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Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA): Your Role as a GBV Coordinator - UNFPA 2020
09 Sep, 2020
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) can support access to GBV and other sexual and reproductive health services, and contribute to the safety, dignity and resilience of women and girls in humanitarian contexts. It can offer discretion and flexibility compared to in-kind assistance, which can be particularly helpful for those who may be more at risk of GBV and loss of income due to their personal characteristics, such as older women, adolescent girls, persons with disabilities and LGBTIQ persons.
Collective Action to Prevent, Mitigate and Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies
The Government of Canada, as lead of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender- Based Violence in Emergencies with co sponsorship by Denmark, the European Union, the United Kingdom, CARE, International Rescue Committee, Women’s Refugee Commission and Coalition for Humanity South Sudan, in cooperation with UN OCHA invites you to join a virtual High Level Roundtable Side Event as part of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly On Friday, September 25, 2020, 10:00 am – 11:30 am EDT. Collective Action to Prevent, Mitigate and Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Public Launch of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies 2021-2025 Road Map
Webinar: Feminist Approaches to Mental Health Care for GBV Survivors
Join the GBV AoR Community of Practice and the GBViE Helpdesk for a preliminary overview of basic principles and approaches to feminist-informed mental health treatment for GBV survivors. This webinar is to support those working with GBV survivors in humanitarian settings. Many approaches that GBV specialists currently use when engaging with survivors reflect feminist methodologies, for example, the survivor-centered approach. Yet, there is a gap in guidance from humanitarian settings on what it means to apply an explicitly feminist approach to mental health and psychosocial support interventions, and why it matters in working with survivors of GBV. In this webinar, the host, Jeanne Ward from the GBViE Helpdesk will be briefly presenting key points from a GBV AoR Helpdesk review of Feminist Approaches to Specialized Mental Health Care for GBV Survivors, and then we will hear from three experts about their experience applying feminist princi...