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CENTRALITY OF PROTECTION IN 2019 HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME CYCLE

The 2019 Humanitarian Programme Cycle started by building consensus on the humanitarian situation and identifying needs of the aected population to support the development of the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The Centrality of Protection was fully built into the process and the CtA used the opportunity to advocate for the consideration of GBV concerns in all sector plans e.g. WASH, shelter, distribution of Non-Food Items etc. The Centrality of Protection (CoP) recognizes GBV as one of four “key threats & risk trends”, hence the CtA Action areas align well with the CoP indicators to track progress so that CtA progress reports can feed into the CoP action plan reporting. Each of the 5 Outcome areas of the CtA road map is linked to at least 2 indicators of the CoP

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.

A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and sustainable development.

UNFPA Nigeria with support from West and Central African Regional Oce organized the biggest ever conference of Muslim religious leaders to discuss their role in demographic dividend. The two day conference was ocially opened by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo. After the two day deliberation, the leaders reached consensus around sensitive issues such as family planning and pledged to lead a radical social norm change that will transform Nigeria.

This factsheet highlights UNFPA and the Government of Canada's response to the freed Chibok girls