Flora is a Technical Analyst for the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) portfolio, with experience in research, technical assistance, policy analysis and multi-stakeholder engagement. Her work focuses on…
Gender-Based Violence
Our role on GBV prevention and response
Our global Gender-Based Violence (GBV) team provides strategic technical support to actors across the GBV ecosystem from donors to community-level women-led organisations. We are a multi-disciplinary team delivering programme design and implementation support, advocacy, research reports, MEL and helpdesk services.
Our team aspires to apply our feminist principles in all our work and to support sustained and transformative change. We partner with diverse stakeholders and we take an intersectional approach to our work on GBV prevention and response across development and humanitarian contexts.
Our work includes primary prevention programming, community-level response to GBV and SEAH, school-related GBV, GBV in Emergencies, Technology-Facilitated GBV, Violence against LGBTQI+ communities, and GBV in Climate and Economic programming.
Read more about our current work or search our extensive GBV Resource Library below.
Further Resources on GBV Prevention and Response
Evidence Brief: Can economic and social support mitigate intimate partner violence, challenge harmful gender attitudes, and improve household welfare in Syria?
This evidence brief presents findings from rigorous evaluations of two VAWG prevention pilots implemented through FCDO’s Building Local Resilience in Syria (BLRS) Programme.
Taking back the language of family: why rights-based movements must respond to anti-gender backlash using the family as the site of resistance
The publication of our report, Family, rights and resistance, bookends a strand of public work we have been doing at SDDirect to support the wider sector with practical thinking
Learning Brief: Feminist Leadership Capacity Strengthening Initiative for South Sudan WLOs (2024-2025)
This brief presents a synthesis of a feminist leadership capacity strengthening initiative provided to support Women‑Led Organisation (WLO) partners in South Sudan from December 2024 to June 2025, as part of The Gender-Based Violence Prevention South Sudan (GBVPSS) Programme.
Guidance on Remote GBV Services Focusing on Phone based Case Management and Hotlines During Pandemics & Epidemics Updated Edition 2026
This guidance was originally developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with support from multiple agencies, during which GBV case management rapidly transitioned to remote modalities to reduce social contact and limit transmission of infection.
Global CCS Supervision Support: Coaching Manual
This Global Caring for Child Survivors Supervisory Support Coaching Manual has been developed to strengthen supervisory practice by providing structured guidance, practical tools, and standardized approaches to coaching and support for supervisors of caseworkers managing cases of child survivors of sexual abuse.
Overcoming Resistance to Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
By Joanne Creighton, SDDirect’s GBV in Emergencies Lead
Resistance is a budget line: when funding shrinks in education, safety is the first thing to go
By Danielle Cornish-Spencer, Head of Technical Services
Flora Davies
Flora is a Technical Analyst for the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) portfolio, with experience in research, technical assistance, policy analysis and multi-stakeholder engagement.
Meet the GBV Team
As Co-Director of the Technical Team, Kate provides strategic and operational leadership across SDDirect’s gender equality and social inclusion portfolios, with particular oversight for Gender Based…
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Tina provides technical advice and leadership to SDDirect's work in the field of Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention. She helps to ensure that the work of in-house staff and consultants is…
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As Head of Delivery Systems, Erika leads work to continually improve how the Technical Team manage and deliver programmes, including the use of digital tools and AI, knowledge management, and quality…
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Amanda provides technical advice and leadership to SDDirect's work in the field of Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response as part of SDDirect’s GBV Portfolio team. She is the Country Co-…
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Clare joined SDDirect as a Principal Consultant in the Gender-Based Violence team, with a specialism in GBV in Emergencies. She has a wealth of experience in NGOs, consultancy, donor governments and…
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Gemma Ferguson is a Principal Consultant in the GBV team. She brings two decades of experience working at the intersection of media and social development, with a special focus on gender, social…
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Joanne leads SDDirect’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Emergencies work and is the company’s Humanitarian Lead. She is a senior member of the GBV portfolio and Director of the GBViE Technical Support…
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Lusungu provides technical advice and leadership to SDDirect's work in the field of Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention as part of SDDirect’s GBV Portfolio team. She is the Country Co-Lead for SDD…
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Naomi is a Senior Technical Specialist with experience conducting research, managing projects, engaging in policy, advocacy and influencing, and providing technical assistance. She works with a range…
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Veronica Ahlenback is a Principal Consultant in SDDirect’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) portfolio, with a decade of experience providing technical advice and leadership on the design, implementation…
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With a background in humanitarianism and social development, Hanna provides technical and research expertise to SDDirect’s Gender-Based Violence and Safeguarding portfolios. As the GBV AoR…
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