Dear ACD,

Thank you for the congratulating message. Kindly find below the addendum you have requested with the most important and relevant concerns as well as changes after the emergency focusing on gendered impacts.

Please let me know if there is anything.

My regards,

Aelaf

Changes in living condition, in roles and household decision making after the emergency

Both positive and negative changes after the displacement are portrayed in the analysis where the negative is: living in public shelters in a deteriorated living condition, families becoming homeless, the loss of family members and loved ones causing women to take more responsibilities of their families on top of other responsibilities.

The positive changes include: the integration of women in the society, increase in the number of hospitals, schools, improved security situation due to the existence police department and increase in education and schools.

The traditional gender roles and responsibilities assigned to men and women has also shifted after the displacement.

In contrary to before the displacement women now share expenses with men. After the displacement, women positions are developed due to educational trainings, such as (nursing, hairdressing, sewing, knitting…) which paved the way for more jobs for women than the men. Women can work outside of the house and bring an income to the family in contrast to previous times before the displacement.

It is also evident that family decisions are now participatory and are taken with the consultation among man and woman, especially decisions related to work and financial situation.

Shelter:

IDP communities in Kirkuk are living in unfinished and semi destroyed buildings where 70% of respondents mentioned the fact that that families had to share a room in their buildings with a variety of others, including polygamous families, extended family, neighbors, and even strangers. This over populated living situation in return might enhances the chances of levitating protection issues for women and children.

It was also the finding of this data that there is no separate rooms for female and male IDPs existent in this living arrangements. In addition, 81% women responded that the shelters are a bad protection against cold and wind as well as 50% mentioning unhygienic living situation.

Protection and WASH

More than 90% of IDPs live with other IDP families in an overcrowded buildings where there is the availability of some safe water however, not in sufficient quantities water being only availably on average for 5 hours per day.

As per the MSNA data 94% of the women fear that the garbage situation may become a health hazard to them and their families. In addition the fact that there is no existence of separate latrines for men and women, creates a protection, security as well as dignity issues for women. It was also flagged by 33% women that water sources are too far or taps being shared by too many families and due to this reduction in water consumption.

59% of women raised that they do not have enough toilets as well as 65% for bathing. The increased accumulation of garbage in public places raised the increase in rodents and flies that increased the disease rate specifically skin diseases for women in 57%, diarrhea 27%

Hence some of the priorities raised in this data when it comes to WASH are water storage containers and reservoirs, cash and voucher assistance, separate latrines, garbage collections, sewage network repairs, etc.