This resource presents 16 Minimum Standards for prevention and response to GBV in emergencies. As a whole, the 16 Minimum Standards define what agencies working on specialised GBV programming need to achieve to prevent and respond to GBV and deliver multi-sectoral services.

These Guidelines provide practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence, throughout all stages of humanitarian response—from preparedness to recovery.

This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a GBV sub-cluster in a humanitarian emergency. It provides the foundations for coordination.