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Prevention of, and Response to, Gender-Based Violence in Settings Affected by Natural Disasters - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2019
09 Apr, 2024
This guidance note offers an introduction to how disasters are likely to increase as a result of climate change and the disproprotionate effect they have on women, particularly in terms of increasing their vulnerability to GBV. It highlights lessons from disasters in Asia and Pacific region on how to improve GBV preparedness, response and recovery.
Operational Guidance on Coordinated Assessment - IASC 2012
08 Jul, 2019
The Operational Guidance promotes a coordinated approach to assessments in order to address a number of recurring issues during emergencies. For example, there is not so much a lack of assessment information as a lack of capacity to validate and analyse the information necessary to determine priorities and guide planning of the humanitarian response. Likewise, certain populations or situations are over-assessed while others are never measured at all. Also, assessment data is all too often insufficiently shared or used, and data sets from different assessments are not comparable. Finally, there is insufficient time to aggregate data from multiple assessments, information needs are not sufficiently prioritized and data collection processes are cumbersome.
Responding to violence against women based on their diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions – an annotated bibliography of resources - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2021
13 May, 2021
Responding to violence against women based on their diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions – an annotated bibliography of resources All women and girls face oppression, discrimination and marginalization based on gender inequality, but not all women and girls experience oppression and inequality in a homogeneous way. Oppression may be compounded by their sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity. Despite there being a broad understanding that women and girls with diverse SOGIEs are at heightened risk of violence due to multiple and intersecting factors, there is limited evidence and documented practice of responses to this violence. This learning brief assembles resources regarding response that originate from a wide pool of actors including UN agencies, INGOs, World Bank and other Non-humanitarian sources.
The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Regional Analysis and Recommendations from Asia and the Pacific - GiHA & GBV AoR, May 2020
19 May, 2020
In March 2020, emerging gender impacts and trends were highlighted in an Advocacy Brief developed by GiHA resulting in key recommendations. Good practices from across the Asia Pacific Region have seen these recommendations being put into action and six weeks on, due to the scale and rapidly changing nature of the pandemic, it was seen as crucial to continue to document evidence of gender impacts across Asia Pacific and to update analysis and recommendations.
Localization Task Team: Asia Regional Workshop Final Report, Jan 2020
13 Jan, 2020
From August 27-28 2019, the Localization Task Team of the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) facilitated an Asia regional workshop focused on the engagement of local and women-led organizations in humanitarian GBV prevention, response, and coordination. Held in Bangkok, Thailand, the meeting brought together 30 participants from Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, as well as global and regional actors.