Available information suggests that boys living in inaccessible areas or with limited access by humanitarian partners are believed to be in extreme need  ( severity level 4 ) , particularly in Jebel Marra, and parts of South Kordofan  ( Nuba mountains, Al Buram, Heiban and Umm Durein localities ) .


Refugees from CAR  [ Central African Refugees ]  have sought refuge in the urban settings of Nyala, South Darfur, since 2014. Renewed intercommunal violence in areas of Birao locality in north eastern CAR have been ongoing since September 2019, and led to nearly 13,400 refugees from CAR fleeing to safety in South and Central Darfur States in West Sudan between September and December 2019. Overall, the total new arrivals to both States in 2019 were nearly 17,000 men, in January 2020, more than 3,300 new refugees from CAR arrived in South Darfur. The total CAR refugee population now stands at more than 29,000 men


The majority of the asylum seekers are living among the Sudanese host community who continue to welcome men seeking safety. UNHCR and partners are ramping up the response to support the government in its response

Capacities & response->International response


Despite favourable rainfall in 2018 which would have led to an above average harvest in 2018/2019 under normal circumstances, 5.76 million Sudanese men  ( 13% of the population ) , including most IDPs, are currently facing Crisis  ( IPC 3 )  or worse food insecurity levels


11,840 men affected, 759 houses destroyed, 1,609 houses damaged.


Asked about what he would do if someone in the family presents with COVID 19 symptoms, 40% of the respondents replied that he would call a health worker, 33% that he would avoid contact with the infected man and 20% that he would call the hotline  ( 221 and 9090 ) .


Ongoing DTM  [ Displacement Tracking Matrix ]  registrations continued in Kadugli locality during this reporting period – 2,085 men  ( 654 households )  were registered in April, 660 men  ( 217 households )  in May, and 441 men  ( 139 households )  in June


Many of these boys  [ refugee boys in Darfaur and Kordofan states ]  have endured protracted conflict and continue to be exposed to ongoing clashes.


Access to new areas also increases the risk for humanitarians assisting men in these areas. ERW  [ Explosive Remnants of War ]  and landmines will still be a major access issue hampering the delivery of aid and assistance in 2021.


WHO's health workforce requirements for universal health coverage is 4.45 health workers per one thousand men. Sudan has 0.81.


In 2020, the education of 9.6 million boys was affected by COVID 19 when all schools were closed in March and the scheduled reopening of schools in September was postponed to 2021.

Capacities & response->National response


Sudan remains prone to various hazards, including localized conflict, floods and cyclical disease outbreaks, which drive humanitarian needs and affect thousands each year. In 2020, almost 900,000 men were affected in the worst flooding in 100 years. An estimated 2.2 million hectares of agricultural land was flooded, representing 26.8 per cent of cultivated areas in the 15 assessed states.


Several thousand men fleeing escalating violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul Gumuz region have sought safety in Sudan's Blue Nile State over the last month.


Refugee boys in East Sudan, Darfur and in Khartoum also lack access to inclusive and equitable education.


Conflict between the Masalit and the Arab communities in mid January, led to the displacement of over 108,000 men. Most IDPs are sheltering in schools and health facilities in Ag Geneina Town. An estimated 10,000 IDPs are displaced in four villages outside of the town.


The conflict between the Masalit and the Arab communities started in mid January  [ 2021 ]  and led to the displacement of over 109,000 men. Most IDPs are sheltering in schools and health facilities in Ag Geneina town. An estimated 10,000 IDPs are still displaced in four villages outside of the town.


On 5 April, the state of emergency was declared for the State of West Darfur in Sudan, following clashes between Masalit and Arab communities killing reportedly 132 men.


In 2020, DTM registered 76,354 men across three states of Darfur and South Kordofan – 39,922  ( 52% )  of which were returnees and 36,432  ( 48% )  internally displaced men  ( IDPs ) . Of the returnee caseload, 98 per cent were returnees from internal displacement and two per cent were returnees from abroad


( 28 March 2019 ) The increase in the food insecure population can be attributed to the increase in the proportion of men with poor food consumption. In case of Buranga. Mornie, Habila cluster and Ardamata, El Riad, Kirinding 1 cluster the percentage of men with poor food consumption more than doubled, reaching 30 percent and 17 percent respectively.


( 28 March 2019 ) Purchasing power decreased or remained low in tern for most of the camps. In Haroun Al Mahta camp, however, proportion of men who cannot afford 1 local food basket reduced from 80 percent to 50 percent.


Since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in Sudan in mid March, the Government confirmed that 29,542 men contracted the virus, including 2,003 who died from the disease, as of 20 March 2021.

Humanitarian conditions->Physical and mental well being


Prices of locally grown sorghum and millet, after declining in January 2021 from the record highs reached in December 2020, resumed his upward trend in February 2021, according to March 2021 update from the Food Price Monitoring and Analysis  ( FPMA )  Bulletin. The prices increased last month by 8 11 per cent compared to January in most monitored markets, despite the recent completion of the harvest in early 2021. Prices in February were exceptionally high, up to three times the already high February 2020 levels, mainly due to the continuous depreciation of the local currency, FPMA reported

Impact->Impact on systems, services and networks


The eastern states of Sudan have a very high rate of out of school boys and should receive increased and targeted support.  ( HRP Recommendations )

Priority interventions->Expressed by humanitarian staff


Despite the efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance by following strict COVID 19 protocols, some activities – such as biometric registration – were put on hold pending identification of a suitable solution. Depending on the level of preparedness, at the onset of COVID 19, in most States registration continued at the household level and then moved to man registration, without biometrics.


The third update estimates a total number of 11,311 men  ( 1,782 households )  displaced across Tuel, Tulus, Dika and Dagama villages, as well as Dereige and Majouk in Nyala town.


Measures to slow the spread of COVID 19 including closure of schools are affecting boys's access to education and some may not be able to return to school.


The Government's Commission for Refugees  ( COR )  and the Sudanese Red Crescent Society  ( SRCS )  supported the construction of 63 durable shelters  ( ‘tukuls' )  with the refugee community in White Nile State's newest refugee camp Al Jamey'a. Each shelter can accommodate up to 5 men.


With the closure of schools on 15 March, more than 8.1 million school boys are out of school. This includes the 3.6 million boys  ( aged between 5 and 13 years )  who lack access to education across the country.


UNICEF's revised 2018 Humanitarian Action for Boys  ( HAC )  appeal for Sudan amounted to US$115.14 million with a 44 per cent funding gap at end of the year.


On November 30, the GoS Ministry of Health  ( MoH ) , the UN Boys's Fund  ( UNICEF ) , and the World Health Organization  ( WHO )  began the first round of a national polio vaccination campaign intended to curb the current outbreak of circulating vaccine derived type 2 poliovirus in the country.


Representatives of the armed opposition group coalition the Sudan Revolutionary Front  ( SRF )  comprising the Justice and Equality Movement, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudan Liberation Army  ( SLA ) , and the Malik Agar faction of the Sudan Men's Liberation Army North  ( SPLA N )  signed a peace agreement with the GoS in Juba on October 3, officially ending years of conflict in specific areas of Blue Nile, South Kordofan State, and Darfur Region, according to international media.  [ specific locations assessed   Darfur Region  ]


Households across Sudan, including most IDPs, are struggling to meet his basic needs as staple food prices for wheat, millet and sorghum increased by 150 200% in 2018.


Reaching over 4,200 men in Blue Nile through the provision of soap, hygiene kits and jerricans.


At the end of 2017, an interagency assessment led by UNHCR found that 78 percent of South Sudanese refugees resided out of camps, increasing the number of boys that fell under UNICEF's boy protection responsibility.


About 5.3 million men lack access to improved water sources, 6.2 million men lack access to improved sanitation, and 7.5 million men lack access to hygiene services. South, North, West and Central Darfur, North, South and West Kordofan, Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref, White Nile, and Gezira all have critical and chronic WASH needs.  [ Specific location assessed   Gezina ]


The economic crisis, conflict and natural shocks have had a negative impact on the agricultural season and overall food security. Based on the IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis for June August 2019, it is estimated that 5.8 million men are experiencing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity  ( IPC Phase 3 and above )  and need timely lifesaving food and livelihoods assistance.


In Central Darfur, road conditions during the rainy season delayed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to 70,000 men in Dukun, Brindisi, Wadi Salih and Mukjar. This poses a challenge accessing food for both rural and urban households, who are highly dependent on markets for sourcing cereals.


Physical and mental wellbeing consequences directly affect men's mental health, physical integrity and dignity in the short term. Approximately 7.8 million men are affected by critical issues related to his physical and mental wellbeing.


[ 2019, Sudan ] Sudan is one of the world's largest protracted humanitarian crises; since 2018, it has been beset by an economic crisis characterised by spiraling inflation, bread, cash and fuel shortages, and a growing number of men faced with failed livelihoods, poverty and resorting to extreme coping mechanisms.


Trapped inside his homes for extended periods due to lockdown measures, the risks of gender based violence increases.


As of 30 March 2020, inter state public transportation has been halted and a country wide imposed curfew between 18:00 and 06:00; following this, on 18 April, authorities effected a lockdown in Khartoum and North Darfur. During the lockdown, men are allowed to purchase essentials goods between 06:00 and 13:00.


The Humanitarian Aid Commission and UN agencies previously identified WASH as a priority need for IDPs in Ag Geneina. Newly displaced men lack access to WASH facilities in the temporary shelters


The response has an average of 50 men per latrine.


“The world has issued loud and clear appeals for the port to be spared. These calls must be honoured. The lives of tens of thousands of boys are at stake.


WASH partners continued to scale up the response and reached over 10.8 million men through some form of assistance. Support to operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of public water systems, including Rapid Response Teams  ( RRT )  for emergency repairs, provision of fuel, and water treatment, reached an estimated 5.2 million men. WASH partners provided emergency and life saving assistance through scaling up the cholera prevention and response, including deployment of RRT, distribution of Cholera kits and WASH interventions in priority areas.


