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Climate Change and Gender-Based Violence: What Are the Links? - GBV AoR Helpdesk 2021
30 Mar, 2021
This learning brief is part of a series of knowledge products produced by the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) Helpdesk. UNFPA colleagues have partnered in the development and finalization of the content. To supplement the desk review that informs this learning brief, the Helpdesk also undertook interviews with ten colleagues working in humanitarian settings around the world with expertise in climate change and/or addressing GBV in climate-affected settings.
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.
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.
Women-Led Organizations' (WLOs) Leadership in GBV Coordination Resource Package - 2023
29 May, 2023
Trócaire in partnership with the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR), and funded by USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), implemented a participatory action research project focusing on: 1. How to dismantle barriers to women-led organizations’ (WLOs) participation and leadership in GBV coordination 2. How to foster meaningful leadership of local WLOs in the GBV coordination structures/ mechanisms 3. Understanding what is needed for GBV coordination structures to better follow the leadership of WLOs 4. How to leverage spaces for WLOs’ voice and influence 5. How to measure local women’s leadership in GBV coordination Two WLOs, Active in Development Aid (ADA) in Somalia and Women for Change (WFC) in South Sudan, were supported to take on the role of cochair of their local GBV working group. This support included peer-to-peer exchange; mentorship; capacity strengthening; joint monthly coordination meetings; and financial support. The expe...
Gender-Based Violence Secondary Data Review: Ukraine - GBV AoR 2022
18 May, 2022
Multiple forms of GBV are being reported, with particularly high insecurity and risk for women and girls on the move, at border crossing points and transit/collective centres, and in bomb shelters. This includes reports of intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, sexual violence (including conflict-related sexual violence), and economic abuse. There is a high risk of trafficking for sexual exploitation at borders where registration is patchy, little control of documents, and young women are often not accompanied by other family member.
UNFPA Guidance: How to Design and Set Up Cash Assistance in GBV Case Management
28 Feb, 2023
Provisions on when and how to use cash assistance as a tool in GBV case management need to be carefully considered in order to mitigate any associated risks and avoid negative unintended consequences of cash assistance. As such, this UNFPA Guidance has the purpose of guiding and supporting GBV and cash practitioners in assessing, designing, implementing, and integrating cash assistance in GBV case management programming in a safe and efficient manner. The Guidance is the result of extensive feedback from cash recipients, their caseworkers, and implementing partners (IPs) in the field. For examples of UNFPA's integration of cash assistance into GBV case management services, see the following reports: From Risk to Choice: Cash within GBV Case Management in Jordan Integrating Cash Assistance into GBV Case Management: Lebanon case study Women and Girls Choose: Cash in GBV Case Management Saves Lives Cash within GBV Case Management for Women and Adolescent Girls in ...