Working Group Description

Integrating gender equality measures as well as age and diversity dimensions into the cross-sectoral refugee response efforts is critical to ensuring that women, girls, boys and men — particularly the most at heightened risk and marginalized — have equitable access to (and benefit from) relief, services and information. Effective refugee response programming takes into account and meets the specific needs of refugees and those affected by crisis. Sectors should make gender equality a central priority in Multi-Sectoral Response Plans, which will guide project partners in designing projects that meet the distinct needs of persons in all their diversity, including women, girls, boys and men equally/equitably, and non-binary (or gender non-conforming) persons