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Learning Brief for Climate Actors: Integrating Attention to Gender- Based Violence in Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific

This learning brief introduces climate and disaster risk reduction (DRR) actors to the importance of addressing the connections between GBV and climate change to facilitate more effective and comprehensive climate action in the Asia-Pacific region. It begins with an overview of evidence of how climate change, manifested through both sudden onset disasters (e.g., cyclones, floods) and slow-onset events (e.g. drought) can lead to increased risks of GBV for women and girls, and how, in turn, this creates barriers to climate resilience.

Research Query: Humanitarian Financing for National/Local Women’s Organizations and Groups

Women around the world have lived experiences that are different from men, informed
by norms that perpetuate gender inequality. This gender inequality in turn underpins multiple forms of violence that
women and girls are exposed to across their lives. In humanitarian settings, certain types of violence against women
and girls, (VAWG, also referred to as gender-based violence, or GBV) can increase. Women’s rights organizations
(WROs) and women-led organizations (WLOs) with expertise in addressing GBV are often best placed to identify and

Fiche de Conseil : Conseils et ressources pour intégrer les Droits et Santé Sexuels et Reproductifs et la Violence Basée sur le Genre, avec un accent particulier sur le Niger

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This tipsheet helps health and GBV workers (including volunteers and frontline service providers) to understand the interactions between SRHR and GBV in humanitarian crises. The resource provides information on SRHR and GBV key issues in Niger and the West Africa region, tips on how to approach integration ethically and effectively, and an annotated bibliography of key resources in French and English.

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Complementary ways of working between GBV and Protection sectors to support GBV survivors

It is important that both GBV and Protection actors understand when collaboration is appropriate, what should be in place to enable it, and when to advocate for separate programming. This tipsheet provides guidance to actors from both sectors on effective ways of working together that promote evidence-based good practices for survivor support.

Briefing Note: Understanding Mpox and Its Links to Gender-Based Violence

This briefing note aims to provide gender-based violence (GBV) practitioners and policymakers with essential information about Mpox, a viral disease. During public health emergencies like Mpox outbreaks, women and children may face increased risk of exposure to disease, greater obstacles to receiving accurate health information and services, and greater likelihood of experiencing GBV.

Progress and Learning on Transforming Social Norms Around Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan

This resource provides an overview of work undertaken by the Gender-Based Violence Prevention South Sudan (GBVPSS) programme. Launched in 2024 and funded by FCDO, GBVPSS aims to prevent GBV and strengthen access to survivor-centred services for women and girls in South Sudan. To do this, the programme has used UNICEF’s evidence-based social norms change model, Communities Care: Transforming Lives and Preventing Violence.

Addressing child safeguarding in the private sector

This practical and user-friendly note supports private sector entities in addressing child safeguarding risks and impacts. The guidance aligns with established international standards, good practice in child safeguarding, and legal instruments, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), ILO Conventions on Child Labour, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Tip Sheet: Feminist and survivor-centered principles and supporting survivors who choose not to report GBV to police

This tipsheet focuses on how to support GBV survivors who do not want to report their experience to the police. It uses the GBV guiding principles to unpack the importance of respecting survivors’ decisions and explores why survivors may not want to report to the police. It explains the consequences of ignoring survivors’ wishes, and offers examples of how to support survivors and improve access to justice without reporting to the police.