WFP Gender Policy - WFP Remote Access Secure Services

NEW PROGRAMME PRIORITIES26. The new programme priorities incorporate agender-sensitive perspective and take intoaccount the different contexts in which WFPoperates, ranging from complex emergenciesto more stable conditions.Otash refugee camp in South Darfur, Sudan.AddrEssiNG GENdEr-rElAtEdProtECtioN ChAllENGEs27. WFP will continue to promote the protection ofits target population and staff members inaccordance with the Secretary-General’s specialmeasures on sexual exploitation and abuse, 22and Security Council Resolutions 1325 and1820 on women and peace and security.28. WFP will work to prevent violence againstwomen, girls and children in its operations. Incomplex emergencies it will seek to do thefollowing:• Reduce the burden on, and improve thesafety of, women and girls in camps.Firewood is often collected exclusively bywomen and girls, 23 who may walk longdistances outside the camps with heavyloads and at personal risk. As part of interagencyefforts, in camps WFP will: i) mobilizeresources to provide fuel-efficient stoves tothe most vulnerable women; ii) use its foodassistance to support income generatingactivities for women and girls; iii) supportthe creation of safe and private spaces forwomen and girls; and iv) facilitate theformation of women’s support groups incamps to enable women to make decisionsand be heard concerning food and nutritionsecurity.• Identify additional opportunities in WFPoperations to improve the protection ofwomen and girls. This will include: i) usingfood assistance to engage men and boys tofoster understanding of the links betweengender inequality and hunger, involve themin activities to protect women and childrenfrom violence and reduce burdens onwomen, and share childcare responsibilities;ii) making WFP distribution sites safe forwomen and girls; and iii) using WFP’s fieldpresence and national staff to encouragelocal initiatives aimed at ending violenceagainst women and girls.22 United Nations Secretariat. 2003. Secretary-General’s Bulletin: Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (ST/SGB/2003/13). New York.23 Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children. 2006. Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls. New York. According tothis study, cooking fuel is rarely provided by the humanitarian community; it is even rarer for men to collect wood.13