Out in the cold

World Vision’s report, Out in the Cold, examines how displaced female-headed households from or within Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan will cope with the harsh climate conditions of winter and how a household head’s gender can significantly exacerbate the vulnerability of the household during winter. The study is a comparative analysis of three large displacement crises, and finds the rising costs of commodities and winter essentials puts displaced female-headed households at greater risk than other vulnerable groups because of the social stigma they face, and because help is often out of reach.