[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1134, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "exacerbated the ongoing humanitarian crisis, with an estimated **21.6 million people** (almost three-quarters of the population) in need of **humanitarian assistance** and protection in 2023."}, {"bbox": [97, 232, 1134, 445], "category": "Text", "text": "The outlook for the coming period is worrying. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and resulting shortage of grain supply has hit Yemen particularly hard, as the country imports 90% of its grain and is therefore extremely sensitive to price fluctuations. After years of continuous instability, the humanitarian response is suffering from the inability of short-term humanitarian interventions to continue supporting such a heavy caseload of people in need year after year. Food insecurity is a grave concern for Yemen and potentially a source of even further political instability — especially in the country's south where the Government of Yemen has struggled to meet the population's most basic security and food/nutrition needs. Helping local communities cope with the current crisis could also contribute to maintaining local stability and keeping the social fabric of Yemen intact."}, {"bbox": [97, 471, 1134, 630], "category": "Text", "text": "The acute food insecurity and malnutrition situation in Yemen deteriorated further in 2022, with **17.4 million people** (**IPC Phase 3** and above) in need of assistance.¹ An estimated **2.2 million children in Yemen are acutely malnourished**, including nearly 540,000 children under the age of five. The prevalence of acute malnutrition of **wasting is of 9.9%** which is just 0.1% below the 'high' threshold (10%) and stunting is far above the 'very high' threshold of the WHO 2019 categorization, but with distribution in age groups that predicts a likely increase in the coming years. Acute malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women is of 24.9%, with an increase of 2.8 folds.²"}, {"bbox": [97, 656, 1134, 710], "category": "Text", "text": "Protracted conflict, economic crisis, and climate change are responsible for setting back human development in Yemen by decades, displacing millions and reversing progress toward the SDGs."}, {"bbox": [97, 736, 1134, 817], "category": "Text", "text": "Yemen faces the sixth largest **internal displacement** crisis in the world, with some 4.5 million people internally displaced since 2015 (80% of women and children) of whom 3.1 million require humanitarian assistance.³ Most of them have been displaced for over a year and many of them more than once."}, {"bbox": [97, 842, 1134, 922], "category": "Text", "text": "The high risks of **natural hazards are** expected to increase in frequency and severity in 2023. In particular, severe floods and droughts have led to the destruction of shelters and infrastructure and have restricted access to markets and basic services. This will further deteriorate the vulnerability of displaced populations."}, {"bbox": [97, 948, 1134, 1054], "category": "Text", "text": "Between January and June 2022, Yemen experienced moderate to severe drought conditions, coupled with an unprecedented rise in temperatures, affecting all crops. Between July and September 2022, torrential rains triggered widespread flooding. **Climatic shocks** contribute to intensifying the food insecurity situation in the country."}, {"bbox": [97, 1080, 1134, 1184], "category": "Text", "text": "The **economic situation** is characterised by drastic inflation, fragmentation of economic institutions, a liquidity crisis, currency devaluation, non-payment of public salaries and soaring unemployment. The private sector has suffered severe losses, compounded by difficulties in accessing liquidity or credit and forcing massive lay-offs and closures."}, {"bbox": [97, 1212, 1134, 1426], "category": "Text", "text": "**Gender inequality** is a major obstacle to poverty reduction in Yemen. Female participation in the labour market is only 6%. Employment opportunities for women are curtailed primarily due to strict societal norms and related government regulations. Yemen consistently ranks among the worst countries to be born a woman⁴. Women and girls also face major risks of being exposed to Gender Based Violence (GBV), with this risk heightened for women and girls with disabilities, internally displaced people and other groups in vulnerable situations. Women and children represent up to 80 per cent of the total displaced population with approximately 26 % of displaced households now headed by women. Women in female-headed households have become the primary income providers and are more impoverished and subject to higher food insecurity.⁵"}, {"bbox": [86, 1525, 653, 1550], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹ Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, (IPC) Jan-Dec 2022"}, {"bbox": [86, 1549, 473, 1573], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² SMART Survey Aug-2021-Jan 2022, Unicef"}, {"bbox": [86, 1573, 170, 1595], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ UNHCR"}, {"bbox": [86, 1597, 878, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ The 10 countries where it's toughest to be born a girl | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)"}, {"bbox": [86, 1621, 542, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ UNDP Country Strategy Note 2021-2024 for Yemen."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 27"}]