In recent years, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Sphere, and other humanitarian working groups established important guidelines for GBV in emergencies. Humanitarian practitioners have focused more attention on GBV in both emergency and development settings, and have made strides toward meeting survivors’ multidimensional needs, empowering women and children in particular, and decreasing their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse.

Reliable data is crucial to informing the humanitarian response to gender-based violence. Until recently, the humanitarian community has not had a tried-and-tested approach for the collection, management and sharing of GBV-related data generated through service delivery. This has hindered programming potential, inter-agency coordination and advocacy efforts.

Recognizing this the GBVIMS was created to promote and protect the safety, respect, dignity and consent of GBV survivors. 

For in depth information on the GBVIMS please visit our website at www.gbvims.org

or contact Diana J. Arango GBVIMS Inter-agency Project Coordinator at arango@unfpa.org or via Skype at GBVIMShelp.