Discussions during sessions will take into account the following cross-cutting themes:

• do no harm;
• psycho-social mental health and trauma;
• gender-based violence;
• food security;
• reproductive health (women’s health);
• gender and disability;
• rights-based approaches to humanitarian action;
• culturally sensitive humanitarian action;
• gender sensitive emergency response;
• cost-effectiveness;
• fundraising alternatives;
• need based approach;
• role of intergovernmental and non governmental organizations;
• role of CSOs;
• ad hoc responses;
• empowerment of women refugees and building long term resilience;
• women refugees as leaders of humanitarian action;
• displaced women’s daily lives;
• women’s role in conflict resolution and prevention;
• assessment of gender-specific needs in coordinating humanitarian action;
• preventing abuse of women refugees and IDPs;
• similar refugee situations;
• responsibilities of state authorities

• gender sensitive emergency response;
• empowerment of women refugees and long term resilience;
• preventing abuse of women refugees and IDPs;
• role of CSOs and responsibilities of state authorities;
• do no harm.