Nearly 15 million children between 5-14 years old are out of school in MENA, and 10 million are in school but at risk of dropping out due to poverty and social marginalization, as well as migration, displacement and conflict. This brief provides key messages and actions for governments, Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices and partners to strengthen linkages between school feeding programmes and social protection to maximize the benefits of National School Feeding Programmes (NSFPs) as safety nets in the region.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) & World Bank Middle East & North Africa are conducting a joint assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on foodsecurity in Iraq, to identify potential actions to minimize the crisis. The first joint report is expected in May 2020, & the new joint Weekly Food Security Monitor launched today. Recommendations include:
- Facilitate dialogue with key partners & direct resources to the most critical needs
- Prioritize vulnerable groups, including IDPs, Returnees & Refugees
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s analysis of the latest food & non-food price data reveals that prices started surging in fragile and less shock-responsive areas of Iraq. In the context of COVID-19, social distancing, lockdown & curfew are reducing economic activity, negatively impacting upon vulnerable groups such as daily casual labourers & low-income workers. A health emergency is evolving into an economic emergency.
This strategic evaluation covers the full range of emergencies Â鶹ÊÓƵ responds to from preparedness, immediate response and longer-term response through to exit. The evaluation is organized around the contribution that Â鶹ÊÓƵ capacity makes to the quality of its emergency responses. It considers Â鶹ÊÓƵ capacities at three interdependent levels - the enabling environment, the organization and the individual.
Step into the world of Leila, a humanitarian worker for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) who is the central character in a new film exploring hunger and fear in Iraq. Leila was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2014 when so-called Islamic State (IS) militants took over the city of Mosul.
This country portfolio evaluation covered Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s portfolio of seven operations in Iraq from 2010 to 2015, and the 2010¨C2014 country strategy. It assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s alignment and strategic positioning; factors and quality of strategic decision-making; and the performance and results of the portfolio as a whole.
This report synthetized the findings, conclusions and recommendations from four strategic evaluations related to Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR): the global Logistics Cluster (2012), the global Food Security Cluster (2014), Â鶹ÊÓƵ's use of pooled funds for humanitarian preparedness and response (2015) and Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Preparedness and Response Enhancement Programme (PREP) (2015).
