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The World Health Organization is hiring for a Victim and Survivor Support Officer (VSSO) at its Geneva headquarters. This P5 grade, fixed-term position for two years is crucial in advancing WHO's mission of preventing and responding to…
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- WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, IOM, OCHA, CHS Alliance, Interaction, UN Victims' Rights Advocate
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a public health, social and economic crisis that is global in scale. With restrictions on travel and movement, civil society and humanitarian organizations play a critical role in supporting governments to respond. All…
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BACKGROUND
WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE). The mission of WHE is to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response…
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To reduce the latter risk, WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA jointly organized prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse training for focal points at agencies, international and non-government organizations working on the front lines of the Ebola response.…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) played a central role in the international response to the tenth outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between August 2018 and June 2020. During this period, 3481 people…
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This document was published after the Executive Council, at its 148th session, in which it adopted the procedural decision MT 148 (4) regarding the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment. In the context of the decision,…
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- CHS Alliance, Interaction, International Organization for Migration (IOM), OCHA, Oxfam, UN Victims Rigihts Advocate in consultation with IASC members, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, WHO
This Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) checklist sets out minimum actions on Protection form Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) during the COVID-19 response. It is intended as a quick reference resource for humanitarian project managers to…
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- IFRC, OCHA, WHO
This guidance is an update of the guidance note “COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement” based on feedback the RCCE group received from humanitarian partners responding to COVID-19…
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This guidance identifies how the risks for women can be exacerbated during COVID-19 and highlights the role health systems have in providing safe and accessible services during the pandemic. There is also a tip sheet for coping with stress at home…
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This Guidance Note sets out how to conduct ethical and safe research on violence against women (VAW). It builds on lessons from the WHO publication Putting Woman First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against…
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