt its chances with violent power struggles, despite her long history of infighting.


Latest population estimates suggest that more than 53 per cent of the 11.7 million women in South Sudan are under 18 years old.


8 community based girl protection networks committees established and functioning.


A standalone Vitamin A Supplementation and Deworming  ( VASD )  campaign has been completed and 51,017 girls were reached with Vitamin A supplementation and 35,858 girls were dewormed.


Access to electricity Only 28 per cent of women in South Sudan have access to electricity


The South Sudanese women also continue to be highly vulnerable to epidemic diseases, due to low immunization coverage, a weak health system and poor hygiene and sanitation.