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Gender-Based Violence and Child Protection Field Cooperation Framework is Out!
06 Jan, 2022
Recognising the interconnected needs of child and adolescent survivors, it is evident that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection actors have overlapping responsibilities in regard to response, mitigation, prevention and preparedness. Actors must cooperate to generate better knowledge, develop skills and expand resources. Both GBV and Child Protection minimum standards reiterate the need for intersectoral cooperation. Increasingly complex emergencies require the collaboration between different disciplines to understand and address new and growing needs affecting girls and boys.1 Changes in the humanitarian landscape means that GBV and Child Protection response, mitigation and prevention will be led and implemented by diversified, local actors. Local actors need support to take on leadership roles in leading and coordinating response. Local women and youth organisations are instrumental for the practical response to the needs of child and adolescent survivors. The role of GBV ...
GBV AoR Helpdesk Learning Brief on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
20 Sep, 2021
The new GBV AoR Helpdesk learning series addresses the issue of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) affecting women and girls in humanitarian settings. The three-part resource looks at the different forms of online violence, suggests actions for GBV specialists and also policy recommendations for humanitarian organisations, donors and technology companies. The first report, Learning Brief 1: Understanding Technology- Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, builds on basic knowledge of TFGBV. It provides a definition and overview of the forms of TFGBV that are prevalent and how this abuse is manifested in emergency contexts. The second report, Learning Brief 2: Strategies and Actions for Preventing and Responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, gives an overview of promising strategies currently being used in different parts of the world to prevent and respond to TFGBV and highlights some key examples and resources. The third report, Lea...
Guidance to Gender-Based Violence Coordinators Addressing the Needs of Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in GBV Coordination - GBV AoR 2021
02 Nov, 2021
This guidance note is intended to guide gender-based violence (GBV) coordinators in their work on addressing sexual violence against men and boys in humanitarian coordination. The GBV AoR recognises the importance of ensuring that referral pathways, standard operating procedures and needs assessments include and address the needs of male survivors of sexual violence, and that all relevant humanitarian sectors are engaged in meeting these needs2 . To that end, this guidance note is designed to ensure that male survivors have safe access to support and services that they need, without comprising the safety or reducing access to services for women and girls.
Annotated Bibliography: Stigma and Gender-Based Violence - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2025
14 Aug, 2025
Stigma plays a powerful and often overlooked role in shaping the experiences of survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This annotated bibliography explores available evidence on how stigma impacts survivors and contributes to the persistence and normalization of GBV in emergency contexts. The first section presents research in terms of “levels”, or sites, where GBV-related stigma occurs, from GBV survivors’ own internalized stigma, to institutional stigma (particularly in relation to GBV service providers), to societal-level stigma that reflects and reinforces stigmatizing social norms. The bibliography then offers a section on frameworks and models for understanding and measuring stigma and concludes with a section on programmatic guidance on GBV-related stigma-reduction strategies.
Mainstream GBV in the collection, analysis and sharing of DTM data guidance - 2018
10 Jul, 2019
The Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR), the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR) and the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) have been working closely together to mainstream GBV in the collection, analysis and sharing of DTM data. The objective of this collaboration is to improve the effectiveness and speed of GBV risk mitigation and response in emergencies, by ensuring that decision makers have access to useful data in a timely manner. This initiative is aligned with the BPRM’s Safe from the Start initiative and the multi-stakeholder Call to Action initiative launched by the UK Government, which aim to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of GBV risk mitigation and response from the onset of emergencies.