In May 2024 UNFPA held a 2-day regional workshop Panama to enhance collaboration and skills related to the mitigation of GBV risks in CVA interventions in Latin America. The workshop brought together 24 GBV and CVA experts, including GBV specialists, GBV coordinators and CWG coordinators under the two regional coordination mechanisms (Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela and the IASC Cluster System) and belonging to the six countries that have an existing and active CWG (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, and Peru) as well as regional GBV coordinators and specialists.

The objective of the workshop was twofold:

1. Enable the exchange of key information and experiences related to GBV risk mitigation in CVA programming between countries, particularly as CVA use grows in the region.

2. Guide and support those responsible for coordinating CVA and GBV sub-clusters/ sub-sectors/working groups in relevant Latin American countries to understand GBV risk mitigation in CVA, to get familiar with available resources, and to establish practical commitments and actionable plans to strengthen field capacity and acceptance of the approach in the region.

This brief details learnings and key takeaways from the workshop. It is also available in Spanish.