Query 229 - Management of Gender-Based Violence Shelters
Evidence and lessons learned on the management of gender-based violence shelters, drawing on East Africa (regional) and global evidence.
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
Query 230 - Evidence on Global Rollback of Women's Rights
Helpdesk report on whether there is a rollback of women's rights globally, and the impact on women's safety and security.
Query 233 - Employment and Violence Against Women and Girls in Infrastructure
Evidence on the relationship between male and female employment status (in large-scale infrastructure projects) and violence against women and girls in the domestic and public sphere.
Query 231 - Safe Accommodation for Women Workers
Evidence on international best practice on designing and managing safe accommodation for housing women workers.
Query 245 - Africa Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Analysis
Evidence on the main forms and divers of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and gender inequality across the Africa region.
Query 252 - Women and Girls at Risk of Violence in the Health Sector
Evidence on which groups of women and girls are most at risk from violence in the health sector.
Query 253 - Reproductive Coercion
Evidence of coercion in family planning and maternal health settings.
Query 263 - Gender, Gender-Based Violence and Serious Organised Crime in Western Balkans
Evidence on the linkages between gender, violence against women and girls, and serious organised crime in Western Balkans.
Query 270 - Women's Political Participation and Violence Against Women and Girls in Sudan
Review of the evidence on Strategic Outcome 1 of the UK NAP on Women, Peace and Security in Sudan. Includes possible entry points for increasing women's political participation in Sudan.
Query 308 - Secondary Impacts of COVD-19 on VAWG in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evidence on the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls' rights, and VAWG.
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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Maria is part of the Gender-based Violence (GBV) team at SDDirect. She is a social inclusion and gender equality professional with strong feminist values, specialising in violence against women and…
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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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