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
THEORY OF CHANGE FOR THE SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF SEAH (S2S) PROGRAMME
This document is an overview of the theory of change
S2S Key message 4
This document is a poster used to communicate the S2S services within communities.
S2S Key message 3
This document is a poster used to communicate the S2S services within communities.
S2S Key message 2
This document is a poster used to communicate the S2S services within communities.
S2S Key message 1
This document is a poster used to communicate the S2S services within communities.
Collaborating with the ODA community to support survivors of SEAH
This document is a learning product produced by the programme.
SDDirect at the SVRI Forum 2024 brochure
This is the Social Development Direct (SDDirect) event brochure for the SVRI Forum 2024. This interactive document, featuring clickable buttons, showcases SDDirect’s global programmes and highlights the key sessions and events where our colleagues and partners will be actively participating. At the Forum, we focus on our work in gender-based violence and safeguarding, addressing critical issues such as feminist approaches to humanitarian action and violence against LGBTQI+ populations.
مستند الإرشادات: ضمان الانتباه إلى العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي في العمل الاستباقي
تهدف هذه الورقة الإرشادية، التي تُحدِّث وتقدم ملخصًا لتقرير أطول عن العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي والعمل الاستباقي، إلى أن تكون بمثابة كتاب تمهيدي عن العمل الاستباقي للجهات الفاعلة في مجال العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي والجهات التي تدعم تدخلات التخفيف من مخاطر العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي. يظل الاستفسار البحثي عن العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي والعمل الاستباقي مرجعًا مهمًا للحصول على معلومات أكثر تفصيلاً ويتضمن دراسات حالة، انظر Jay, H. (2021).
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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Natasha is a Technical Specialist in SDDirect’s Gender-based Violence portfolio, where she provides technical and research expertise, including as a researcher on the Ending Violence…
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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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Erika provides technical advice and leadership to SDDirect’s work on gender-based violence (GBV). She has over twenty years of experience of working to prevent and respond to violence in a…
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Jo Feather is Associate Director and Principal Consultant in the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Portfolio. She has been working in gender and social development…
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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. She is a senior member of the GBV portfolio and Director of the GBV AoR Helpdesk: a research and advice service for…
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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 Technical Specialist in SDDirect’s Gender-based Violence portfolio. She is particularly interested in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) approaches in GBV focused…
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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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