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This training workshop in Juba discussed integrating protection, gender, age, and disabilities in food security and livelihood assessments, highlighting common emerging themes and recommendations for IRNA, EFSA, and FSMS. Suggestions for data analysis, key focal points participation, and sharing contacts for referral agencies were provided, urging FSLC partners to incorporate these recommendations into their assessments.
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Integrating protection, gender, age and disabilities in FSLC assessments 6th March 2014 Juba
Integrating protection, gender, age and disabilities in FSLC assessments • The training cum workshop was held on 3-4 March, 2014 • It was attended by over 25 participants from 16 FSLC partners • The output of the exercise was to get an overview of how protection, age, gender and disabilities matter in food security and livelihoods; and then provide suggestions to assessment team for consideration
Common Emerging Themes 8 common themes were identified as relevant for integration of protection, age, gender and disabilities FSLC assessments • Demography • Community dynamics • Conflict analysis • Vulnerability analysis • Coping mechanism • Do No Harm • Do Some Good • Team composition and engagement
FSLC assessments • FSLC has three modalities • Minimum humanitarian access – Initial Rapid Needs Assessment • Some humanitarian access – Emergency Food Security Assessment • With humanitarian access – Food Security Monitoring System
Recommendations for IRNA • IRNA is a standard 17 page tool • Partners have only a few hours on ground to conduct IRNA • Partners need to ensure that the information is accurate and numbers are not inflated; and that recommendations are realistic • To integrate protection, gender, age and disabilities a few minimum steps can be taken by FSLC
Conclusion • A few specific suggestions have been made in the questionnaires • Cross references/tabulations at analysis level on different themes should be done • Participation of key focal points in analysis of data for proper cross tabulation • Sharing of contacts of protection referral agencies and disability groups in case assessment groups find systemic problems
Way forward • Suggestions to be discussed with the assessment coordinator • At present it’s a ‘wish list’ and so after the discussion with the most important elements will be agreed with the assessment team for integration • All FSLC partners are encouraged to integrates the recommendations into their organizational assessments.