5dangersgirls facein disasters

1,150women raped every day

(aged 15-49)

48 4women raped

every hourwomen raped

every 5 minutes

A 2011 survey of sexual violence against women during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of

Congo found that there were approximately

1. sexual assault

Research from 2013 showed an

increase in child marriage

amongst Syrian refugee communities in Jordan

three years into the crisis, and in some

cases it had doubled

2. child marriage

After the earthquake in 2010, pregnancy rates in

Haitian camps were3 times higher

than the average urban rate previously.

2 out of 3 of these pregnancies were

unplanned and unwanted

3. unwanted pregnancies

“It’s hard, others have nothing to eat, and they embrace being involved in bad acts just to have something to eat”Anna, 13, Philippines, after Typhoon Ondoy in 2009

4. interrupted education

55

Of the

primary-age children out of school in conflict-affected countries

28.5 million

are Girls

5. needs ignoredIn 2014

the proportion of humanitarian assistance

allocated to projects focusing ‘principally’ or ‘significantly’ on

gender equality was

only 12%

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