Participatory Assessment - Refworld

in OperationsStep 1: Reviewingexisting information1Before launching a participatory assessment with refugeesin a specific situation, it is important for multifunctionalteams to compile all the relevant information and existingdocumentation on the refugee and host populations and toorganize themselves. Teams should look over and discussprevious assessments and analyses, as well as any documentsand reports concerning the local social, economic, political,legal, physical and security environment. Teams should alsoreview all relevant UNHCR reports, such as Standards andIndicators Reports, Annual Protection Reports, CountryReports, and reports on SGBV, education, health, food-basketmonitoring, and income-generating projects.While reviewing the documentation, teams should keep in mindthe following factors that may lead to significant inequalitiesbetween persons of concern and place some at risk: 15• Inequalities between women and men (the different rolesassigned by society to women and men can lead to exclusionfrom decision-making opportunities and place women and girlsin particular at a disadvantage in the family and community);• Age (in certain societies, young and older people can beconsidered as having little to contribute and can beoverlooked);• Ethnicity (in relation to more dominant groups or inrelation to host communities);