With support from Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Women’s Refugee Commission, CARE, Fundacion Quimera and The Latin American Platform of Sex Workers (PLAPERTS) partnered to advance the Call to Action Roadmap in Ecuador by strengthening the capacity of GBV and CVA service providers to leverage CVA within case management services in the prevention of and response to GBV for crisis-affected populations. This project leveraged two key resources in the integration of CVA and GBV in El Oro province: The Toolkit for Optimizing Cash-based Interventions for Protection from Gender-based Violence: Mainstreaming GBV Considerations in CBIs and Utilizing Cash in GBV Response and the Cash & Voucher Assistance and Gender-Based Violence Compendium: Practical Guidance for Humanitarian Practitioners. One hundred GBV clients (including survivors and individuals at risk) were supported with cash transfers within GBV case management based on rolling case disclosure. Partners conducted monitoring of CVA referrals to ensure that CVA fulfilled its intention within GBV case action plans and did not expose clients to further harm. The webinar will share processes undertaken (including enhancing referral pathways, building staff capacities and establishing safe delivery mechanisms), successful outcomes for GBV clients and lessons learned to inform scaling in Ecuador and Latin America.

Time: 8:00 EST/ 14:00 CET/ 16:00 EAT