How Development Actors Can Support Safe and Effective Response to GBV When Emergencies Occur

This briefing note is targeted to development actors working on GBV who increasingly may be facing humanitarian emergencies. When working on GBV, many of the interventions to mitigate it and support survivors, families and communities are the same in development and conflict settings. Nevertheless, there are important actions that development actors can undertake, even from the preparedness stage of an emergency, to support more effective GBV prevention and response after the emergency strikes.