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The GBV AoR brings together non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, academics and others under the shared objective of ensuring life-saving, predictable, accountable and effective GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in emergencies, both natural disaster and conflict-related humanitarian contexts.

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IN THE AFTERMATH Gender Considerations in Assessments of Syrian Regions Affected by the 2023 Earthquake - UNFPA 2023

Mar 20, 2023 On 6 February 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and multiple severe aftershocks struck Syria and Turkey, affecting multiple governorates including Idlib, Aleppo, Lattakia, and Hama....

An overview of gender-based violence risks in the 2023 Syria earthquake response - UNFPA 2023

Mar 20, 2023 In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria on February 6, 2023, thousands of people have moved to collective shelters to seek temporary refuge. To date, accor...

GBV AoR Helpdesk Annual Report 2022

Feb 08, 2023 In 2022, as in 2021, in excess of 100 queries came through to the Helpdesk, maintaining the level of GBViE information and support delivered in 2021 to crisis-affected contexts aro...

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Key Documents

GBV AoR Strategy 2021-2025

The GBV AoR Strategy 2021-2025 sets out the strategic objectives until 2025.

Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to GBV in Emergencies - GBV AoR 2019

This resource presents 16 Minimum Standards for GBV prevention and response programming in emergencies. As a whole, the 16 Minimum Standards define wh...

Handbook for Coordinating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Emergencies

This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a GBV sub-cluster in a humanitarian em...

Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action

These Guidelines provide practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate...