COVID-19 vaccine rollout – What do we know from past public health emergencies about gender-based violence risks and gender related barriers to vaccine access

29 Apr, 2021

As initiatives for large-scale global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine get underway, this report looks at what is known from past public health emergencies and vaccination campaigns to understand gender-related barriers that women and girls may face in accessing the vaccine, as well as risks of gender-based violence (GBV) related to vaccine distribution for women and girls at the community level and female health workers.

Exploring the links between flooding and violence against women and girls in the Eastern and Southern African region- GBV AoR Helpdesk 2024

02 Jul, 2024

This report examines how flooding, induced by climate change, disproportionately affects women and girls and increases their risk of experiencing GBV. The report has a particular focus on the Eastern and Southern Africa region. It identifies effective emergency preparedness and response strategies, particularly in the Eastern and Southern African region. It provides information that is useful to humanitarians, as well as development actors, working in flood-prone contexts.

REGA Review: Abridged Report - April 2023

23 May, 2024

Since the establishment of the Regional Emergency GBV Advisors (REGA) structure as an emergency mechanism in 2014, it has been challenging to ensure the systematic collection and analysis of evidence to assess its impact and relevance - beyond the number of deployments or the size and composition of the teams. A lack of qualitative evidence for the sustainability of the deployments measured in the extent to which their work has been capitalised on, replicated and sustainably absorbed by country offices, field GBV sub-clusters and UNFPA Regional Offices has also been noted. In addition, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) expertise gap in operations seems to have grown between 2014 and 2019, which was reflected by the commitment in the 2019 REGA Letter of Intent to expand the composition of the REGA teams by adding new areas of GBV expertise (Regional Coordination and Information Management) to provide wider support to country operations. Nonetheless, there has been little joint ana...

Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations - WRC 2006

17 Jul, 2019

It’s not About the Gender Binary, It’s About the Gender Hierarchy: A Reply to “Letting Go of the Gender Binary” - ICRC 2016

17 Jul, 2019

Tigray GBV Service Mapping : Facilitating Access to Minimum GBV Response Services

04 Apr, 2022

The purpose of this analysis is to access availability of existing GBV response services (health, psychosocial, legal and safety) in Tigray. Objectives; - Identify what care and support services are currently available for GBV survivors, who the service providers are and where the services are located  - Develop a directory of services and update the inter-agency referral pathways  - Understand the capacity and quality of services - Identify key gaps and capacity building needs of service providers  - Ensure effective and efficient multi-sectoral service delivery and coordination

Core Function 5 Contingency Planning, Excerpt GBV Coordination Handbook - GBV AoR 2019

16 Jul, 2019

GBV Secondary Data Review Template

03 Jun, 2024

Working with Men and Boys Survivors of SGBV in Forced Displacement - UNHCR 2012

17 Jul, 2019

Annotated Bibliography of Spanish language Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Resources - GBV AoR Helpdesk

25 Apr, 2022

This annotated bibliography provides information on global gender-based violence in emergencies (GBViE) technical resources that have been translated into Spanish. It also provides a review of regional and country-level GBV resources that were produced in Latin America and the Caribbean. This bibliography is intended to facilitate the access of Spanish-speaking GBV practitioners to guidance, knowledge, and tools in Spanish that will support them to implement GBV prevention and response programs. This bibliography is also meant to support engagement with Latin American national and local organizations and to promote learning and resource-sharing with local women’s organizations and groups about GBV resources in Spanish.