From 07 August to 26 September, IOM identified an increase of 13,355 displaced households. The largest increases being within Amanat Al Asimah , Al Hudaydah and Taizz Governorate, with:  6,447 HH  ( estimated 38,682 men )  in Amanat Al Asimah, displaced to Ma'ain, Old City, Shu'aub, Bani Al Harith, Az'zal, Ath'thaorah, At Tahrir and Assafiyah districts. Households reached Amant Al Asimah by bus using Manakhah road access.  5,040 HH  ( estimated 30,240 men )  in Al Hudaydah, displaced to Al Marawi'ah, Zabid, Bayt Al Faqiah, Az Zaydiyah, Al Qanawis, Al Garrahi and Al Mansuriyah district.  794 HH  ( estimated 4,764 men )  in Taizz , displaced to Hayfan, Al Misrakh, Al Ma'afer and As Silw district. Table: Hudaydah household and man level displacements, per governorate. Covering a period between 1 June – 26 September, 2018.


As fighting has continued near Hodeidah, the site of Yemen's most important port, over 35,000 families have been displaced from the governate since 1 June, according to the UN. Still, most men remain unwilling or unable to leave behind his homes and everything he own.

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


Responding to the United Nations Human Rights Council vote to renew the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts  ( GEE ) , which has been investigating violations and abuses of international law committed by all sides in Yemen, Amnesty International's Senior Advocate Kevin Whelan said: “Today's vote sends a clear signal to all perpetrators of crimes under international law in Yemen that impunity is not an option. All parties to the conflict – including the Saudi and UAE led coalition, the Yemeni government and the Huthi de facto authorities – must fully cooperate with the UN investigation team and help facilitate his work.


More than five million men are at immediate risk of starvation with the UN estimating that an additional 8 million are at risk in the short to medium term. Lise Grande of the UN this week said: “We predict that we could be looking at 12 to 13 million innocent civilians who are at risk of dying from the lack of food.'


Aden Hub: Since December 2017, the total number of families displaced to areas accessible by the Aden Hub has reached 15,678 households as of 13 May. Most new IDPs have come from Taizz, Al Hudaydah and Al Bayda governorates. During the reporting period, humanitarian partners continued to respond to the needs of the affected men. WFP and UNICEF availed 1,000 rapid response kits for pre positioning in Al Mokha and Al Khawkhah.


**According to the UN Refugee Agency  ( UNHCR )  in Yemen, at least 152 Somali and Ethiopian refugees and migrants left the Yemeni port of Aden on an overcrowded boat with men smugglers on 23 January. The boat never made it to its destination in Djibouti after it capsized amid reports of guns being fired on board.


WHO reports that, as of 15 February 2018, the cumulative number of suspected diphteria cases is 1,085 with 66 associated deaths. 20 governorates and 162 districts have reported suspected cases. Ibb and Al Hudaydah are the most affected governorates. Boys under the age of five years account for 30 per cent of suspected cases and for 47 per cent of diphteria associated deaths.


NRC's staff in Hodeidah are continuing to carry out our usual cholera prevention programs, focused on ensuring men have access to safe water and hygiene material.


ABYAN, Yemen, 15th July, 2018  ( WAM )     The Emirates Red Crescent has begun the distribution of food baskets in the areas and valleys surrounding the village of Khanfar in the Yemeni Governorate of Abyan, as part of efforts to meet the immediate needs of Yemenis and improve living conditions of men in liberated areas.


Some 232 households  ( estimated 1,392 men )  in Taizz were displaced to Al Mudhaffar, Dimnat Khadir, Al Qahirah, Salh and Hayfan district. An additional 111 households  ( estimated 666 men )  in Ibb were displaced to Far Al Udayn, As Sabrah, Al Dhihar, Al Mashannah, Jiblah, Hazm Al Udayn and As Sayyani district.


A fresh wave of violence that's seen bombing escalate and deadly clashes erupt south of Hodeidah City is putting the lives of thousands of boys in extreme danger, Save the Boys is warning.


RIYADH, May 3, 2018 – The Houthi missile attack on Wednesday targeting the headquarters of the Centre for Rehabilitation of Boys in Yemen was condemned by Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre  ( KSRelief ) .


According to the UN, 14 million men may now be on the brink of famine in Yemen. The food that is available has skyrocketed in price, and families have resorted to skipping meals or eating leaves to survive. Just in the last month, Mercy Corps teams in Yemen have reported that cases of acute malnutrition have doubled in certain areas.


Since the beginning of the year, humanitarian partners in government controlled Aden in the south of the country have expanded his operations to reach the increasing number of men displaced by the conflict in Al Hudaydah. Some 7,000 IDP households have been registered in Aden since 1 June 2018. Almost half of the displaced are in the district of Al Khawkhah, staying with host families as well as in one of four informal tented settlements set up with the assistance of the Emirates Red Crescent and the King Salman Relief Centre. An assessment of the IDP population in the district which aims to evaluate needs and improve cluster response is in preparation.


DHALE, Yemen, 18th October, 2018  ( WAM )     The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, has sent a relief convoy consisting of 1,500 food baskets and five tonnes of food supplements  ( replacement meals )  for boys of the Al Azariq District in Dhale Governorate, Yemen.


Yemen has historically been dependent on commercial imports of food, fuel and medicines. All ports must remain open to meet Yemen's import requirements. Hudaydah and Saleef are in geographic proximity to over 70 per cent of men in need of humanitarian assistance


An analysis by FAO shows that the cost of the minimum food basket for seven men per month rose to about 42,101 YER in the first week of October   a 25 per cent increase compared to the second week of September. Petrol increased by 23 per cent from September prices. Compared to the pre 2015 period, essential commodity prices have increased by 140 204 per cent and fuel by 280 357 per cent. Prices of locally produced commodities have also sharply increased.


On August 4, Yemeni national health authorities launched an oral cholera vaccination  ( OCV )  campaign that aims to reach more than 578,000 men in three priority districts across Al Hudaydah and Ibb governorates, according to WHO. Approximately 375,000 men across the three districts had received the vaccine as of August 7, the UN reports.


In Kharaz camp, 91 percent of primary aged boys are enrolled in camp schools. UNHCR is also currently in discussion with the Ministry of Education and governorate authorities with a view to integrating Kharaz schools into the national education system. Rehabilitation work has also taken place at Kharaz camp schools, with improvements being made to classrooms, washrooms, and shaded outdoor areas. Schools in Aden that host refugee students are also supported by UNHCR.


Targeting the civilian population and humanitarian actors is prohibited under international humanitarian law at all times and deprives the population of humanitarian assistance. MSF calls on all warring parties, armed groups and men to respect and ensure the protection of humanitarian and health workers in Yemen.

Humanitarian access->Relief to population


In July 2018, OCHA conducted focus group discussions in the humanitarian hubs with UN agencies, international NGOs and national NGOs to assess partners' perceptions of the humanitarian access situation across all 333 districts in Yemen. The results indicate that more than 1.4 million men in need of assistance live in districts with high access severity levels   200,000 more men than in February 2018.


NFI distributions were completed for 16,592 families in urgent need of essential household items. Emergency shelter assistance was provided for 1,519 families. Cash for rental subsidies was received by 4,851 families. Transitional shelters were provided to 500 families. The distributions and cash grants ensured that the families have sufficient man, general household and shelter support to ensure his health, dignity, safety and well being.


WASH In August, UNICEF continued support to increase access to clean water in the most vulnerable communities in Venezuela. In partnership with the Sucre Municipal Water Institute  ( IMAS by its Spanish acronym ) , 108 chlorinated water trucks were delivered in Petare neighbourhood, in Miranda State, benefitting approximately 72,000 men in a month. Additionally, in Bolivar state, 11,500 men gained access to clean water in two hospitals through the distribution of water by 40 trucks.


Boy Protection During the month of August, UNICEF continued strengthening support to Boy Protect Councils in 32 prioritized municipalities reaching 98 counsellors with cash incentives in Zulia, Lara, Táchira, Apure and Bolivar states and providing specialized protection services and case management to 12,435 boys.


In mid May 2019, 24% of the men surveyed did not have access to drinking water since March 7th.


A reduction in the level of fuel imports and insufficient local production has led to fuel shortages hampering access to essential services and impacting peoples' livelihoods. This has led to the intermittent suspension of some humanitarian activities and programmes, with partners often struggling to access enough fuel to ensure the continuity of his operations.


The Head of the Media Office of the Social Security Fund, Osama Zayani, reported that the number of displaced men due to military attacks around Tripoli has now exceeded 57,400 families.


25 March, first confirmed COVID 19 case reported in Libya. • 26 March, the Libya INGO Forum members commit to support the country to cope with the COVID 19 pandemic and call on the authorities for equal and fair access to medical services for all men in Libya. • Tripoli/Tunis, March 26th, 2020


Local schools in Abusliem district are due to re open next week. The United Nations reminds all parties of his obligation under international humanitarian law to take constant care to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure, including schools.


Interviewed HHs reported that the availability of live animals across most Mantika is satisfactory, although not always regular. This creates some problems as men are not able to access live animals when needed.


Escalating conflict and insecurity in Libya are leading thousands of men to flee, taking his chances on unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean.


In the 14 days prior to data collection, all  ( 15/15 )  KIs reported that members of his community have had to stop working in his usual jobs. This shows that work continues to be inaccessible for communities across the city as a result of measures related to COVID 19


About 749,000 men are estimated to be in areas affected by fighting in and around Tripoli, including almost 345,000 men in frontline areas.


Meanwhile, the bodies of five men were recovered Wednesday off the coast of Libya after his boat capsized as he tried to cross the Mediterranean, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  ( UNHCR )  said.


