From risk to choice: Cash within GBV case management in Jordan

10 Oct, 2022

REPORT: In 2021, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Jordan piloted the integration of cash assistance within Gender Based Violence (GBV) programming. The pilot targeted GBV survivors and women at risk of GBV – including Jordanians, Syrian refugees and refugees of other nationalities – within the framework of GBV case management. Two modalities were used: one-off Emergency Cash Assistance (ECA) and Recurrent Cash Assistance (RCA) for three to six months. The pilot was conducted from February to December 2021 and reached 215 beneficiaries. This study examined and compared the experiences of women in six governorates receiving case management (control group/standard of care) with women who received a combination of both case management and cash assistance. Women receiving cash assistance in addition to case management either received one-time emergency cash assistance [of US$100-150] or recurrent cash assistance for three to six months [with transfer amount determined by hou...

من المخاطر إلى الاختيار: المساعدة النقدية في إدارة حالات العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي في الأردن

10 Oct, 2022

في عام 2021، جرَّب صندوق الأمم المتحدة للسكان في الأردن دمج المساعدة النقدية ضمن برامج مكافحة العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي. واستهدف البرنامج التجريبي الناجيات من العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي والنساء المعرَّضات لخطر هذا العنف - بما في ذلك الأردنيات واللاجئات السوريات واللاجئات من جنسيات أخرى - ضمن إطار إدارة حالة العنف المبني على النوع الاجتماعي. وتم ّ استخدام طريقتين: المساعدة النقدية الطارئة لمرة واحدة والمساعدة النقدية المتكرّرة لفترة من ثلاثة إلى ستة أشهر. وأ ُجري البرنامج التجريبي من شباط/فبراير إلى كانون الأوَّل/ديسمبر 2021 ووصل إلى 215 مستفيدة. تناولتهذهالدراسةفحصومقارنةتجاربالنساءفيستمحافظاتمّمنيتلقّينإدارةالحالة(مجموعة التحكم/معيار العناية) وقارنتها بالنساء اللاتي تلقّين مزيجاًمن إدارة الحالة والمساعدة النقدية. وكانت النساءمّمنيتلقَّينالمساعدةالنقديةبالإضافةإلىإدارةالحالة،يتلقَّينإمّامساعدةنقديةطارئةلمرة واحدة [150-100 دولاراًأمريكياً] وإمّا مساعدة نقدية متكرّرة لفترة من ثلاثة إلى ستة أشهر [ويُحدَّد مبلغ التحويل حسب حجم الأسرة واحتياجاتها وعدد ال...

IASC Guidance, Addressing Suicide in Humanitarian Settings

16 Jan, 2023

This guidance note aims to support programme implementers, coordinators, and other humanitarian actors in addressing suicide and self-harm in humanitarian settings. It brings together a wide range of approaches, tools, reference materials, and case examples. It is a practical and concise resource that is applicable across all types of emergencies, organizations, and sectors.

Risks of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence to Publicly Visible Women - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2023

23 Jan, 2023

This learning brief focuses on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) affecting publicly visible women in humanitarian and emergency contexts. The learning brief begins with an overview of TFGBV prevalence, then focuses on risk groups of publicly visible women and how TFGBV impacts them, including women parliamentarians and politicians, journalists, women human rights defenders and activists. It moves on to provide examples of good practice in working with these different groups of publicly visible women to prevent and respond to their particular risks of TFGBV. The learning brief concludes with recommendations to highlight key issues for consideration by GBV actors working with publicly visible women as part of wider GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian settings.

Directives COVID-19 sur les services à distance de lutte contre la violence basée sur le genre concentrées sur la gestion des cas par téléphone et sur les lignes d’assistance téléphonique - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2022

11 Jan, 2023

Cette ressource présente des options pour une meilleure adaptation de la gestion des cas de VBG dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19, afin que les survivantes puissent continuer à accéder et à recevoir des services sûrs et confidentiels. Elle se concentre spécifiquement sur la gestion des cas par téléphone.

GPC and AoRs Statement on the Importance of Women Humanitarian Workers for Protection in Afghanistan

05 Jan, 2023

The Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and its four specialised Areas of Responsibility (AoRs) join the international community in calling on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to revoke the recent ban on women working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) immediately and without exceptions. The discriminatory ban violates women’s rights and creates serious protection risks for millions of people in vulnerable situations who depend on their work for their survival.

Conflict and Sexual Violence against Men: Perspectives from South Sudanese men living in resettlement communities in Uganda

03 Aug, 2022