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Inter-Agency Standing Committee Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap) & Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) Note on Collaboration: Approaches to Gender Equality
03 Nov, 2022
While gender equality intersects with various system-wide priorities and actors, as seen above, this guidance note focuses on the complementarities specifically between the IASC GenCap Senior Gender Advisers and the GBV Area of Responsibility (AoR) Regional Advisers and Field GBV Coordinators with a view to guide these actors towards collaborative approaches that will foster common accountability to gender equality and GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response at the operational level. The guidance note has been developed through collaboration between GenCap management, UNFPA Headquarters and the GBV AoR.
Literature Review of Family Based Accommodation, Hosting and Alternative Care Guidance and Procedures for Promising Practice of GBV Risk Mitigation in Private and Community Based Accommodation - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2022
25 Apr, 2022
This literature review is part of a series of knowledge products produced by the GBV AoR Helpdesk which aim to support the mitigation of GBV risks faced by women and girls’ refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. This review informs the development of a practical guidance resource for private hosts and a key recommendations brief . This paper focuses on identifying promising practice from shelter, hosting and alternative care guidance and procedures that mitigate gender-based violence (GBV) risks.
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.
Revictimised: The Humanitarian Consequences of Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Violence - ICRC 2019
10 Dec, 2019
Overview: This paper presents the initial findings from research carried out on the requirement, in certain countries, to report sexual violence cases to law enforcement authorities, and the humanitarian impacts of such obligations in the context of armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The research established that mandatory reporting laws, policies and practices in these contexts, often impact negatively on access to health care for victims/survivors of sexual violence and may expose them to secondary violence and harm. The paper presents recommendations to States that have mandatory reporting requirements in place, and to donors and health-care actors on how to mitigate the consequences of mandatory reporting on the health, safety and well-being of victims/survivors.