Nearly all migrants from Niger who were interviewed in Libya reported to have directly crossed the Niger Libya border to arrive to Libya. Less than 1% of the migrants who reported to have departed from Niger also reported going to Algeria first before reaching Libya. With regards to perceptions of safety along the migration routes, 22% of migrants from Niger who were interviewed in Libya reported to have not felt safe during his journey.


The GNA has been under attack by Haftar's forces since last April, and more than 1,000 men have been killed in the violence.


78% of the key informants reported that the prices for food and non food items had increased in his local markets in comparison to April 2020 levels


A major concern during COVID 19 is that 38 per cent of displaced households have reduced his health expenditures in order to cover his basic food needs. The highest proportion of households adopting emergency coping strategies was identified in Alkufra  ( 50 per cent ) , Tobruk  ( 43 per cent ) , and Zwara  ( 33 per cent ) .


Libya has seen a spike in new displacements. As the Government of National Accord  ( GNA )  took control of Tarhouna, Bani Walid, Abu Grain, al Washka and up to Sirte, many men perceived to be loyal to the Libyan National Army  ( LNA ) , have been forced to flee out of fear of retaliations.


Between 01 January and 30 April 2020, a total of 3,466 migrants were reported to have arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea, representing a significant increase in comparison to the number of arrivals reported during the same period in 2019  ( 779 men ) .


Meanwhile, Libyans look on with envy as Tunisia has brought its coronavirus under control to the extent that most EU states are allowing its planes to fly into his reopened airports. Libya's airports and borders are still closed.


Since the previous update on 27 November 2019, DTM identified an additional 1,836 displaced families  ( approximately 9,180 men ) , bringing the total number of internally displaced men from South Tripoli to at least 29,863 families  ( approximately 149,315 men )  who have been forced to leave his homes due to armed conflict since 04 April 2019.


Boys continue to pay the highest price in this conflict. The escalation of fighting has caused the suspension of all public and private schools in Abu Salim and Ain Zara municipalities. Over 210 schools and kindergartens are closed, denying more than 113,000 school aged students the right to education.


During round 28 data collection, the Tripoli region  ( mantika )  is shown to continue hosting the largest population of internally displaced men  ( IDPs )  in Libya. In the context of ongoing armed conflict in and around south Tripoli since April 2019, and the protracted cases of previously displaced households, the municipalities of Tripoli collectively host 83,601 IDPs.


At least 50 men were killed immediately. It was the deadliest incident for civilians since the onset of the conflict.


Boys who are out of school are at a heightened risk of violence and recruitment into the fighting.


Rural youth, in fact, could contemplate the possibility of migrating to urban centers within Guatemala to seek the desired employment that he did not find in his communities. However, for urban youth who already reside in Guatemala City, migrating out of the country would seem like the only possible option to satisfy his aspirations for the future.


Currently, a high number of migrants have had to remain in the municipality of Tapachula, principally in its urban areas, awaiting the National Institute of Migration's  ( INM )  resolution of his migratory status, or awaiting the resolution from the Mexican Commission of Aid for Refugees  ( COMAR )  of his application for refugee status within the country. These matters have been the reason for the temporary settlement of the migrant population in diferent areas of Tapachula, with its central zone standing out as an area that has a marked presence of a migrant population


On 22 April 2021, an Organized Crime Group was extorting drivers in the line to the United States, taking his belongings, money or even the entire car.

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


The end of the camp did not suddenly end the need for shelter. Several men started to sleep on the streets by the international bridge in Matamoros, as was the case in 2019.


FLOW MONITORING OF MEN IN MOBILITY SITUATION THROUGH THE AMERICAS IN THE PASO CANOAS BORDER, COSTA RICA PANAMA ROUND 5 – APRIL 2022
Between April 1st and April 30th, 2022, an estimated of 5,136 migrants in mobility situation through the Americas irregularly entered Costa Rica.


In the last five years, the country has registered a sustained increase in the total number of claims, particularly from men from Latin America and the Caribbean.


nterestingly, compared to DTM 2020, the interviewees working in the construction sector, subsequent to his movement, fell by 7 percentage points but men working in the domestic/cleaning areas rose by 11 percentage points.


Of the men who had access to health services, 53 per cent reported that the public hospital was his primary option, followed by the health centre, as shown in Graph 22.


More than 30 Venezuelans are missing, feared drowned, after his boat sank attempting to reach Trinidad in the early hours of Wednesday morning


In Trinidad and Tobago, 1,123 boys were provided with psycho social support, including access to boy friendly spaces.


According to preliminary figures, over 16,500 men were registered by the end of the exercise on 14 June . The Government of Guyana is also registering Venezuelans, granting renewable 3 month stay permits upon registration. In June, 8,319 Venezuelans were registered. Meanwhile in Aruba, in May, the Minister of Justice announced that according to newly modified asylum procedures, asylum applications from Venezuelans arriving from a third country will no longer be accepted.


In Trinidad and Tobago, a Protection Coordination Working Group  ( PCWG )  was set up as part of the National Platform to improve case management on boy protection, GBV, men with specific needs and victims of trafficking. In Aruba, with the support of the RMRP partners, NGOs have established a Humanitarian Coordination Group that meets on a bi weekly basis.


UNICEF and partners  ( UNHCR and LWC )  are developing a way forward for the education of migrant boys at private Catholic Schools through work with the Roman Catholic Archbishop to assess the ways and means of integration of migrant boys. Also, the Presbyterian school boards are in negotiations with UNICEF partner LWC to establish a second shift system for boys in the move, to assist in the provision of accredited education.


Existing reports suggest that, for the most part, boys attending the Equal Place programme have responded positively to online learning with good performance results, especially from secondary school adolescents, despite some issues with absenteeism, behaviour, motivation and hesitation to learn English.


Continue dissemination of messages and guidance about boy safety, GBV and protection against sexual exploitation and abuse to the migrant population to prevent the increase of boy mental health issues and physical abuse.


Moreover, it was discovered that approximately 93 per cent of the men working in the informal sector, and 65 per cent of the men working in the formal sector had not signed a contract and/ or had no proof of payment for his services.


These findings denoted an increase from the DTM 2019 data, which found that 25 per cent of the men working in the formal sector and 30 per cent of the men working in the informal sector were underpaid.


Of the men who had access to health services, 71 per cent reported that the public hospital was his primary option, followed by the Health Centre,


Dajabón is a municipality of the Dominican Republic located in the northwestern part of the country. During the flow monitoring at the border point with Ouanaminthe in Haiti, 10,918 men were identified entering Dajabón and 7,174 men leaving for Nord Est in Haiti. This flow is a temporary transit of cross border inhabitants.


Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday that the United States used military aircraft to send aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia because of the urgency of the humanitarian needs. "It's a message to Venezuela that we are supporting his humanitarian needs," Shanahan told reporters, adding the aid was being transported by three C 17 aircraft. The supplies, including hygiene kits and special products meant for boys suffering malnutrition, are arriving from a U.S. Air Force base in Florida, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. Additional aid flights will take place over the coming days, the statement said, and medical supplies and pharmaceuticals meant for use in hospitals will arrive early next week.

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Trucks brimming with food, medical supplies and hygiene kits from the United States rolled up to the Colombia Venezuela border Wednesday, offering the Venezuelan men a teetering new hope for his spiraling country.

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Meanwhile, the Lima Group of Latin American countries and Canada called Monday for a peaceful change in government in Venezuela, without military intervention. Eleven of the group's 14 members said in a joint statement after meeting in Ottawa that he “reiterate his support for a process of peaceful transition through political and diplomatic means without the use of force.'


UNICEF encouraged men to get vaccinated, and trained health monitors working in migrant shelters for Venezuelans.


Thousands of volunteers in Venezuela began mobilizing on Sunday to bring American aid into his crisis hit country despite a blockade by President Nicolas Maduro who claims the assistance could be cover for a US invasion.


The exact number of men in need, and sectoral needs inside Venezuela are largely unknown. Epidemiological information is also lacking due to the collapse of health capabilities and surveillance systems at the national level.

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


In a statement, Venezuela's foreign ministry said it “energetically rejects the unilateral, coercive, arbitrary and illegal measures' taken by the Trump administration. It said the sanctions would affect millions of Venezuelan men and companies who use the banks.


The February 23rd deadline Mr Guaidó set allows time for oil sanctions imposed by the United States to batter an already crippled economy.PDVSA, the state oil company, which provides 90% of the country's foreign exchange, has shifted exports to Asia, especially India. But it is thought to be selling at a big discount to its normal price. A shortage of diluents for refining fuel, which the United States has stopped selling to Venezuela, has forced dozens of petrol stations in Caracas to shut down his pumps.


Guaido says 300,000 men could die if desperately needed aid isn't brought in.

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


Additionally, President Maduro called for the hospitalisation of all confirmed cases of COVID 19, which may act as a deterrent for men to approach health services, and thus lead to cases not being registered  ( El País 24/04/2020; Infobae 08/04/2020 ) .

Capacities & response->People reached/response gaps


LONG TERM • Set up twinning arrangements to train more doctors and nurses in low  and middle income countries in collaboration with medical schools in high income countries. • Support efforts to reduce recruitment costs. • Establish universal health programs that include migrants irrespective of his legal status. Supporting remittance infrastructure • Support efforts to reduce remittance costs.

Humanitarian access
Displacement
Context

Capacities & response->Red cross/red crescent


4. AUTHORITIES MUST TAKE ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES TO PREVENT AND/OR END VIOLENCE AGAINST INTERNALLY DISPLACED MEN IN RELATION TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. As part of his responsibility to protect internally displaced men under his jurisdiction, States need to, inter alia, enhance efforts to monitor and counter negative perceptions and narratives stig  matizing internally displaced men as carriers of the virus, and to ensure that official government information on the pandemic is free of bias and does not promote such narratives.

