Happy Third Birthday to the GBV AoR Community of Practice

This week the GBV AoR Community of Practice celebrates it’s third birthday (2nd- 9th April!!! With over 896 members, this is the place for GBV professionals working in humanitarian situations to swap information, discuss key issues and celebrate success.

Here are some fun facts relating to the CoP....

The first message posted: April 2, 2018 by Beth Vann welcoming everyone to the Community of Practice

First non-moderator member: Micah Williams of International Medical Corps (and also a key support for the COP since IMC provides this service to the AOR, Thanks Micah!)

Latest member added: Abdulrahman Alfituri of UNFPA Libya (who joined on March 30, 2021 - Welcome Abdulrahman!)

Number of Members on April 2, 2018: 40

Number of Members on April 2, 2021: 897

Region with most members deployed: Africa (293)

Region with least members deployed: North America (10)

Region producing most members: Tie between Europe and Africa (24% each)

Region producing least members: Tie between Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean (3% each) (Invite a friend to join today by sending an email to gbvcop@gmail.com)

Day of Largest Enrollment: March 19, 2020 (62 members enrolled): Date of the first REGA COVID webinar.

Percentage Female to Male: Female 88% Male 12% **

Country with the most people deployed: Nigeria! ***

Africa: Nigeria: 43 South Sudan: 35 Uganda: 28

Asia: Bangladesh: 34 Myanmar: 22 Pakistan: 8

Europe: Italy: 9 Greece: 8 Ukraine: 7

Latin America/Caribbean: Colombia: 7 Venezuela: 5 Panama: 4

Middle East: Iraq: 26 Lebanon: 26 Jordan: 23

North America: USA: 8 Canada: 1

Pacific: Fiji: 9 Timor-Leste: 2 Papua New Guinea: 1 Vanuatu: 1

Largest representation from Headquarters: UNICEF:9 Care: 9 UNFPA:

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