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According to the 2025   “ Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) ”  Report ,  international funding for the humanitarian sector is declining at a rate never seen before, indicating a financial crisis. Public funds for humanitarian aid could be cut by up to 45% in 2024 compared to 2023 due to reductions from major government donors, with additional cuts anticipated in 2025. This dramatic drop poses a threat to the implementation of crucial reforms aimed at improving the effectiveness of aid, such as early crisis prevention and support for national and local organi z ations. More than ever, countries coping with protracted crises are at greater risk. Over the past decade, debt payments have doubled, and humanitarian aid has emerged as their primary external source of support. Their capacity to recover sustainably is seriously called into question by this. In response, the United Nations has called for a   ‘humanitarian reset’   to tackle what it describes as a ...

In the “States of Fragility 2025” report, OECD defines   fragility  as the combination of risk exposure and a state, system, or community's insufficient resilience. The organization assessed this condition using   56 indicators across six dimensions: economic, environmental, political, security, societal, and human. While all   177 contexts  analyzed by the OECD show some level of fragility,   61 are identified with high or extreme levels. These areas face overlapping crises related to armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate and environmental stress, debt burdens, and worsening food insecurity and gender inequality. This is happening as international investment in peace and conflict prevention is at its second-lowest level since 2004. The report highlights how state and non-state actors are increasingly exploiting fragility for geopolitical and economic gain, which undermines development efforts. All in all, the report calls for urgent, coordinated in...

"Evaluations are an integral part of the program planning cycle.  At UNESCO, e valuation serves for  three  main purposes: Learning, Accountability and Decision-Making   ( UNESCO Evaluation Policy 2022 - 2029 )."   Th is   document   sets  out how UNESCO measures and learns from its own work. At its   core , the policy treats evaluation as much more than a technical exercise: it  is   a way to stay accountable, keep learning, and make better decisions based on evidence.   Moreover, i t   places   strong emphasis on values   such as   independence, impartiality, transparency, inclusion, gender equality, human rights ,   and environmental sustainability. This policy   not only   mirrors international best practic e but also   follows the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) standard s, ensuring   UNESCO’s approach is consistent with the wider UN family. It links evaluation directly t...

Back in 2009, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF) developed the Intersectionality Wheel for their publication, Everyone Belongs: A Toolkit for Applying Intersectionality. The goal was to illustrate how various facets of discrimination and social identity come together in people’s lives. Lately, The Equality Institute has refined this model. Their version focuses on a person’s life stages, from infancy to adulthood, and shows how these stages intersect with identities like race, gender, disability, and Indigenous status, while also considering broader systemic challenges such as racism, sexism, and colonialism. Included in the 2022 publication of the UN Women and UN PRPD Intersectionality Resource Guide and Toolkit, this version highlights that a person’s experiences are ever-changing and never fixed. It further deepens the understanding of how power, identity, and social context evolve throughout one’s life. Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring   #Evaluat...