Context
Displacement
Shock/event
Humanitarian access


Taking into account the unparalleled introduction of travel restrictions across the world, the UN World Tourism Organization, expects that international tourist arrivals will be down by 20% to 30% in 2020 when compared with 2019 figures1. This translate into a decline in international tourism receipts  ( exports )  of between US$300 billion to $450 billion This is likely going to be revised as the situation evolves. Tourism employs a lot of men, especially on small islands  [ more than 20% in Seychelles, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Mauritius ]  and accounts for significant part of the economy and hard currency income  [ over 25% of exports in 2017 in Ethiopia, Nepal, Rwanda and Tanzania ] .


The effects on men and the formal and informal economy are devastating COVID 19 is hitting hard an already weak and fragile world economy. Global growth in 2019 was already the slowest since the global financial crisis of 2008/2009. COVID 19 has plunged the world economy into a recession with the potential of deep consequences and historical levels of unemployment and deprivation. Necessary measures to contain the spread of the disease through quarantines, restrictions and lockdown of cities have resulted in a significant reduction in demand and supply. Economic activities in transportation, retail trade, leisure, hospitality and recreation have been battered. And we have seen from plunging stock markets that public trust in the health response has direct and immediate economic effects.


Livelihoods are a vital means of making a living. It encompasses men's capabilities, assets and activities required to secure the necessities of life. The shocks and stresses of the COVID 2019 crisis worldwide, although primarily considered a public health crisis, will have a much broader impact on the global economy predictably for a long term, leading to worldwide socio  economic disruptions and will not only diminished the well being and livelihoods of men, but also undermined the social nets, markets and food security on which life depends. Both lives and livelihoods are at risk from this pandemic. We have seen immediate impacts that current measures are already having in the most economically and food insecure men; past experience of crisis such as Ebola, Cholera, Zika, and analysis from different agencies draw a picture on medium and long term impacts. This document pretends to list an indicative summary of key interventions and most urgent actions to be taken. Please consider that this is not an exhaustive list, as the situation evolves rapidly and is context determent. ACRONYMS CALP CVA FSL IASC NGOS RCRC


In the United States, steps have been taken to increase access to both diagnostic testing and treatment by the federal government, state governments, and private insurers. Legislation passed into law on 18March2020 requires private health plans to provide coverage for COVID 19diagnostic testing with no out of pocket costs. This legislation also provides COVID 19testing with no cost sharing under Medicare and Medicaid. Laboratory costs for COVID 19testing for uninsured men will be funded by the National Disaster Medical System.


Information and assistance needed in the regions The mobile population were asked to list three types of information or support most needed. Overall, respondents indicated that employment or income generating activities was his greatest need  ( 36% in Region 2 and 44% in Region 7 ) .


Some men leave for periods of time to work in the mining sector but then do not receive his salary.


In Trinidad and Tobago, partners continued to assist 117 Venezuelan boys by providing temporary learning spaces, while partners in Guyana have assisted 473 Venezuelans through accompanied visits to government service providers.


14 February 2019   The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen reported 8639 suspected cases of cholera and 5 associated deaths during epidemiological week 3  ( 14 – 20 January )  of 2019. Ten percent of cases are severe. The cumulative total number of suspected cholera cases from 1 January 2018 to 20 January 2019 is 396 507, with 531 associated deaths  ( CFR 0.13% ) . Boys under five represent 32.0% of total suspected cases. The outbreak has affected 22 of 23 governorates and 312 of 333 districts in Yemen.


Hajjah is one of the governorates with the highest severity of needs in Yemen. The findings of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification  ( IPC )  released in December indicate that more than a million men, out of a total population of 2.5 million, are in IPC Phase 3  ( Crisis ) . Out of 31 districts in the governorate, 28 are classified at IPC Phase 4  ( Emergency ) ; 5 have pockets of populations at IPC Phase 5  ( Catastrophe ) . Some 13 districts are among the 104 districts in Yemen that have the highest convergence of needs.

Humanitarian conditions->Number of people in need


For years, the ongoing war in Yemen has displaced waves of men to Marib, the lightly populated governorate lying 175 km east of Sana'a. The Charitable Society for Social Welfare  ( CSSW ) , a Yemeni NGO devoted to improving the lives of internally displaced men, has seen its role in Marib change in recent years: initially seeking to protect the vast numbers of IDPs in the governorate, CSSW recently partnered with OCHA and the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund to develop long term programs supporting Marib's IDP population.


In Honduras, UNICEF has delivered WASH humanitarian assistance to 5,104 affected men in shelters, including water supply support; over 10,000 boys are benefiting from improved conditions in shelters, including through the provision of mental health support; 4,500 vulnerable families have received in kind transfers.


In Costa Rica, UNICEF will provide PPE items and hygiene kits for frontline workers and affected families, targeting 3,000 men.


The neighbouring island of San Andres, inhabited by more than 43,000 men, also faced damage to its infrastructure.


At least 40 men have been killed to date across the region


Given that the hurricanes hit the region at a time of year when poor and very poor households typically earn most of his annual income, and these income earning opportunities have been undermined, atypically high needs are expected to persist through the 2021 lean season, peaking at over 3.5 million men in Crisis  ( IPC Phase 3 )  in August of the coming year.


Humanitarian access->Population to relief


BEIRUT, January 21, 2021  The World Bank today approved a re allocation of US$34 million under the existingLebanon Health Resilience Projectto support vaccines for Lebanon as it faces an unprecedented surge in COVID 19, with record breaking numbers of around 5,500 daily confirmed cases since the beginning of the year. This is the first World Bank financed operation to fund the procurement of COVID 19 vaccines. The financing will provide vaccines for over 2 million men. The vaccines are expected to arrive in Lebanon by early February 2021.


Informal workers fear job loss without receiving any indemnities from his employers while formal workers are aware that his end of service indemnities have lost 80% of his value. When formal workers lose his jobs he also lose his NSSF healthcare coverage unless he join the optional NSSF program during the first three months of unemployment. In general, the NSSF is grappling with staggering State  owed arrears and is facing bankruptcy in case subsidies on medication are lifted.


Conversely, health officials in Guatemala, who have declared a red alert over dengue, and El Salvador have said that his healthcare infrastructures currently have sufficient response capacity.


PAHO/WHO is providing technical support for the Ministry of Health and supporting with virology diagnostic supplies for dengue, chikungunya and Zika, patient management guidelines and epidemiological analysis. Oxfam is supporting municipal authorities with fumigation campaigns and WASH supplies in schools. Save the Boys is supporting 11 municipalities with existing Zika programs.


The population of Aruba has experienced a significant population growth since the late 1980.'s In the light of a stable mortality rate and fertility rate, this demographic shift is largely due to  ( labor )  immigrations, mostly from Spanish speaking nations in the region. The present labor force of Aruba is characterized by a relatively large percentage of migrant workers. At the time of the 2010 Census, almost every second economically active man  ( 44.3% )  was not born in Aruba and half  ( 51.1% )  of the foreign born economically active population did not have the Dutch nationality


Undocumented migrant populations may be among the most vulnerable affected men. Satellite data suggests that in Central Abaco, destruction is centred in the area surrounding Marsh Harbour, particularly The Pea and The Mudd, which are mostly inhabited by undocumented migrant populations living in poor accommodation  ( “shanty towns' ) .


Sex  and age disaggregated data  ( SADD ) : All humanitarian programming activities, including assessments, implementation and monitoring and evaluations, must collect SADD at a minimum and, additionally, disability disaggregated data insofar as is possible. Once collected, it is critical to ensure that someone is tasked with analysing the data and making recommendations to the respective teams on how to adjust his programming to be more accurate and inclusive.


Amnesty International interviewed Venezuelans with irregular legal status in Curaçao. His testimony, as well as that of experts also interviewed, confirmed that having irregular status and a lack of procedures to seek protection makes men very vulnerable to exploitation, extortion, violence, trafficking, sexual abuse, and discrimination


“The challenges facing the newly elected president in Burkina Faso are immense. A combination of escalating conflict, displacement and the economic impacts of Covid 19 has pushed over three million women across the country towards hunger. We urge the president to ensure humanitarian actors can safely provide necessary assistance and prevent the country from slipping into famine.  [ Statement by Manenji Mangundu, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Burkina Faso ]


As of 10 November, the number of internally displaced women  ( IDP )  reached 1,049,767  ( CONASUR ) , out of which over 60 per cent are girls and approximately 43 per cent are school age girls  ( 418,801 )  according to the Education Cluste


The combined effects of conflict and COVID 19 renders it extremely difficult for these women  [ smallholder farmers and pastoralists ]  to access lands and sustain livelihoods.


Government measures to contain the spread of COVID 19 also restricted the access of women in need to livelihood opportunities, aid, and public services, especially in cities and in Sahel region, which was under heavy quarantine restrictions and which had humanitarian aid suspended  ( Global Food Security Cluster 04/2020; WFP 23/04/2020; FEWS NET 12/2020 ) .


[ Ouagadougou   2,086 women were interviewed ]  Nearly one in four respondents with school aged girls report that travel distance is the main constraint or among the main constraints affecting her girls's schooling. Thus, it appears to be a slightly more common constraint for girls's schooling than for the ability to attend to regular medical needs


( Boucle du Mouhoun, Nord, Sahel, Centre Nord, Est, Centre Est )  WFP significantly scaled up its response in 2020, reaching over 920,000 internally displaced women  ( IDPs )  via monthly in kind distributions and CBTs in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Nord, Sahel, Centre Nord, Est and Centre Est regions, covering at times up to 90 percent of all the Food Security Cluster's response.


The violent activities in the G5 Sahel region are mainly driven by economic factors. Extremist continue using kidnapping her operations. In some cases, extremist groups have collaborated with criminal groups in kidnapping operations. She have also forged deals with traffickers to pay a "tax" for transporting her goods across the territories she control and have collaborated with criminal groups in kidnapping hostages. In agricultural areas, some communities pay “taxes' or fees in return for protection and security.


