This is the plenary presentation of Dr Tomoko Kurokawa of UNFPA Asia Pacific, which was presented as part of the 9th session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual, on the theme of "Humanitarian response and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Asia and the Pacific". C H A I R Chonghee Hwang Senior Manager, Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) P L E N A R Y S P E A K E R Tomoko Kurokawa Humanitarian Advisor, UNFPA Asia Pacific "Building Resilience across the Humanitarian Development Peacebuilding Nexus" A B S T R A C T P R E S E N T E R S * Sahlil Ahmed | Challenges Health Workers Face While Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Rohingya Refugees in Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study * Sayantan Chowdhury | Genesis of maternal mortality surveillance and response in the Rohingya refugee crisis * Sigma Ainul | Contraceptive non-use among the Rohingya and changing dynamics in post-displacement to Bangladesh * Manju Karmacharya | Transitioning from Minimum Initial Service Package to Comprehensive SRHR services responding Rohingya crisis in protracted Emergency in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh For more information on this session go to www.bit.ly/apcrshr10virtual9 #SRHR #sexualhealth #reproductiverights #familyplanning #womenshealth #genderequality #SDGs #BodilyAutonomy #humanitariancrisis #humanitariandisaster #pandemic

1. Building Resilience across the Humanitarian
Development Peacebuilding Nexus
Tomoko Kurokawa – Regional Humanitarian Advisor
UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office
©Arvind Jodha/UNFPA

2. Changing Humanitarian Landscape
CLIMATE CHANGE &
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
MORE PEOPLE DISPLACED &
DISPLACEMENT LASTS LONGER
FREQUENCY
INTENSITY
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
FUNDING GAP
$28.8
bill
COVID
$$$$

3. ESCAP Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2019

4. DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
CYCLE
MITIGATION
RECOVERY
RESPONSE
PREPAREDNESS
DOUBLE SHOCKTRIPLE SHOCK

5. Resounding call for greater
coherence
and a New Way of Working
among humanitarian,
development, peacekeeping
and peacebuilding partners
reinforcing national and
local actors to build
resilience

6. Political
Support for the
Humanitarian
Agenda
LOCALISATION

7. Resilience is the ability of individuals,
households, communities, cities, institutions,
systems and societies to prevent, resist,
absorb, adapt, respond and recover
positively, efficiently and effectively when
faced with a wide range of risks, while
maintaining an acceptable level of functioning
and without compromising long-term
prospects for sustainable development,
peace and security, human rights and well-
being for all.
- Chief Executive Board of the UN, 2017
Resilience

8. National/
Societal
Resilience
Institutional
Resilience
Community
Resilience
Family/
Individual
Resilience
National/ Societal
Resilience:
• Positive gender
norms & customs
• Early
Warning/Early
Action systems
• Social protection
schemes
Institutional
Resilience:
• Health & school
infrastructure
• Mobile health units
• Seawalls
• Empowered,
trained & skilled
personnel
Community
Resilience:
• Local leadership &
decision making
• Safe & equitable
water access
points
Family/ Individual
Resilience:
• Equal household
decision making
• Livelihood
opportunities
• Supportive
intergenerational
relationships

9. More then 50% of maternal
deaths occur in fragile contexts
Increased risk of unintended
pregnancies and contracting
HIV and STIs
Gender based violence
escalates during disasters

10. COVID-19 PANDEMIC

11. Impact of COVID-19 on SRHR, GBV and harmful practices
Increase in maternal
and neonatal morbidity
and mortality
Increase in unmet need
for family planning
Increase risk of gender
based violence and
harmful practices

12. Innovation

13. The ‘new normal’ will require
agility, creativity and
nimbleness to bridge the
humanitarian development
peace divide and to
empower women, girls and
young people as agents of
change to build resilience
and ensure sustainability

14. Thank you!