Providing protection to women and girls from gender based violence and gender sensitive and inclusive nutrition response in Magumeri and Damboa, Borno state. ltpgtltbrgt
lt/pgtltpgtThe more than decade long conflict in northeast Nigeria has made so many households vulnerable and food insecure due to various factors which are related to security, economic, environment and even social factors. In 2021 the Borno state government have commenced the relocation and resettlement of internally displace persons back to their ancestral homes, this actions have various mixed feelings that it has further led to increase vulnerabilities of this populations as the resettlement was not done fully according to global standard. The recent government policy on cash regulations in 2022 has further increased hardship to the public, monetary value of money has reduced due to difficulty in having access to cash because one has to pay serious charges. The poor state of primary healthcare especially in deep field location is a thing of concern and is leading to the increased risk of children, women and girls are facing. Poor access to WASH services and sanitation practices further increase the risk of malnutrition and other child diseases among children, increase gender based violence, poor means of livelihood and lack of access to GBV services continue to increase the risk of women and girls.lt/pgtltpgtltspangtltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtAccording to the HRP 2023, 4.2m people are in need, with 2.4 million people targeted among which ARE 1.1M women and 1.3 million children. This population are the estimated population of people in need of nutrition services in northeast Nigeria.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtSame HRP shows that ltspangt1.8m people in need of GBV services with 1.3M targeted 0.9 are women and 0.8 children. The UNHCR monitoring reports shows that their is limited psychosocial support for IDPs and Returnees, the report also shows that GBV incidents persist due to social inequality and NSAG targeting of women and girls of reproductive age during their daily activities.  Gender-Based Violence remains a major protection concern and a clear manifestation of human rights violations. GBV is exacerbated by growing insecurity caused by NSAG and clearance operations by the Nigerian security forces coupled with the impact of economic hardships. ltfontgtltbrgtlt/fontgtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtThe proposed will be implemented for a period of six months in Magumeri and Damboa LGA. The LGA's are selected based on their priority due to Nutrition/GBV risk. for ltspangtNlt/spangtltspangtutrition, FRAD will prioritize implementation of life saving nutrition activities (both integrated preventive and curative service inlt/spangtltspangt Magumeri and Damboa. The project will focus on scaling up treatment and access to quality life saving nutrition services that will include establishment of 4 OTPs for the treatment of 1300 SAM lt/spangtltspangt6-59 months at OTP sites, lt/spangtltspangtand treatment of 1600 MAM lt/spangtltspangtusing tom brown approach, the project will include preventive measures of malnutrition by providing MITCN lt/spangtCounsellingltspangt and family MUAC approach through training of caregivers on the use of MUAC for early detection of sign.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtltbrgtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspangtAs GBV risk continue to increase, The response will provide an integrated actions to reducing GBV risk among women, boys, girls and men in both camps and communities. The GBV Intervention seek to promote protection from GBV and other risk on vulnerable populations and other survivors of Gender based violence through the Provision of comprehensive package through case management for 30 survivors of GBV, PSS for 480 women and girls at safe spaces, referrals linkages for survivors to receive complete services to enable them to heal and take control of their lives. The project will establish 2 Women and Girls safe space in Magumeri and Damboa, strengthening of community systems and structure through capacity building initiatives to identify, prevent and respond to any forms of Gender based violence. the project will reach 10,000 participants with GBV related information to create awareness on GBV preventions and attitude of service seeking among communities of implementation. lt/spangtltspangtIn all the project cycle, inclusion and AAP will be center of the response implementation to ensure people are serve with dignity and respectlt/spangtlt/pgt