The magnitude and severity of food crises worsened in 2020, due to prolonged conflicts, the economic repercussions of COVID-19 and extreme weather events aggravated pre-existing fragilities. Forecasts point to a bleak outlook for 2021, as the threat of famine persists in several of the world’s worst food crises. By the end of 2020, the global goal […]
Month: June 2021
Global Report on Food Crises: Summary | Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021)
The scale and severity of food crises intensified in 2020 due to the perpetuation of several conflicts, the economic repercussions of COVID-19 and extreme weather conditions that exacerbated existing vulnerabilities. The forecasts paint a grim outlook for 2021, with the threat of famines lingering in many of the world’s worst food crises. At the end of […]
Somalia: Cross Border Movements – Week 22, 23-29 May 2021
In Week 22, from 23 – 29 May 2021, a total of 5,193 movements were observed at seven flow monitoring points (FMP) across Somalia, of which 58 per cent were outgoing flows and 42 per cent were incoming flows. DTM has also collected information to monitor the specific vulnerabilities related to coronavirus among migrants. A […]
WFP reaches over 1 million people with emergency food assistance in Tigray
MEKELE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided emergency food assistance to 1 million people since starting distributions in Northwestern and Southern zones of Tigray region in March. Aster Beyene, a 43-year-old mother of seven, who lost both her home and crops two months ago to conflict, became the 1 millionth person […]
Sudan: Ethiopia Emergency Situation Profile | Um Rakuba Refugee Camp (as of 2 May 2021)
Settlement Overview In support of the Government of Sudan’s response to the ongoing influx of refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray region to eastern Sudan, UNHCR, partners, and other UN agencies set up a new refugee camp in Um Rakuba-Gedaref State at the end of 2020. UNHCR Information Management team held a camp profiling (GIS) mission to […]
Terms of Reference: Global End-term Evaluation of The Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda from 2014 to 2020
The terms of reference aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation. The TOR notably presents the scope, objectives, key issues, stakeholders and users of the evaluation. It also describes the evaluation approach, team composition and organisation. […]