Active Emergencies
Conflict and violations of human rights remain the single biggest driver of protection challenges today. In 2022, 151 million people are in need of protection. This is a major increase from 113 million in 2021. It is largely driven by the worsening situation in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Sudan as well as chronic high levels of needs in Yemen, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Over the world, armed conflict continues to be characterized by high levels of civilian deaths, injury, displacement, psychological trauma and sexual violence. Alongside such widespread protection risks, we also know that particular groups shoulder disproportionate burdens – children living through conflict for instance are at risk of being separated from their families, recruited into armed groups and denied an education. Women and girls are particularly affected by gender-based violence, described as being among top concerns across cluster operations.
| Severity | Minor | Stressed | Moderate | Severe | Extreme | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender-based violence | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| Impediments or restrictions to freedom of movement, siege and forced displacement | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| Psychological/emotional abuse or inflicted distress | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| Attacks on civilians and other unlawful killings, attacks on civilian infrastructures | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Theft, extortion, eviction or destruction of personal property | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Abduction, kidnapping, forced disappearance, arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Impediments and/or restrictions to access to documentation, remedies and justice | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Discrimination and stigmatization, denial of resources, opportunities, services | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Presence of mines and other explosive ordnance | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Child, early or forced marriage | 1 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Forced recruitment, including recruitment of children in armed forces and groups | 12 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Forced family and child separation | 0 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Forced labour, slavery, trafficking in persons | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Misinformation and denial of access to information | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Torture or inhuman, cruel, degrading treatment | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