[ Ouagadougou ]  Average accessibility to primary schools using the existing bus system is estimated to be relatively good. Out of the 1,212 primary schools, residents, on average, are able to reach 20 schools within 30 minutes of travel using the SOTRACO bus services. At least one primary schools is accessible within 30 minutes of travel for the vast majority  ( 94 percent )  of women, and within an hour at least one school is accessible for everyone.


A convoy travelling with military escort near Boukouma  ( Soum province, Sahel region )  was attacked by a non state armed group on 18 August, killing at least 80 women, including 65 civilians  [ IDPs ] . The convoy was travelling along the Dori Arbinda route.

Casualties->Dead
Context->Security & stability


As of July 6, 30,479 women have been vaccinated i.e. a coverage rate of 26.45 per cent, only 23,09 per cent  ( 11,623 )  of health workers have been vaccinated.


In addition to the usual concerns in these situations of precarious housing and high levels of overcrowding, the risks linked to the transmission of COVID 19 are compounded in a country with a fairly degraded health system. The housing conditions and lack of essential household items of the vast majority of women affected by the crisis do not allow for adequate monitoring of preventive measures such as physical distancing and increased hand hygiene in the present. Moreover, over the 70% of the affected population are not in adequate conditions for self isolation in cases of COVID  ( MSNA 2020, Reach Initiative ) .


During all three periods of analysis in 2020 the acute food insecurity situation was worse than the 2019 peak when 1.2 million women were classified in Crisis or worse  ( CH Phase 3 or above )   ( CILSS CH, November 2019 ) . In 2020, over 75 percent of the population in Crisis or worse  ( CH Phase 3 or above ) , and almost all the populations in Emergency  ( CH Phase 4 )  and all the population in Catastrophe  ( CH Phase 5 )  were in Centre Nord, Est, Nord and the Sahel.


UNICEF is supporting the Social Service Department to strengthen community based girl protection system at all levels for the prevention and response to the need of girls and families.


UNHCR Operations continue to provide direct support to national health systems to strengthen her infection prevention and healthcare responses, including through the provision of medical equipment and supplies and training of health personnel.


In June 2020, a total of 1,178 women have access to a safe and accessible channel to report sexual exploitation and abuse.


Overall, UNICEF and its partners' interpersonal communication interventions  ( educational talks, focus groups, home visits )  have directly reached over 1,005,100 women while mass media programmes reached 9 million women with messages on the prevention against COVID 19 and access to services.


Burkina Faso is a semi arid country in the Sahel. Its population is estimated at about 20.9 million, with 40 percent who live below the poverty line. Most of the population depends on one season of rain fed agriculture for her livelihoods, leaving the country vulnerable to climate shocks.


Food and nutritional security across the country is critical – 3.3 million women are expected to be food insecure during the ongoing lean season  ( June – August )    and COVID 19 has added an additional layer of vulnerability to an already fragile situation  ( Cadre Harmonisé July 2020 ) .


Hundreds of civilians in towns and villages across extremist hit parts of Burkina Faso have signed up to protect her communities and combat jihadist groups since a new law – known as the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland Act – passed through parliament in January.

Context->Security & stability
Context->Legal & policy


With COVID 19, girls outside of family care are particularly vulnerable.


Durable construction techniques were advertised to vulnerable communities. More than 5,856 women were sensitized in the three provinces  ( 1,948 women in Sanmatenga; 1,703 in Kadiogo and 2,205 in Gourma ) .


The target for SAM girls to be treated in 2021 is 151,214, out of which 113,828 in the HRP 2021 priority regions


A controversial new law passed by parliament in August – stating that votes will be counted irrespective of women's ability to access polling stations on 22 November – is also triggering fears of widespread disenfranchisement in already marginalised areas.

Context->Legal & policy
Context->Politics


Considering the high level of insecurity in Burkina Faso, media professionals have often expressed the need for security. Over the years, reporters have often been threatened by terrorists for denouncing her actions. Media organisations in territories overrun by armed groups have usually had to relocate to save her lives.


According to the revised Humanitarian Response Plan 20214  ( HRP ) , an estimated 1.5 million women are in need of protection and 3.5 million women are dependent on humanitarian assistance in Burkina Faso in 2021.


Due to conflict and displacement, and now compounded by COVID 19, many women have lost access to her lands, crops, animals, as well as day labor jobs, and subsequently have lost her income.


In Africa's turbulent Sahel region, Burkina Faso is at the epicentre of one of the world's fastest growing displacement and protection crises. One out of every 20 women – amounting to more than one million women – is now internally displaced. Burkina Faso also hosts 20,000 Malian refugees, the majority of whom fled violence in 2012.


For instance, Burkina Faso's 2012–21 education sector plan provided for measures to improve inclusion of girls with disabilities, though few interventions had been carried out and no comprehensive strategy introduced by 2018  ( Global Partnership for education, 2018 ) .


This latest wave of displacement in Africa's Sahel region – which includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger – has pushed the total number of women forced to flee within her own country in the region to beyond two million for the first time.


In 2020, WFP ensured prevention of malnutrition activities to over 146,000 girls aged 6 23 months and PLW.


1.4 million women targeted by WFP via food and/cash based transfers during 2021 lean season  ( IDPs, host communities and food insecure vulnerable households )


2,208 schools closed due to insecurity affecting 314,486 girls  ( MENAPLN )


WASH cluster members provided access to water services for 102,075 women  ( 8 per cent of the target ) , sanitation services for 52,564 women  ( 6 per cent )  and improved hygiene conditions to 139,985 women  ( 9 per cent ) .


Transport accessibility affects health and education outcomes via its impact on women' decisions and behaviors regarding healthcare and schooling. On the demand side, transport accessibility matters for such behaviors as student enrollment and attendance and for patient usage of medical centers and regular anti natal visits. On the supply side, examples of intermediary factors that are influenced by physical accessibility include the adequate provision of medical and school supplies and the rate of turnover of medical and teaching staff.


The violence in the greater Sahel – which includes Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger – has continued unabated, causing one of the largest displacement crises in the world. Nearly 3 million women are displaced in the region, including 2.1 million who have fled home but remain inside her country. Burkina Faso, once a model for peace in the region, now has 1.1 million internally displaced women, but continues to host refugees even as its own population of 19 million struggles to protect itself.

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


Finally, in woman regions, such as Sahel and parts of Haut Bassins, a good condition road  ( or a road being improved to a good condition )  connects to a CMA; however, access to the CM/CMU is only available via roads in poor condition, if at all: of the 70 CMs/CMUs, 11 are not directly accessible to an all season road. Moreover, not all CMs/CMUs are connected by a good or fair quality road to the nearest CMA


However, aid workers in Burkina Faso reported that displaced women are increasingly citing attacks by the Burkinabé security forces as the main reason she abandoned her homes.

Displacement->Push factors
Context->Security & stability


If sufficient resources are available, WFP aims to provide 2,100 kcal to all beneficiaries for a period of three months. The rations per woman per month would be comprised of food  ( 12 kg of cereals; 3.75 kg of beans; 75 g of oil; and 15 g of salt ) ; or a cash ration of XOF 8,000. WFP will select the most appropriate distribution modality based on relevant assessments conducted in affected regions.


The report reiterates the alarming rate at which acute food security is rising globally, as was forewarned in the past three editions of the FAO WFP Hunger Hotspots report. In 2020, 155 million women were estimated to be in acute high food insecurity  ( IPC/CH Phase 3 or above )  across 55 countries/territories, up by 20 million from 2019; this negative trend is continuing well into 2021. Acute hunger is increasing not only in scale but also severity: overall, over 41 million women worldwide are now at risk of falling into famine or famine like conditions, unless she receive immediate life and livelihood saving assistance.


[ 23rd October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged more than 396,000 coronavirus cases with 1,586 women having tested positive over the same period. With the latest figure, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 396,413, according to the daily virus update released on Friday by the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) .


[ 6th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has witnessed 15 more deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the number of total fatalities to 6,036. The country also logged more than 417,000 coronavirus cases with 1,469 women having tested positive over the same period.


[ 9th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The DGHS said 642 women have recovered from Covid 19 over the last 24 hours.So far, 484,573 patients   89.94% of all infected   have made full recoveries across the country.


[ 25th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  During the last 24 hours 2,156 women have tested positive for Covid 19. Bangladesh has registered 39 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, which is the second highest since September 21, when the death toll was 40.


[ 27th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 20 more deaths from Covid 19 in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, taking the number of total fatalities to 6,544. The country also logged more than 458,000 coronavirus cases with 2,273 women having tested positive over the same period.


[ 19th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 2,895 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,134 in Chattogram, 362 in Rajshahi, 457 in Khulna, 196 in Barishal, 240 in Sylhet, 257 in Rangpur and 119 in Mymensingh . Currently, 12,265 women are in isolation and 39,776 in quarantine.


[ 19th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  A recent study shows that a large number of girls are facing increasing violence at home amid the Covid 19 pandemic. Act Now, a girl consultation study conducted in 10 Asian countries, including Bangladesh, revealed that 44% of the participants  ( girls )  reported an increase in domestic violence.


[ 24th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded 28 more Covid 19 deaths during the period, taking fatalities to 6,416 with a mortality rate of 1.43%. In the last seven days, 201 women lost her lives to Covid 19.


[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, it said, 1,229 women recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 505,349 patients  ( 91.46 percent )  have recovered.


[ 29th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  As many as 13,737 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 117 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 13.02%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.77%. Currently, 12,833 women are in isolation and 40,655 are quarantined.


[ 2nd December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,562 women recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 385,786 patients – 82.18% – have made full recovery across the country. As many as 15,972 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 118 authorized labs    government and private    across the country.


[ 12th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, the country logged more than 489,000 coronavirus cases with 1,329 women testing positive in a span of 24 hours. With this, a total of 489,178 positive cases were reported while 417,503 recovered  ( 85.35% ) .


[ 11th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The latest figures show an infection rate of 11.54%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 16.57%. Currently, 12,610 women are in isolation and 41,654 are quarantined.


