The MIRA assessment in the south was a rapid assessment by its nature and this was made clear due to the urgency to provide evidence-base analysis to feed into the Abyan Response Plan. However, due to limitations in time, available resources for training and personnel to participate in the assessment, the continued security and mine risk in the area, the findings of the assessment are limited in terms of: geographic scope; depth of research by sector; and, the extent to which the sampling methodology and sample size is representative for the overall humanitarian situation in Abyan governorate.
Due to presence of mines and bobby traps in most areas in Zingibar and Khanfar district, the demining authority (Yemac) in the south did not authorise the assessment teams to visit Al-Dirjaj and Ubar Othman. Another factor that may limit or influence the findings includes the lack of adequate women participants in the assessment teams.
