COVID-19 effects are hitting children the hardest

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While children seem to be less affected by the Coronavirus directly, the impact of the pandemic as a whole is devastating for children in South Sudan. The COVID-19 situation in the country is rapidly evolving. Therefore, the humanitarian community has taken a closer look at the situation for children to identify specific needs and gaps and solutions for how to address them.   Read more

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Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens Progress on Child Labor

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The number of children involved in child labor worldwide has dropped dramatically over the past two decades, falling by nearly 40 percent. Tens of millions of children have transitioned from work into school, helping to break cycles of poverty and ensure brighter futures. But this remarkable trend is in grave jeopardy due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s World Day against Child Labor, celebrated every June 12, is occurring during widespread lockdowns and school closures,…

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Sahel Crisis: Responding to the urgent needs of refugees, internally displaced, returnees and others of concern

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The central Sahel region—Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—is facing a severe humanitarian and protection crisis.Massive displacement, most of it driven by intense and largely indiscriminate violence perpetrated by a range of armed actors against civilian populations, is taking place across the region. While internal displacement is on the rise substantial numbers of refugees have fled to neighboring countries, and the situation risks spilling over into the coastal countries of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo….

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Peacekeeping in the shadow of COVID-19 era

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COVID-19 has had an immediate impact on UN peace operations. Troop rotations have been frozen, and interactions with local populations minimized. Yet the long-term economic and political consequences for peacekeeping look more severe.   Read more

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Considerations for a conflict-sensitive COVID-19 response in South Sudan

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The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on all aspects of South Sudanese life. The effects on South Sudan’s economy, politics and society is placing communities and the aid sector under immense pressures. This is resulting in new tensions, as well as interact with existing ones. This guidance highlights the main conflict sensitivity issues practitioners should consider when designing their COVID-19 responses.

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COVID-19 Impact on Trafficking in Persons – A Protection, Gender & Inclusion (PGI) Factsheet

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This factsheet is intended as a quick reference tool to support National Societies to consider how the Covid-19 global pandemic may place communities at increased risk of trafficking, how it may impact trafficked persons and provide advice on practical actions that can be taken to respond and mitigate risks.   Download

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Guidance for Emergency Seed Interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Emergency seed interventions may already be planned or ongoing in many areas (e.g. to respond to drought, pest infestation, displacement, or other stresses). COVID-19 and its associated restrictions on travel, trade and markets may also constrain farmers’ seed security, as well as the ways in which aid agencies are able to operate. This Guidance Note provides key information to implementing organizations that might be considering an emergency seed intervention for the forthcoming planting season linked…

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Key recommendations to support food market systems facing COVID-19

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It is key to recognize that most actions we do as humanitarians impact markets. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, markets are being impacted and in-kind food assistance can have a negative impact on food supply chain market actors’ ability to cope and recover. Therefore, it is essential that humanitarian response, using a market’s lens, contribute to the Do No Harm principle. Market-based programming covers all types of engagement with market systems, ranging from…

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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa (May 2020)

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This briefing paper was commissioned by the East Africa Research Hub in collaboration with DFID’s Research and Evidence Department’s Science Cell, in partnership with the African Academy of Sciences. This is a follow up to their briefing paper on the risks of physical distancing measures in LMICs. Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid…

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Enhancing access to services for migrants in the context of COVID-19 preparedness, prevention, and response and beyond

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The United Nations Network on Migration is committed to supporting all partners in pursuit of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, recognizing that this cooperative framework provides an invaluable tool for ensuring inclusive, collective responses to COVID-19 and its impact. To that end, this briefing is part of a series by the Network looking at different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they relate to migrants and their…

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