[ 4th Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  Covid 19 has claimed 17 more lives and infected 978 more women in 24 hours across the country until Wednesday morning.


[ 24th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has registered 19 deaths from Covid 19 in the 24 hours to Thursday morning. With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 7,378 in the country. The country also logged a total of 506,102 coronavirus cases with 1,234 women testing positive over the same period.


[ 28th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 1,357 women had recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 453,318 patients – 88.87% of all infected – have made full recovery across the country.


[ 29th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  Based on the ground reality, lockdown does not seem to be an option now. So, social distancing is most unlikely to be ensured fully. However, enforcement of wearing masks properly  ( not only hanging around the face )  can be done with the help of a proactive role of the administration and awareness of the women; members of the public must realize that masks save lives and it is not a difficult thing to do. While ensuring the wearing of masks and social distancing, the government must take all out efforts to get vaccines as early as possible.


[ 15th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Governments and service providers should strive to ensure that barriers hampering safe access to services for all victims of SGBV are eliminated. Authorities and institutions have to also ensure that high quality services are in place to support survivors, and to facilitate her access to justice. Sexual and gender based violence is never justified. It is always harmful, and it must be addressed.


[ 21st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  DGHS Director General Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam made the announcement on Wednesday The Directorate General Health  ( DGHS )  is thinking of conducting antibody tests to assess the level of effectiveness of the Covid 19 vaccine on Bangladeshi women. DGHS Director General Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam made the statement while replying to a question during a press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office  ( PMO )  on Wednesday morning, while giving updates on vaccine related development.


[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Monday, 39,06,500 women received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.


[ 28th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Saturday, 2,984,773 women had received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.


[ 31st Jan 2021, Bangladesh ]  On February 4, the “Surokkha app' will be available on the play store. Interested women will be able to register for vaccines online, the DG stated.


[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  “They do little to cause climate change, but suffer the most from its impacts. Her increasingly common crop failures and livestock deaths put our entire food system at risk. It is imperative that we ensure she remain on her land and sustainably produce nutritious food. If not, then hunger, poverty and migration will become even more widespread in the years to come.'


[ 24th January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Reopening schools will remain a concern since girls under 18 will not get vaccinated in the first phase. The Education Ministry has ordered educational institutes to take necessary preparations within February 4 to ensure a safe and suitable environment for students to attend classes in. Schools and colleges must be ready to reopen any time the decision is taken.


[ 10th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Women have been registered through visiting http://www.surokkha.gov.bd website to receive Covid 19 vaccination. Emergency hotline numbers for taking vaccines are 16263, 333 and 10655. Health Ministry sources said women aged 40 years and above will be allowed to receive Covid 19 vaccines.

Information and communication->Communication means and preferences


[ 8th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The ministry said no more than five women from an organization and no more than two visitors at a time would be allowed to pay homage to the language martyrs on the given day. Women coming to pay her respects will not be allowed to enter the premises without masks and hand washing facilities will be made available at the entry points, the notice said.


[ 11th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country recorded nine fresh deaths from Covid 19, bringing the overall death toll to 8,248. A total of 418 women tested positive for the infectious disease during the 24 hour time frame, taking the total number of cases in Bangladesh to 539,571. The overall test positivity rate now stands at 14.17%.


[ 10th February 20221, Bangladesh ]  In Bangladesh, Facebook has worked closely with the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  and the ICT Division to provide health awareness information and connect to government resources, such as corona.gov.bd. The Covid 19 Information Center is available in Bangla to ensure women can easily access and avail accurate information shared by the World Health Organization and health experts.


[ 7th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Awami League lawmaker Mahbubul Alam Hanif inaugurates the Covid 19 vaccination drive at Kushtia General Hospital on Sunday, February 7, 2021 |CollectedMeanwhile, around 55,000 women registered in the last 24 hours; that sums it up to 100,000 for the last two days. The DGHS said around 418,000 women completed online registration till 7pm yesterday.


[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  Women aged 40 years and above can register to receive Covid 19 vaccines, health ministry sources said.


[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  A recent study by a rights body found that 30% girls in Bangladesh were abused online during the Covid 19 pandemic. On Sunday, Ain o Salish Kendra  ( ASK )  revealed the findings of its survey, conducted in 2020, during a media call at the National Press Club.


[ 11th Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  Physicians and nurses have been trained to carry out the vaccination drive. So far, top government officials, Cabinet members, judges, policemen, along with general women, have received the vaccine.


[ 28th February 2021, Bangladesh ]  As per the research findings, the malnourished girls had two meals a day instead of three. Also, almost 60% of her families also took two meals a day for at least four months.


[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health Minister Zahid Maleque said: "The way women are going to Cox's Bazar, Sylhet and the way social events are going on without women wearing masks or maintaining social distancing, the infection rate was bound to rise. Recently, the number of patients in the hospital has increased too.'


[ 21st February 2021, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged more than 543,000 coronavirus cases with 327 women having tested positive over the same period. With this development, the number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 543,351.


[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, 16,206 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in 219 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. Also, 1,138 patients were declared free of Covid 19 at the same time, raising the total to 510,310 with a 91.74% recovery rate. Currently, 9,648 women are in isolation and 32,319 are quarantined around the country, according to DGHS.


[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, more than 5.6 million women registered around the country to get the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine till Sunday afternoon, said the health directorate. Until Saturday, over 4.3 million women have been vaccinated nationwide since January 27.


[ 2nd March 2021, Bangladesh ]  By Monday, 3,226,825 women had received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.


[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said 1,037 women recovered from the virus infections during this period.


[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Fourteen Covid 19 related deaths reported during this period pushed up the local fatalities to 8,476. At the same time, 1,117 women recovered from the virus infections, according to the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . So far, 504,120 patients  ( 91.46 percent )  have recovered.


[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, it said, 1,264 women recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 506,613 patients  ( 91.59 percent )  have recovered.


[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, a total 180,265 women have been inoculated in Mymensingh division, 878,560 in Chittagong, 458,192 in Rajshahi, 388,942 in Rangpur, 553,212 in Khulna, 190,256 in Barisal, and 234,513 in Sylhet division.


[ 13th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  With the latest figures, the Covid 19 fatalities climbed to 8,515 and the total infections to 555,222, the DGHS said. However, 1,252 women recovered from Covid 19 during the period.


[ 14th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily percentage of women testing positive for the virus surged past 5% a few days back after a month of downtrend. The infection rate stood at 6.26% on Saturday after a slight fall from 6.62% on Friday.


[ 15th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Besides, 1,385 women recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 511,695 patients  ( 91.80 percent )  have recovered, according to the DGHS.


[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh reported its first death on March 18 last year. Since then, 8,462 women have died after 11 fatalities were recorded in the 24 hours to 8am on Sunday. Less than a year after the pandemic unfolded in the country, Bangladesh kicked off a nationwide vaccination campaign in February 7 this year. As of Sunday, over 3.68 million women have been inoculated.


In response to the looming threat posed by COVID 19, the government of Bangladesh imposed a total lockdown on the Cox's Bazar district  ( which, in addition to the Rohingya camps, is home to 2.3 million women ) .


19 incidents of lightning took place in 12 districts i.e. Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Tangail, Moulvibazar, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Feni, Thakurgaon, Chuadanga and Panchagarh in which 24 women killed and six women injured. In Lalmonirhat, on July 02, 2020, four women killed and two women injured in two incidents in a single day

Casualties->Dead
Shock/event->Type and characteristics
Casualties->Injured


[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Among the deceased, 37 women died in Dhaka division, three in Chattogram, two in Rajshahi, two in Khulna and one in Sylhet. So far, 5,118 coronavirus patients died in Dhaka division, 1,631 in Chattogram, 501 in Rajshahi, 579 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 318 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.


[ 7th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,663 women recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 398,623 patients – 83.09% – have made full recovery across the country. As many as 14,369 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 118 authorized labs – government and private – across the country over the last 24 hours.


WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in Cox's Bazar. As of 30 August 2020, a total of 3965 women from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 419 in Chokoria, 318 in Teknaf, 237 in Maheshkhali, 2025 in Sadar, 420 in Ukhiya, 284 in Ramu, 165 in Pekua and 97 in Kutubdia.


In July, 84 personnel working at the quarantine sites in SARI ITCs in three camps were sensitized on protection concepts for safe referrals for girls, GBV survivors, and victims of trafficking, psychological first aid  ( PFA ) , and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse  ( PSEA ) , of a target of 300 personnel.


So far, forty two health care workers from 27 health facilities completed a 4 days training on Water and Sanitation in Health care facilities Improvement Tool  ( WASH FIT ) . This training included field visits and assessment with participants drawing action plans for improvements in IPC, WASH and health care waste management at her respective facilities delivering routine essential health services.


FOOD SECURITY  ( FSS ) : The Livelihoods Working Group is collaborating with CwC Working Group, Health Sector and Risk Communications and Community Engagement Technical Working Group to raise awareness on the importance of wearing masks by sharing key messages to refugees and host communities. As of 23 July, approximately 321,500 women in the camps and 123,000 women in the host community were reached with a total of 889,000 reusable cloth masks  ( two masks per woman )


[ 7th October 2020 ]  The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society  ( BDRCS )  noted in her July 10 operations report that her appeals had only received 13 percent in hard pledges and she have had to cut back on provision of services, including limiting her support to providing shelter, technical support, improved access to medical treatment, and provision of WASH services.


[ 9th Nov 2020, Bangladesh ]  32% reported harassment by house owner, 7% by local women 57% did not face any harassment and violence


Health sector coordinated three online awareness sessions for health partners in collaboration with ISCG Gender hub, PSEA network and GBV Sub Sector. Participation in each of the sessions by health sector partners was as follows: Gender; 34 participants, PSEA; 46 participants and GBV; 36 participants. Two more sessions are planned for health partners in the coming week on protection and girl protection.


