Please join us on Thursday, 13 October at 14:30 (EAT) to learn more about the Post Graduate Diploma course in GBViE that is being launched by the University of Nairobi. 

With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and CARE, on behalf of the Global Protection Cluster Task Team on Cash for Protection (TTC4P), are convening a workshop for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Gender-based Violence (GBV) stakeholders focusing on CVA for GBV outcomes within and outside of GBV case management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.

Since 2018, there has been an increased focus on the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) for protection outcomes, including the integration of CVA into GBV response. An array of guidance and tools on the topic are now available. In their 2022 Humanitarian Action Overview, UNFPA outlined that cash transfers would be an integral part of their GBV prevention and response approach. However, evidence from the use of CVA for GBV outcomes is scarce and opportunities to leverage CVA within a GBV case management framework are rarely seized.

Until recently, climate change action was not seen to be a part of humanitarian response but sat in the “development” sector. This is changing due to the frequency and severity of natural disasters, as well as the impact of climatic disasters and humanitarian conflict situations. The impact of climate change is also being seen to increase insecurity which is contributing to conflict.