Background:

 A gender analysis assessing the changes in gender relations in the household and community as a result of shifting needs, coping strategies, decision making, participation and levels of access to rights, security and humanitarian support for men and women, boys and girls. The purpose of the assessment is to inform Mercy Corps NES programming and to make recommendations on the integration of gender into our sectoral work (Food Security and Livelihood, Basic needs (cash-based intervention), Social Cohesion and WASH) and improve the understanding on how harmful gender norms fuel not just gender inequality but also conflict, broader discrimination, exclusion and violence.