The ongoing drought and conflict in Somalia disproportionately impacted women and girls in the year 2022, with limited or no access to essential reproductive health services and increased vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV), especially among displaced people.
As a rights based, humanitarian organization, it was our responsibility to meet the needs of these vulnerable populations. In response to the growing number of women and girls in need of emergency humanitarian SRH and GBV services and support, UNFPA Somalia adopted proactive measures to provide immediate life-saving assistance to women and girls and prevent further deterioration of the human condition despite the limited funding available for humanitarian actions.
With our strategic, systematic, and direct synergies and integrated interventions with the government and key partners, we created a robust and visible presence inside Somalia’s humanitarian infrastructure. Our quick prioritization, realignment, and actions have produced considerable results and accomplishments in a short period of time.
This report presents UNFPA Somalia’s strategic approach to providing emergency humanitarian life-saving SRH and GBV services and support to the drought-affected population, particularly women and girls, in 2022. The report details the practical and proactive efforts made to position the CO as a key and visible humanitarian actor in the delivery of specific SRH and GBV interventions, as well as key milestones achieved, challenges and mitigation measures, promising practices, and a forecast for 2023.
