UN Women and Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund 2022 Partner Achievements

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is a global partnership that empowers local women to be a force for crisis response and lasting peace by stimulating funding for women’s participation, leadership, and empowerment in situations of conflict and humanitarian crisis.

As a funding mechanism designed to support women-led and women’s rights organisations in crisis settings and following the invasion of the Ukraine by the Russian government in February 2022, WPHF activated a regional emergency response to the crisis, supporting women’s organizations in both Ukraine and Moldova. The UN Women Country Office acts as the UN Managing Entity of the WPHF in Moldova and, through the partnership agreements signed with local women’s civil society organizations (CSOs), is enhancing the participation and leadership of women in humanitarian planning and response that involves ensuring that all refugee women, girls, men and boys have access to relevant, quality humanitarian assistance and support regardless of their sex, age, ability or status and that their distinct needs, priorities and capacities are considered. It also foresees assisting host communities that play an active role in welcoming and supporting refugees.

This publication presents the key results of WPHF partners in 2022 to document the successful achievements and contribution by CSOs to the Refugee Response Plan.