Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency in Pakistan
UNIFEM (part of UN Women) works to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations in Pakistan, following the floods that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people.
Within the framework of international humanitarian response in Pakistan, UNIFEM leads the Gender Task Force with UNFPA to coordinate the integration of gender issues across the work of all humanitarian clusters. UNIFEM also collaborates with national NGOs and with relevant national bodies, including the Ministry of Women Development, the National Commission on the Status of Women as well as the Women Development Departments in the provinces, including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (PAK).
In particular, UNIFEM focuses on supporting assessments of the conditions and needs of women and girls in affected areas, and on preventing, monitoring and addressing gender-based violence among vulnerable populations.
At the same time, ongoing development work carried out by UNIFEM will continue, with programme teams making efforts to address some of the issues arising from the emergency.
UNIFEM participates in the UN system-wide flash appeal issued on 17 September for US$2 billion to provide immediate relief to millions of people affected by the natural disaster.
For more information, please contact Ms. Alice Shackelford, Country Programme Director, alice.shackelford[at]unifem.org, or Ms. Roshmi Goswami, roshmi.goswami[at]unifem.org , +1 212 906-6891
