Gender-Based Violence Network :: GBV Programme Management E-Learning Course

NEW YORK Gender-based Violence (GBV) programming in the context of humanitarian crises is largely ad hoc, and poorly staffed and funded. It often fails to prevent new incidents of GBV from occurring, or to deliver adequate services for survivors. As a result, women and girls, and some men and boys, remain without adequate protection and care. A new e-learning course, produced by UNFPA and World Education, Inc, seeks to develop the capacity of those working to address GBV in humanitarian contexts.

Effectively addressing gender-based violence in emergencies requires developing a foundational understanding of GBV and of frameworks for addressing GBV that can inform sound programme design for GBV prevention and response. The new e-learning course provides this foundation for all actors who seek to develop their capacities to better manage GBV prevention and response programmes.

The course is guided by the expertise of actors working on GBV in emergencies from around the world. It synthesizes global best practices while promoting comprehensive and concrete frameworks for action. Its goal is to improve the knowledge of programme managers to better address the issue of gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies.

The course uses problems that practitioners currently face and case scenarios from real-life humanitarian contexts. Integrated throughout the modules are videos, learning activities and quizzes that both engage the learner, and support participants varying learning styles.

The course is designed in four modules:

· Module 1: Definitions of GBV and how it manifests in emergencies.

· Module 2: Framework that supports effective programme design for GBV in emergencies.

· Module 3: GBV Prevention Programming

· Module 4: GBV Survivor-Centred Response Programming

Integrated throughout the course are the cross-cutting issues of culture, human rights, children and youth and working with men.

Watch and listen to a brief introduction of the course at https://extranet.unfpa.org/Apps/GBVinEmergencies/intro/player.html.

To begin taking this free, self-paced course, visit the course launch page at https://extranet.unfpa.org/Apps/GBVinEmergencies/index.html.

All modules are available to download in MS Word (text) documents and as audio podcasts. User-driven data from a short survey offered at the end of the course will enable UNFPA and partners to refine the course, and to eventually develop a companion workbook and additional training tools that build on content delivered in this course.

For more information, please contact Erin Kenny, Gender-based Violence Specialist, Humanitarian Response Branch, UNFPA at ekenny@unfpa.org.

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