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The Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (nicknamed the GBV Coordination Handbook) has been produced by the global GBV AoR Working Group as a quick reference tool for all individuals and agencies involved in GBV programming and coordination in humanitarian/ emergency settings.  

 

Click the attachment link below to download the Handbook.

 

The handbook contains practical guidance on leadership roles, key responsibilities and specific actions to be taken when establishing and maintaining a GBV coordination mechanisms in a humanitarian setting.  The focus in primarily on work that should be done to scale-up coordination from the onset of an emergency (both conflict and natural disasters) but is also relevant to contingency planning and post-emergency stabilization phases.  

 

The goal of the handbook is to improve coordination capacity at the field level in order to facilitate accessible, prompt, confidential and appropriate services for survivors according to a basic set of principles and to put in place mechanisms to prevent GBV.  

 

The handbook can also be used as an advocacy tool to educate non-GBV programmers--including UN personnel, government officials, NGO staff and donors--about basic protection responsibilities related to GBV coordination, prevention and response.

22 September 2010

WHO and LSHTM release new manual on preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women

Today in London, United Kingdom, on the occasion of the 10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, WHO and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine release Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence. This important new tool for violence prevention researchers, practitioners and advocates provides a planning framework for developing policies and programmes for the prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence. This guide outlines the nature, magnitude, risks and consequences of intimate partner and sexual violence. It outlines strategies to prevent these forms of violence against women and describes how these can be tailored to the needs, capacities and resources of particular settings. It also emphasizes the importance of integrating scientific evaluation into all prevention activities in order to expand current knowledge of what works,

The manual describes interventions of known effectiveness, those supported by emerging evidence, and those that could potentially be effective, but have yet to be sufficiently evaluated for their impact. For instance, school-based programmes to prevent violence occurring in "dating relationships" have been shown to be effective in randomized trials in the USA and Canada. Evidence is emerging for the effectiveness of empowerment approaches which use microfinance combined with gender-equality training or are based on communications and relationship skills training such as the Stepping Stones training package, which has been widely used in low- and middle-income countries. Strategies that aim to prevent intimate partner and sexual violence through reducing the harmful use of alcohol also show promise. A six-step framework for planning, implementing and evaluating such prevention programmes and policies is presented.

This document is primarily aimed at policy-makers, programme planners and donors from public health and related sectors who seek to advance the prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence against women. In addition to the principal audience, other interested parties will include those working in other government sectors such as education, child welfare, social care, criminal justice and departments of women or gender equality; advocates from civil society organizations; local authorities; environmental and urban planners; and researchers.

Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence is available here

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241564007_eng.pdf (File size: 0.9 MB) .

 

To order hard copies of the manual, please contact Ms Claire Scheurer (scheurerc@who.int).

 

For further information, please contact Dr Alexander Butchart (butcharta@who.int), Dr Christopher Mikton (miktonc@who.int) or Dr Claudia Garcia Moreno (garciamorenoc@who.int).

 

RELATED LINKS

Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594365_eng.pdf

Preventing violence a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9241592079.pdf

Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/924154628X.pdf

WHO violence prevention

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/en/

 

New from AIDSTAR-One, the purpose of this technical brief is to assist HIV program planners and implementers in designing, planning, and implementing activities that integrate GBV and HIV prevention, treatment and care, and support programs.

http://www.aidstar-one.com//focus_areas/prevention/resources/technical_briefs/gender_based_violence_and_hiv

English and French versions available (click on files below)

The purpose of this workshop is to strengthen good quality GBV prevention and response, including coordination, in field sites. Specifically, the workshop will enable participants to facilitate development of multi-sectoral GBV prevention and response procedures and practices in their settings.    more »

Check out the Essential Tools and Resources section on this site. 

 

In addition to the tools and resources you will find there, the following links will take you to more essential guides, tools, and other technical resources for prevention and response to gender-based violence in humanitarian settings:

 

IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings

 

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons

 

GBV Coordination Handbook

 

VAW Compendium of Indicators

 

IASC Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action 

 

RHRC Facilitator's Guide: Training Manual for Multisectoral and Interagency Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence

 

Clinical Management of Rape Survivors (2005 version)

 

Population Reports: Ending Violence Against Women

 

WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women

 

WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies

 

Gender-based Violence: Emerging Issues in Program Serving Displaced Populations

 

Gender-based Violence Tools Manual for Assessment & Program Design, Monitoring & Evaluation

 

 

 

 

The GBV Guidelines Introduction and Implementation Planning Package is a set of materials to support introduction of the IASC GBV Guidelines in field sites and facilitate a planning process to develop action plans for implementing the interventions and actions described in the Guidelines.

 

Click on the attachments below for the package of materials, including:

 

> GBV Guidelines Introduction and Implementation Planning Guide  (PDF)

    Read this first.  This guide describes the entire process.

 

> GBV Guidelines Introduction IASC 2008 (MS PowerPoint file)

    This is the PPT used in the meetings/workshops described in the Guide (above)

 

> GBV Training Manual 2004 (PDF)and Caring for Survivors Training Manual (PDF) These two GBV training guides can be used/adapted as needed for the planning meetings and workshops described in the Guide above.  

 

> Readme (text file) – If you are downloading for distribution to others, include this text file that explains how these documents can be used together

 

PLEASE NOTE:  It is intended that these materials are distributed together in a Zip file or on CD-ROM. 

The compendium was developed by MEASURE Evaluation for managers, organizations, and policy makers working in the field of VAW/G program implementation and evaluation in developing countries, as well as for people who provide technical assistance to these individuals and organizations. Indicators were developed to measure the following areas within VAW/G:

1. Magnitude and characteristics of different forms of VAW/G (skewed sex rations, intimate partner violence, violence from someone other than an intimate partner, female genital cutting/mutilation and child marriage)
2. Programs addressing VAW/G by sector (health, education, justice/security, social welfare)
3. Under-documented forms of VAW/G and emerging areas (humanitarian emergencies, trafficking in persons, femicide), and preventing VAW/G (youth, community mobilization, working with men and boys).

The indicators have been designed to address information needs that can be assessed with quantitative methods to measure program performance and achievement at the community, regional and national levels. While many of the indicators have been used in the field, they have not necessarily been tested in multiple settings.  Published October 2008. 

http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/tools/gender/violence-against-women-and-girls-compendium-of-indicators

Born of War: Protecting Children of Sexual Violence Survivors in Conflict Zones, edited by Charli Carpenter, published in June 2007. 

Summary:  Despite the international humanitarian community’s interest in sexual violence as a problem in conflict situations and the protection of war-affected children, there has been no recent research that assesses the needs and interests of children born of war in different contexts. Further, there is no significant body of knowledge by which to establish best practices with respect to advocating for and securing their human rights. This book attempts to fill that gap by drawing together the perspectives of 25 scholars from 14 disciplines to provide a multi-faceted view of the human rights of children born of wartime rape and sexual slavery in conflict zones worldwide. By detailing the impacts of armed conflict on these children’s survival, protection and membership rights, as well as through moving case studies, the book illustrates the tragic fact that these children are particularly vulnerable in conflict zones and pose a very pressing human security concern.