During February, SGBV WG finalized gap analysis; the document identifies gaps in the minimum standard multisectorial response to GBV, barriers and how to overcome them.The gap analysis will guide SGBV working group strategy, action plan, inform programming and will be disseminated and use as guidance for advocacy with donors and resource mobilization.

GBV IMS taskforce hold the first meeting for 2018 and conducted analysis of 2017 data that will inform the annual report. Based on the result of an assessment conducted by coordinator a new organizations joint data gathering organization and is new member of GBV IMS taskforce.

During February, Protection Sector gender focal points presented the summary of their developed Protection Sector Gender Analysis that was conducted by the Sector’s Gender Focal Points (SGBV, CP and Protection), the study aims to assess the gender dimensions of the protection needs and challenges facing Syrian refugees in Jordan.

United Nations agencies and NGO partners today released the 2018 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, a US$951 million appeal to meet the urgent needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees and more than 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in the communities hosting them.

UNHCR Senior Regional WASH Officer visited White Nile refugee camps Al Waral, Jouri, Al Kashafa and Al Redis I and II and flagged 3 key priorities for state WASH response: Urgent need to rehabilitate and de-sludge communal latrines; and installation of household latrines to address widespread open defecation driven by people’s unwillingness to use most latrines. While improved coverage of household latrines is a key priority of the WASH response, a lack of space in most camps without site extensions requires continued reliance on communal latrines.

MOE confirmed that number of Syrian refugee children enrollments has increased from 126,127 children in 2016-17 to 130,382 (51 per cent females) in 2017-18

A total 755 out-of-school children of which 45 per cent girls were newly enrolled in certified non-formal education (Drop Out) in host community.

Established of supervisory units and the deployed of 45 school supervisors including six females in Azraq and Za’atari camps.

In February, the Basic Needs Working Group provided around 3,385,401 US$ worth of regular cash, winterization assistances and non-food item (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host Community.

In Feb, 491,000 Syrian refugees residing in camps and host communities received monthly cash based transfers. Around 109,000 refugees reside in camps and 207,000 extremely vulnerable refugees living in communities received USD 28.2 per person per month; while 175,000 refugees categorized as vulnerable to food security received USD 14.1 per person per month.