Strengthening Access to Justice for GBV Survivors
Guidance note to help support knowledge and understanding of how GBV survivors can access justice in humanitarian and emergency settings, and discuss programming strategies for GBV specialists.
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
Exploring the Links between Gender-Based Violence and Food Insecurity in Conflict-Affected Settings
Providing a brief overview of research, evidence and learning on the links between food insecurity and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS).
Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Faith-based Communities: An Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Resources
This annotated bibliography provides recommended resources on preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in faith-based commmunities. It identifies two approaches (public health and scriptual/theological) as important and effective ways of addressing GBV with faith leaders and communities.
Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls during COVID-19: Case study
Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, Trócaire Zimbabwe had rolled out two Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention programmes which use SASA! Faith to prevent VAWG and HIV. Trócaire Zimbabwe approached the Zimbabwe Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) to assist them in understanding how their two programmes adapted to increasing VAWG, COVID-19 prevention, and lack of in-person engagement, during the pandemic. This case study is the result of TAF's findings.
Evidence Synthesis: Secondary impacts of COVID-19 on gender-based violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe
This report reviews current evidence on Gender-Based Violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic, and around the world.
Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE) Zimbabwe Technical Assistance Facility
Analysis of practice-based data from the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe. Report analyses date from March to May 2020, during the Covid-19 Crisis in Zimbabwe.
Dr Erika McAslan Fraser
Erika provides technical advice and leadership to SDDirect’s work on gender-based violence (GBV).
Jo Feather
Jo Feather is Associate Director and Principal Consultant in the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Portfolio. She has been working in gender and social development for 20+ years specifically on violence against women and girls,&nb
Veronica Ahlenback
Veronica Ahlenback is a Technical Specialist in SDDirect’s Gender-based Violence portfolio.
Naomi Clugston
Naomi is a Senior Technical Specialist with experience conducting research, managing projects, engaging in policy, advocacy and influencing, and providing technical assistance.
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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