Mali<\/a> has been marked by a complex political crisis that began in 2012 and has deteriorated over the years, leading to two coup d\u2019\u00e9tat between 2020 and 2021 and recurring conflicts between the different armed groups in the country. These conflicts have intensified since August 2022, when the withdrawal of French troops from the country ended a nine-year military operation. The current transitional government postponed indefinitely the presidential elections that had previously been set, after tough negotiations with the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), for February 2024. As a result, tensions in the country continue to rise, with the risk of demonstrations and violence in the streets. These tensions could further escalate following the joint announcement last Jan. 28 that Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger would withdraw from Ecowas. This decision could have serious consequences for Mali’s already compromised economic situation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Food insecurity<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n
Since August 2023, conflict has intensified in the north of the country, largely under the control of Islamist militant groups, with an unprecedented impact on civilians<\/strong>: entire settlements and towns in the area have been completely abandoned by people seeking protection from the violence.<\/p>\nThis constant insecurity makes access to agricultural land extremely difficult<\/strong> with serious repercussions on the food security of the population. The regions of S\u00e9gou and Mopti, known as the “granary of the country,” are the most affected by the lack of access due to the conflict. 25% of the population suffers from moderate to acute food insecurity, and nearly one million children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIn the Mopti region, INTERSOS distributes food and hygiene kits to the most vulnerable people and families, particularly women, girls, children and displaced people.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Women are increasingly exposed to violence<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n
In areas where Islamist groups have established a stronger presence, violence against women and children is rampant. There is an increase in cases of sexual exploitation<\/strong> and abuse <\/strong>and recruitment of women and children by armed groups<\/strong>. Also increasingly present are the practices of forced marriage, trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation, forced and unpaid labor, and other forms of abuse. For displaced women and girls in desert locations with poor coverage of basic social services, the risk of being abused is also even higher.<\/p>\nOur teams work on raising community awareness about the risks of gender-based violence. They identify cases of violence and refer women to local services.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Working with local NGOs<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n
In Mali we adopted an operational strategy based on localisation<\/strong>: we work with several local partners to promote a community-led humanitarian response, working on strengthening their operational, technical and organizational capacities. We have established partnerships with local NGOs Femme et D\u00e9veloppement (FeDe)<\/strong>, AMSS<\/strong> and Delta Survie<\/strong>. FeDe -Femmes et D\u00e9veloppement- was the first organization identified as a partner. It is an NGO created by women and run by women, that helps Malian women in their empowerment process. We work with them on capacity building in the areas of protection, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, and financial management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":102391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[686,748,680],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-security","category-mali-en","category-protection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dev Int\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Intersos.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Susanna Barnaba\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@intersos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@intersos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Susanna Barnaba\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Susanna Barnaba\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0\"},\"headline\":\"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\"},\"wordCount\":538,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Food security\",\"Mali\",\"Protection\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\",\"name\":\"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0\"},\"description\":\"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"INTERSOS | Organizzazione umanitaria Onlus\",\"description\":\"INTERSOS\",\"alternateName\":\"INTERSOS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0\",\"name\":\"Susanna Barnaba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/author\/susanna-barnaba\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS","description":"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS","og_description":"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity","og_url":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/","og_site_name":"Dev Int","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Intersos.org\/","article_published_time":"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Susanna Barnaba","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@intersos","twitter_site":"@intersos","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Susanna Barnaba","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/"},"author":{"name":"Susanna Barnaba","@id":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0"},"headline":"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population","datePublished":"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/"},"wordCount":538,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg","articleSection":["Food security","Mali","Protection"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/","url":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/","name":"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population | INTERSOS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-15T14:34:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0"},"description":"Mali has been marked for years by a complex political crisis that began in 2012. We assist civilians as tensions in the country continue to rise and people are increasingly exposed to violence and food insecurity","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240131-WA0071.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/mali-violence-insecurity-and-poverty-overwhelm-civilian-population\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mali: violence, insecurity and poverty overwhelm civilian population"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/","name":"INTERSOS | Organizzazione umanitaria Onlus","description":"INTERSOS","alternateName":"INTERSOS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/intersos.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4793f85afcf129b8d914ea859d91d7e0","name":"Susanna Barnaba","url":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/author\/susanna-barnaba\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102420,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102414\/revisions\/102420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}