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.
This evidence synthesis looks at the forms, drivers and consequences of VAWG in Zimbabwe, key intervention models for tackling VAWG in Zimbabwe and the strength of the evidence of effectiveness.
This formative research report is useful to understand prevalent gendered social norms in Zimbabwe, the particular experiences of the most at risk women and girls, and the nature of formative research to inform programme design on VAWG prevention. To inform the SAFE programme design, formative research looked at three questions:
This learning brief discusses a range of strategies and methods humanitarian actors can use to support and sustain GBV response and prevention programming in hostile contexts. It outlines what ‘hostile contexts’ refers to in this paper, and why it is important for GBV program managers and service providers to be able to identify and adapt to rapid or incremental increases in hostility in humanitarian environments, which are likely to adversely impact the implementation of GBV prevention and response programming.
Young and adolescent girls understand their needs best – whether they are survivors of violence, child, early & forced marriage or female genital mutilation/cutting; in or out of school; living with a disability; pregnant or young mothers; from a low-income background; from minority groups; refugees or migrants; experiencing puberty; living with HIV; and/or facing threats due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Las campañas de sensibilización son importantes porque contribuyen a aumentar la sensibilización sobre la violencia basada en el género (VBG) como una violación de los derechos humanos que afecta a la sociedad en su conjunto. Esta hoja de consejos detalla los diferentes tipos de campañas de concienciación sobre la VBG y lo que hay que tener en cuenta a la hora de planificarlas, ejecutarlas y supervisarlas.
Les campagnes de sensibilisation sont importantes car elles contribuent à renforcer la prise de conscience de la violence basée sur le genre (VBG) comme étant une violation des droits humains qui touche la société dans son ensemble. Cette fiche de conseils détaille les différents types de campagnes de sensibilisation et les éléments à prendre en compte lors de la planification, de la mise en œuvre et du suivi de ces campagnes.
Did you know the GBV AoR Helpdesk provides technical orientation and coaching support for GBV responders in emergencies?
I’m still recovering from a great week spent in Kigali for the Women Deliver Conference 2023. This event saw over 6,000 delegates come together under the theme; Spaces, Solidarity, Solutions. I felt privileged to navigate this space with fellow feminist colleagues and yes, hundreds of selfies were captured, and thousands of hugs exchanged. As I always say, the best part of these conferences is the connections made with my feminist community. There are many reflections from the conference, and I’ll attempt to share some of them here.
El objetivo de esta breve nota orientativa es proporcionar a las encargadas de responder a la Violencia Basada en el Género una guía práctica sobre la elaboración de estrategias de salida y planes de contingencia. Esto es para garantizar que estén preparadas en caso de que un programa de respuesta de emergencia a la Violencia Basada en el Género se vea obligado a cerrar de forma permanente y prematura con poca antelación.
الهدف من هذه المذكرة الإرشادية الموجزة هو تزويد المستجيبات الدوليات للعنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي بإرشادات عملية حول وضع استراتيجيات الخروج وخطط الطوارئ. وهذا للتأكد من استعدادهن في حالة اضطرار برامج الاستجابة لحالات طوارئ العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي إلى الإغلاق المبكر والدائم دون إشعار يُذكر.
