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This rapid literature review summarises the key evidence on the impact of social inequalities and discrimination on vulnerability to crises. The review focuses on inequalities among groups in society arising from the discrimination of people based on their gender; age; disability; sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and sex characteristics; and religious belief. It looks for evidence on whether – and how – these inequalities and associated discriminatory norms and practices affect people’s experiences of a severe humanitarian crisis. 

This resource is a rapid literature review on lessons and promising practices from national-level experience with the development and implementation of legal and policy frameworks that seek to protect and assist internally displaced people. Findings focus on the importance of political will and capacity to implement solutions. Further, they emphasise the involvement of several stakeholders and use of methods to disseminate knowledge, expertise and norms, alongside efforts of civil society actors to highlight IDP issues and hold authorities to account. 

This resource is a guidebook which focuses on State obligations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, developed by the Mukwege Foundation with Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Imitative funding. The resource supports States to understand and comply with international law on conflict-related sexual violence. The guidebook is divided into four thematic areas: prevention, justice and accountability, humanitarian response, and reparations.

This resource presents research and collation of  good practice and tips in designing perception surveys in order to understand gender equality issues, including recommendations on safeguarding, meaningful participation and inclusion. The paper outlines the core principles for operationalising perception surveys, including guidance on data collection tools and methods, informed consent, and who can and should be involved as researchers and data collectors.

This resource is a rapid review of evidence on online gender-based violence. It updates a previous report (Fraser and Martineau-Searle, 2018) with evidence from 2018 onwards and covering a wider range of countries. 

This resource synthesises evidence on the linkages between gender, social inclusion and trade, highlighting women’s different roles in trade in selected middle-income countries. It identifies key evidence gaps relevant to the Prosperity Fund’s focus on non-tariff barriers to trade in middle-income countries. It also summarises promising practices from existing interventions.

This cheat sheet provides information for policy makers and programme staff on how to mainstream gender equality, disability and social inclusion into infrastructure initiatives to effectively drive economic growth, enhance accessibility, and foster sustainable outcomes that benefit everyone. Infrastructure is vital for societal development and economic progress, but benefits are often not distributed equally.

This resource is a rapid literature review which summarises the available evidence on toolkits that assist the response by humanitarian and development agencies to financial inclusion of refugees. Since there were few documents defined explicitly as “toolkits” available, the review - which is presented in the format of an annotated bibliography – also includes guidance notes, technical reports, and online articles by humanitarian and international development agencies. 

This resource is a literature review which details some of the key programmes implemented to improve the economic self-sufficiency of refugee women in the UK and other wealthy countries. 

The review found, on average, it takes much longer for refugee women to establish a place in the labour market – relative to refugee men. In rich countries, such as the UK, there has been a long-standing interest in boosting entrepreneurship as a way of creating jobs and growing the economy among disadvantaged groups. 

This resource is an evidence review which outlines how discriminatory laws affect women's economic empowerment, both directly and indirectly.