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The ‘What Works: Impact at Scale’ programme is a seven-year investment by the UK government on prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), focused on taking evidence-based pilot approaches to scale.

SDDirect provides technical leadership and support on an integrated approach to gender equality, social inclusion and safeguarding across all outcome and output areas of the programme, as part of the PLA

The FCDO Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) was launched in 2012 as a 12-year commitment to reach the most marginalised girls in the world.

SDDirect and our partners support smaller, local civil society organisations (CSOs) in developing countries who deliver international aid to strengthen their safeguarding policy and practice against sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment (SEAH).

This resource provides an overview of the Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation Programme in Zimbabwe. 

You can contact the GBV AoR Helpdesk by emailing enquiries@gbviehelpdesk.org.uk and the Helpdesk will respond to you within 24 hours during weekdays.

During COP26, Naomi Clugston, Technical Specialist at SDDirect spoke with Dr Nahid Rezwana, Associate Professor at Dhaka University; Rumana Khan, the GBV Cluster Coordinator for UNFPA; and Murshida Akhter, a Humanitarian Specialist for UNFPA.

This resource provides guidelines on safe and ethical data collection on disability inclusion in GBV programming, challenges and risks associated with data collection, and case studies of how well this has been done in programming. 

Gender-based violence is preventable and there is more evidence than ever before about what works.

This annotated bibliography includes key resources and guidance related to integrating GBV risk mitigation in programming and in foster care procedures for adolescent girls on the move in Europe, with specific focus on Italy.

 

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.

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

This report discusses the Building Equitable Partnerships initiative between Plan International UK and Social Development Direct and research findings from throughout the collaboration. 

This Advisory Note is designed to increase understanding of the ways in which AfDB may conduct due diligence with a view to addressing, mitigating and preventing SEAH in the projects it finances.

This learning brief provides an initial introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its links to Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

Did you know the GBV AoR Helpdesk provides technical orientation and coaching support for GBV responders in emergencies? 

This evidence digest from the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk focuses on the global landscape of organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs).

Infrastructure is vital for societal development and economic progress, but benefits are often not distributed equally.

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.

Civil Society Support Programme Phase 2 (CSSP2) (2018-2022) is a capacity development programme to support Ethiopia’s civ

This resource summarises the current situation in Uganda for LGBTQI+ representing people since the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (2023). It includes evidence of impact, response from humanitarian groups and workers so far, and more. 

This query presents the latest evidence on disability inclusion and rights in Timor-Leste, including in key sectors such as governance, climate change, health, and social protection.

This resource is a training for private sector development (PSD) advisors on how to implement disability inclusion in programming.

This report examines technology-facilitated gender-based violence, highlighting the impacts of online violence towards women and girls in their interaction with social and political spaces, as well as the impacts towards their physical and mental health.

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Navigating the threat of violence and discrimination is part of queer people’s everyday reality – it is there when and where you choose to reach after someone’s hand, in how you answer questions about your personal life, and in how you choose to express your identity in the world.

This query considers how disability inclusion is integrated into climate justice frameworks and environmental and climate risk assessment processes.

This evidence digests focuses on evidence on the situation for older people with disabilities around the world and learning and resources from development and humanitarian programming.

SDDirect provide technical assistance to the European Investment Bank (EIB) supporting them realise their aspirations on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment through sector operations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). 

This learning brief summarizes promising practices in applying a survivor-centered approach to judicial processes within a multi- sectoral service delivery model for GBV response.

This week is Youth in Evaluation week

These three resources include: 1) A brief overview of the importance of disability inclusion in social protection programming; 2) a guidance note on good practices around data collection and disaggregation for and within social protection programming and;

This tip sheet aims to support humanitarian actors with an overview of how to maintain a survivor centered approach when implementing a community-based resolution mechanism (CBRM).

This evidence digest provides a summary of the existing evidence for partnering with local women's organizations (LWOs) for GBV programming in humanitarian settings.