Mali Humanitarian Emergency

A girl stands at her classroom's blackboard.
UN Photo/Marco Dormino

The conflict that broke out in northern Mali in 2012 crippled the country's already weak economic and social sectors. A peace agreement that was signed in 2015 provided some relief, but many Malians consider it too unsafe to return home from neighbouring countries or from internal displacement. Pervasive food insecurity, a lack of income-generating opportunities and difficulty accessing basic services are some of the other challenges facing the country and can be especially detrimental to the health and safety of women and girls. UNFPA and partners work to provide sexual and reproductive health services to those in need and support mechanisms to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

Country Population: 17.6 mil
Level of Crisis:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Humanitarian needs

Total people in need
2.50 million
Women of reproductive age
625,000
Young people
825,000
Pregnant women
100,000
Last updated on - 01 January 2017
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Humanitarian funding

Resources in $

Key results2016

  • Services delivered
    Total people reached with sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services in humanitarian settings
    1,260
    Number of mobile clinics
    3
    Number of facilities supported that provide emergency obstetric care
    65
    Number of safe spaces
    3
    Number of service delivery points supported that provide clinical management of rape
    17
  • Capacity building
    Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health
    240
    Health personnel trained on Reproductive Health Kits
    142
    Health personnel trained on gender-based violence case management
    44

Emergencies updates and resources

Disclaimer
  • Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
  • - Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
  • - Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
  • L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
  • L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
  • L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
  • Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.