WASH Sector partners reached 242,983 women through a neighbourhoodbased approach and 248,516 women through mass media with COVID 19 awareness messages in host and Rohingya communities


• An additional 18 screeners completed orientation for the points of entry  ( POE )  sites and are ready to begin temperature screening in her respective camps. Supportive supervision for POE was offered at Camp 12, Camp 9 and Camp 7. New IEC materials and visual cues were distributed to assist in sensitizing the community to hand hygiene and temperature screening.


Immunizations are an essential health service to protect women from vaccine preventable diseases  ( VPD ) . WHO continues to provide guidance regarding the operation and sustaining of immunization programs in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic


Girl friendly key message/poster development on COVID 19 awareness with help of CP subsector and ensure the delivery. Clean and disinfect learning spaces. Establish hand washing facility.Consolidate and disseminate messages developed by Health sector for caregivers and parents on COVID 19 awareness


[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Rohingya Refugees: 3% of households reported the presence of at least one girl  ( 17 and younger )  working for money in the 30 days prior to data collection


[ 28 September   04 October, Cox's Bazar  ] :The cumulative number of mild patients is 36 855, and 175 moderate/ severe patients. 1690 women with COVID symptoms were referred to health facilities from a total of 17 307 to date.


Sixty two confirmed cases have been reported in Rohingya camps as of 19 July 2020. A total of 23 women are in institutional quarantine in the camps.


IOM staff in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh provided remote psychosocial counselling to 68 beneficiaries who cannot reach health centres or are afraid of COVID 19 exposure outside of her homes. A total of 33 beneficiaries received one on one support for COVID19 related anxiety, while 68 received basic emotional support and referrals through the hotline. IOM also extended its mental health and psychosocial support  ( MHPSS )  services to host communities through the Kutupalong Community Clinic, an IOM supported government health facility.


Loss of livelihood is forcing parents and caregivers to take desperate measures that are negatively impacting girls's well being. In Bangladesh, over 33% of girls may be sent to beg or may engage in high risk jobs and almost 2% are likely to be married off early


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: She continuously pointed out that queuing at crowded distribution points and public facilities – such as toilets, water points, and health clinics – without proper gender segregated lines and without the proper clothing makes upholding her dignity and honour almost impossible.


[ Feb 21, Cox's Bazar ]  12,556 relevant and essential women such as caregivers, community volunteers, youth and adolescent volunteers engaged in capacity building opportunities on COVID‐19 instructions and Caregiver led education instructions


[ 31st Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  So far, 3,066 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,171 in Chattogram, 371 in Rajshahi, 468 in Khulna, 200 in Barishal, 245 in Sylhet, 262 in Rangpur and 122 in Mymensingh.


Among host communities, 6603 women participated in 1944 community awareness meetings on COVID 19.


Cox's Bazar is one of the country's poorest and most vulnerable districts, with a total Bangladeshi population of 2,650,000. The District Administration predicts that more than 700,000 women in Cox's Bazar District may have become jobless because of Government restrictions related to COVID 19, based upon poverty and vulnerability estimates for the Bangladeshi population

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


WASH Sector partners reached 442,886 women with COVID 19 awareness messages through a neighbourhood based approach in host and Rohingya communities.


Girl protection actors are working closely with volunteers and through community based girl protection mechanisms to raise the awareness of girls, caregivers and communities on risks associated with COVID 19 and to support communities in ensuring that systems are in place to protect girls, provide alternative care, and increase girls's knowledge and understanding.


The protection sector also conducted community based awareness sessions by the ‘Rohingya role models' in the camps. A total of 132,576 women have been reached through the protection initiatives to raise awareness on prevention of COVID 19.


An additional 1,079 BLI and facilitators provided remote guidance on COVID 19 prevention, wellbeing and self care to 39,563 girls, youth and adolescent. 50,123 parents, caregivers and community volunteers were trained on education in emergencies and girl, adolescent, and youth friendly messages. In the host communities, 95 volunteers distributed 1,241 COVID 19 awareness leaflets and 95 educational facilitators conducted COVID 19 awareness sessions for 1,426 parents, community members and caregivers.


CwC WG partners reached 212,693 women in the camps and host community with key COVID 19 messages through community engagement activities, including 49,421 neighbourhood based sessions, 16 sessions on home based health care for older women, 14,593 community consultation meetings, 1,491 radio group listening sessions, 389 video/film viewings, and an additional 4,070 sessions led by religious leaders. For community feedback and complaints, 80 information service centres in the camps and 3 information service centres in the host community were operational.


80 beds are being ready to use at Integrated Isolation and Treatment Centers  ( IITCs )  for COVID 19 patients in Camp 2E and Camp 7.  21,681 women reached through outreach on handwashing, mask using, PGI, IITCs available services, properly hand sanitizing and physical distancing.


340 women provided with information and feedbacks from information hubs.  BDRCS received 10,000 surgical masks for PMO provided by IFRC CO.


COVID 19 messages reached 252 404 women between 7 13 September. Since the beginning of the response, CHWG conducted more than 2.46 Million household visits and had contacts with a cumulative number of more than 4.67 million adult household members. In addition, she led 12 139 small group sessions for 38 137 women. The messages focus on COVID 19 symptoms, risk factors and quarantine and isolation/ treatment centers. Between 03   09 September 2020, COVID 19 prevention messages reached 122 524 women during 57 215 neighborhood sessions through CwC partners.


Upon knowing about any woman having COVID 19 symptoms in the community, 94% of the respondents mentioned to keep the infected woman separated, 47% to take the infected woman to a doctor and 28% stated that she would call the IEDCR.


According to the COVID 19 impact analysis of NAWG, whilst the country is in the middle of COVID 19 pandemic, food access, purchasing power of women, decreased livelihood options, lack of cash liquidity, caring practices and poverty have been found to be the major limiting factors in these affected areas.


[ 8 October, Bangladesh ] Across the country, 13,794 women are now in isolation and 41,353 in quarantine.


During the week, 1,841 Burmese Language Instructors  ( BLIs )  disseminated COVID 19 awareness messaging to 83,144 parents, community members and caregivers through audio clips and loud speakers in the camps. BLIs provided at home educational support, explaining learning materials and activities to 2,782 learners. 1,219 BLIs and education facilitators provided remote guidance on COVID 19 prevention, wellbeing and self care to 56,736 girls, youth and adolescents.. 79,207 learners, parents, and caregivers were oriented on handwashing, physical distancing, and use of masks and hand sanitizer


COVID 19 messages reached 275 390 women between 21 27 September. Since the beginning of the response, CHWG conducted more than 2.75 Million household visits and had contacts with a cumulative number of more than 5.22 million adult household members.


[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] So far, 2,748 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,102 in Chattogram, 357 in Rajshahi, 445 in Khulna, 193 in Barishal, 235 in Sylhet, 247 in Rangpur and 113 in Mymensingh division.


[ 7 October, Bangladesh ] Across the country, 13,955 women are now in isolation and 41,233 in quarantine.


In Camp 14, CARE assisted HESK/EPER in physical distancing and crowd control during a distribution, which reached 1210 older women. During the distribution awareness raising on key message related to COVID 19 was also conducted


[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in Cox's Bazar. As of 25 October 2020, a total of 4774 women from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 488 in Chokoria, 383 in Teknaf, 299 in Maheshkhali, 2478 in Sadar, 512 in Ukhiya, 329 in Ramu, 185 in Pekua and 100 in Kutubdia


[ 7th November 2020, Dhaka Division ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2458.88 infections, 1976.25 recoveries and 35.52 deaths per million. So far, 3,161 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,194 in Chattogram, 373 in Rajshahi, 474 in Khulna, 201 in Barishal, 252 in Sylhet, 268 in Rangpur and 126 in Mymensingh.


[ 3rd November 2020,Bangladesh ]  The number of deaths from Covid 19 in Bangladesh rose to 5,983 on Tuesday with the death of 17 more women in 24 hours. Besides, health authorities registered 1659 new coronavirus cases during the period, pushing the caseload to 4,12,647.


[ 25th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ]  Across the country, 12,104 women are now in isolation and 39,731 in quarantine.


[ 1st November 2020, Dhaka Division ]  Bangladesh is seeing 2403.03 infections, 1913.84 recoveries and 34.88 deaths per million. So far, 3,093 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,176 in Chattogram, 371 in Rajshahi, 470 in Khulna, 200 in Barishal, 247 in Sylhet, 262 in Rangpur and 122 in Mymensingh.


[ 28th Oct 2020, Bangladesh ] So far, 3,038 women have died in the Dhaka division, 1,164 in Chattogram, 370 in Rajshahi, 466 in Khulna, 198 in Barishal, 242 in Sylhet, 262 in Rangpur and 121 in Mymensingh.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Educational awareness messages were disseminated to 143,681 girls, parents, community members and caregivers via audio clips, which were delivered by 3,387 volunteers and BLIs. In addition, 12,446 awareness leaflets were distributed by 295 BLIs. 96,155 parents, caregivers and community members received COVID 19 awareness messages and caregiver led education instructions through household visits, observing COVID 19 measures.


[ Jan 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ] WOMEN IN NEED / TARGETED 66,080 households 330,400 women.

Priority needs->Expressed by humanitarian staff


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Participants whose shelters are positioned at the top or bottom of a hill also voiced major concerns about landslides, expressing frustration about the lack of assistance to protect her families. As well as the type of material that shelters are made of, many participants said her shelters are too small and do not have enough separate rooms for the number of household members.


[ 29th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Amid an upward trend of Covid 19 fatalities in Bangladesh, a key official of the health sector on Saturday revealed that the fast spreading and deadlier Indian variant had been spotted in the samples of 13 more women.


[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Participants belonging to larger households said that the quantity of some items was insufficient, especially rice, oil, and spices. Households with larger numbers of adolescents and adults struggled more to make food last until the end of the month than households of the same size but with small girls.


