Starting date: 01/06/2021
Contract duration: 9 months
Supervision of: 1 to 6 National staff
Dependents: Non-family Duty Station /non-accompanied
General context of the project
INTERSOS officially registered and entered in Syria in May 2019 and works under the umbrella of an MoU with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). INTERSOS is implementing a program that encompasses Health and Protection activities, along with Livelihoods, Non-Food Items and Education interventions. INTERSOS is active in the governorates of Rural Damascus and Hama, with possible expansion to Idleb and other Government controlled areas
General purpose of the position
In collaboration with the HOM, define and coordinate the implementation of the protection strategy of the mission.
UNICEF DRC Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1: January 2021
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Highlights
As of 31st January 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak has affected 22 out of the 26 provinces in the DRC, with a total of 22,842 confirmed cases.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already reported a total of 5,221 suspected measles cases. According to statistics provided by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (PEV), more than 41% of cases are located in the province of Sud Ubangi.
A resurgence of violence in the southern Central African Republic in December 2020 led to refugee outflows from the country into the northern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outflows were an addition to the already existent CAR refugees in North Ubangi, South Ubangi and Bas-Uele, that had arrived in 2013 and 2017. As at the 31 January 2021, 92,053 new CAR refugees had crossed over into the three DRC provinces, according to border authorities’ sources.
The primary aim of Voices from Syria is to support the development and implementation of humanitarian programmes to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) across the Whole of Syria (WoS) response1. The publication is also intended to be a resource for humanitarian workers’ programming within other sectors/clusters - Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Early Recovery and Livelihoods, Education, Food Security, Health, Nutrition, Protection, Child Protection, Mine Action, Shelter and Non-Food Items, Agriculture and Food Security, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) - to better understand the risks of GBV that need to be mitigated throughout their response. Voices from Syria does not represent prevalence data on GBV. This report should be read with an understanding
Sudan: 2020 Multi-sector Needs Assessment: Final Report, March 2021
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Executive Summary
Rationale and foundation of the MSNA Sudan is currently experiencing a combination of political uncertainty, economic fragility, poor service provision, continued civil conflict and vulnerability to flooding and other natural disasters. According to the 2021 Sudan Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), 13.4 million people (29% of the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance, an increase of 4.1 million people over 2020.3 Sudan’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) “Acute Food Insecurity Projection Update” (October-December 2020) indicated that almost 7.1 million people, or 16% of the population, were experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). Prior to that, Sudan’s pre-harvest-season June-December 2020 IPC snapshot reported that 9.6 million people, or 21% of the population, were experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity,
North-East Nigeria: Operational Update, January 2021
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Over 6,100 men, women and children were newly displaced in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in January.
UNHCR’s protection, human rights and border monitoring teams reached nearly 33,000 internally displaced people and refugee returnees in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States.
UNHCR and partners raised awareness about COVID-19 and protection among over 22,000 people in the BAY States in January 2021.
Operational Highlights
■ The security situation in the North-East remains unpredictable. The operational area continues to be impacted by the ongoing violent conflict, terrorism, and criminal activities, which have resulted in the displacement, killing and abduction of civilians as well as the destruction of properties and critical infrastructure. The second wave of COVID-19 also continues to exacerbate the already worsening situation. A total of 43 security incidents perpetrated by NSAG in the BAY States comprised of at