The GBV Sub-Cluster Rapid Assessment on the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Gender-Based Violence in Iraq
GBV Sub-Cluster This report explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence in Iraq. Report
Read MorePolitical & Human Rights
COVID-19 Makes Yemen’s Hunger and Economic Nightmare Worse Each Day; the IRC Calls Repeatedly for an End to the War
International Rescue Committee This article elaborates on a recent survey done by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) that found that Yemenis are more worried about hunger than COVID-19. Article
Read MoreWFP Palestine Country Brief
World Food Programme This report details WFP’s strategy to get funding and partnerships in order to provide assistance to Palestinians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report
Read MoreImpact of the Oil Crisis and COVID-19 on Iraq’s Fragility
UNDP This report provides a fragility analysis for Iraq to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic and diminishing oil revenues affect the country’s fragility. Report
Read MoreCriminal Responsibility for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syria
SSRN This working paper examines whether individual criminal responsibility may stand for the Syrian government’s campaign of violence against healthcare which has led to the deaths and suffering through injuries and illness including due to COVID-19. Working Paper
Read MoreA Tipping Point for Yemen’s Health System: The Impact of COVID-19 in a Fragile State
Med Global This report on Yemen explains how COVID-19 is exacerbating what was already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with an already weak health system that has been destroyed by five years of conflict. Report
Read MoreMulti-sectoral Preparedness and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Libya
UNICEF This article reports on the USAID plan to provide UNICEF with US$2 million in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Libya. Article
Read MoreHow COVID-19 Affects Nomadic Herders: IOM’s Transhumance Tracking Tool Launched in Mauritania
International Organization for Migration This article reports on the measures taken by IOM to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on nomadic communities in Mauritania. Article
Read MoreCOVID-19 in Yemen: a Crisis within Crises
International Journal for Equity in Health This article reports on the effects of COVID-19 on exacerbating the economic and humanitarian crises in Yemen. Journal Article
Read MoreThe Pandemic Under Siege: A View from the Gaza Strip
World Development This article reports on the vulnerability of the Palestinian coastal enclave in Gaza to the COVID-19 outbreak due to the multiplicity of existing development challenges that have resulted from an ongoing Israeli and Egyptian-imposed blockade. Journal Article
Read More