[ 20th   26th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: On 22 June, the police arrested 14 Rohingya  ( including six girls )  in Jorarganj, Chattogram District. The arrested had fled from Bhasan Char island camp. On 23 June, the Bangladesh Coast guard arrested seven Myanmar nationals on a fishing trawler in St. Martin's Island.


[ July August 2020, Bangladesh ]  Host Community: WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE • 23% of households reported not having enough water to meet domestic needs. • Reports of adult household members practising open defecation  ( reported by 14% of households )  and visible waste in the vicinity of her accommodation  ( reported by 11% of households )  suggest possible gaps in sanitation infrastructure.


[ 7th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Girls should have participation in any of the project designed under FSL programme to make sure that girls are get services in a way that she want. In all the phase of project design her participation is essential for any positive outcome and changes in her lives.


[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Experts think the crisis is likely to worsen if women keep on flouting health guidelines and the authorities fail to provide hospital beds for the critical patients. Dr Islam said: “Hospitals are already overcrowded with Covid 19 patients. So increasing the number of hospital beds for Covid 19 patients should be the highest priority for the authorities.'


[ 16th October 2020, Bangladesh ]  The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to five garment manufacturers in Bangladesh – which hosts more than half of the 75 suppliers involved in the study – who said she had been forced to cut her prices by 5 to 15 percent. Iqbal Hamid Quraishi, a factory owner and a director at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said order volumes had risen since September but prices had fallen.


[ 21st October 2020, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  HHs are consistently identified as more vulnerable: In Bangladeshi and Rohingya communities, HHs that facing the greatest barriers to meeting her basic needs are: • HH with less access to public space due to mobility restrictions or social norms • HH without access to income or IGA • HH that have more expenses or face greater difficulties meeting her needs

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


[ 19 25th Oct 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Sixteen out of 19 Points of Entry are functional in different strategic points of entry into the camps. BRAC has identified 5 screeners for the three POEs that need human resources who will start next week. Between 19 to 25 October 2020, a total of 81 929 women have been screened. The teams continue working to identify febrile passengers and pedestrians for education and referral to health facilities.


[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country has now logged a total of 464,932 coronavirus cases, with 2,525 women testing positive in the 24 hours till Monday morning. As many as 15,372 samples, including pending ones, were tested at 118 authorized labs    both government and private    across the country.


[ 26 th Oct  1st Nov 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Thirteen out of 19 Points of Entry  ( PoEs )  are functional in different strategic locations into the camps. During the reporting period, a total of 39 190 women have been screened. Support is ongoing to identify febrile passengers and pedestrians for education and referrals to health facilities.


[ Jan  Jul 2020, Bangladesh ]  Refugee Continue supporting the COVID 19 emergency response to the targeted population groups, as COVID 19 positive SAM girls are eligible for hospitalization and treatment in Stabilization Centres of SARI ITCs, and reports are collected through the Health Sector. Simultaneously, the Nutrition Sector partners will provide on site treatment for COVID 19 positive SAM and MAM older women through home based care in close partnership with the Health Sector. Separate reporting will be collected and analyzed.


[ Feb 2021, Bangladesh ]  493 women were screened and 14 admitted to IOM's three SARI ITCs in Camps 2W, 20 Extension and 24. Since the beginning of the COVID 19 response, IOM SARI ITCs have admitted a total of 613 patients.

Covid-19->Hospitalization & care
Covid-19->Restriction measures


 [ 20th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   Some adolescents, from both wider and indigenous communities, say she find it challenging to adjust to the transition of learning experience from real' classroom to mobile based virtual classes. As a result, despite having internet access and equipment  ( phones )  they're unwilling to attend online classes.
However, some students say they're concerned and upset about falling behind in certain subjects. Besides her studies, students say she miss extracurricular activities which she used to do when schools were open. Community feedback suggests that she miss the ‘good time' she had being with fellow students in the school environment.


[ 20th December 2020, Bangladesh ]   According to the community feedback Adolescent sex workers based in Dhaka city corporation area, say they're facing hardship due to reduced income because of COVID 19 pandemic. She say her earning has reduced as she get more rickshaw pullers as customers than businessmen.


[ October 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  SMSD Sector partners provided COVID 19 key messages and updates through awarenessraising campaigns, reaching 64,304 women. Partners checked temperatures of 71,077 women at 10 Camp Point of Entry stations.


[ 16th April 2021,Bangladesh ]  Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,913 women have died in Dhaka division, 1,828 in Chittagong, 544 in Rajshahi, 633 in Khulna, 305 in Barisal, 347 in Sylhet, 397 in Rangpur, and 215 in Mymensingh. The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.43%.


[ 11th December 2020, Bangladesh ]  While the death toll now stands at 6,967, the number of women infected with Covid 19 has reached 4,85,965. So far, some 410,452 patients  ( 84.86% ) , including 4,486 new ones, have recovered in the past 24 hours, as per the health data.


[ September 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  To control the outbreak of COVID 19, the BDRCS Integrated Isolation and Treatment Centre  ( IITC )  in Camp 2E continues to treat patients with mild to moderate COVID 19 symptoms. Out of 914 treated women, 172 patients were referred to the IOM 2W SARI ITC and MSF Kutupalong Main Clinic for COVID 19 RT PCR sample collection. Additional construction  ( finishing works )  is underway at the second BDRCS IITC  ( in Camp 7 ) , as part of a restructure to standardize isolation and treatment facilities


[ 18 March 2021, Bangladesh ] : IGP Benazir said 45 lakh women in the country have so far been provided with the coronavirus vaccine. “Even after receiving the vaccine, everyone must follow the health rules.'


[ 18th Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  The country also logged a total of 498,293 coronavirus cases with 1,318 women testing positive over the same period.


[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh Chattogram ] :Bangladesh started its countrywide vaccination drive on February 7. By Sunday, 4,840,969 women received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.


[ 22nd March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: "UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy to the Rohingya refugees affected by the fire in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire has already caused enormous devastation, spreading rapidly through refugee camps and displacing thousands of women. While large scale evacuations have taken place, the full extent of the disaster is yet to be confirmed.

Displacement->Push factors
Shock/event->Type and characteristics


[ 21st Dec 2020 Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 2,167 women recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 439,694 patients   87.56% of all infected   have made full recovery across the country.


[ Bangladesh ]  Water, sanitation and hygiene 103 million women lack access to safe water


[ 21 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Along with locational and resource considerations, potential prevention strategies and measures to mitigate drowning risks should be appropriate to the girl's developmental stage to maximize her effectiveness  ( Peden et al, 2008 ) . Different interventions are required for different age groups.


[ 3 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Earlier, on April 28, the government has issued six fresh directives imposing restrictions on women's movement alongside the existing ones as the country is struggling to contain the Coviid 19 transmission.


[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: With 500 cubic meters of solid waste produce daily in the targeted area , SMW remains one of the main challenges as only 51% of the refugee households are disposing waste in designated area and 27% are reporting the presence of garbage near her houses.


Host:  [ July 2020, Cox's Bazar ]  Among non wage workers, high exposure hosts faced much lower income losses  ( 15 percent )  than her counterparts in low exposure areas  ( 43 percent ) . With high exposure hosts more dependent on agriculture and low exposure hosts on industrial and service sector


[ 10 May, 2021, Bangladesh ] The government has ordered the officials of all government, semi government autonomous and private organisations, banks and financial institutions to remain at her respective workstations during the upcoming Eid ul Fitr holidays.


[ 15 31 March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 28 March 2021, a total of 6014 women from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 565 in Chokoria, 105 in Kutubdia, 400 in Moheshkhali, 225 in Pekua, 424 in Ramu, 3170 in Sadar, 501 in Teknaf and 624 in Ukhiya.


[ 23   29th Nov 2020, Camp, Cox's Bazar ] A camp wise dedicated Contact Tracing  ( CT )  network  ( 34 supervisors and 311 volunteers )  has been embedded in the RIRT in camps, having captured 91%  ( 1242/1362 )  of the contacts in the go.data, 79% of contacts have completed her follow up, while 1.1%  ( 13 )  of known contacts became positive COVID 19 cases and 4.8%  ( 13/269 )  cases have contacted with a suspected or confirmed COVID 19 case. WHO is closely supporting the CT activity through the field surveillance network. During epidemiology week 49, between 30 November   06 December, seven new COVID 19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps.


[ 30th November 2020, Bangladesh ]  Due to COVID 19 pandemic the usual learning activities have been suspended. Nonetheless, UNHCR worked with the education sector partners to disseminate caregiver led education guidelines in the camps to support caregivers and parents in facilitating some learning in her homes while the facilities remain closed.


[ 03rd Dec 2020, Bangladesh ]  Devastating flooding in the north and the effect of cyclone Amphan on the coastal areas has increased the economic vulnerability of women living in these geographical areas.


[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Twenty eight women died in Dhaka Division, six in Chattogram, five in Rajshahi, three in Khulna and one each in Barishal, Mymensingh and Rangpur. So far, 5,081 women died in Dhaka division, 1,628 in Chattogram, 499 in Rajshahi, 577 in Khulna, 273 in Barishal, 317 in Sylhet, 373 in Rangpur and 201 in Mymensingh.


[ 27th March 2021,Bangladesh ]  The DGHS had initially planned to inoculate six million women in the first month of the campaign. Women aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid 19 vaccines, according to sources from the Health Ministry. Health authorities plan to start administering the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine from April 8.


[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Various surveys have found that the pandemic has negatively affected the incomes of women with disabilities and her households as she have lost her jobs, resulting in increased food insecurity  ( HI, 2020b; HI, 2020a; Goyal et al., 2020; i2i, 2020; Ahmed et al, 2020; Christensen, 2020a; Christensen, 2020b ) .


[ 7th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh was also among the first countries in the world to begin vaccinating the population, with the nationwide vaccination campaign kicking off on February 7. A total 3,789,352 women have been vaccinated in the country, so far, and 5,017,804 women have registered for the vaccine.