In order to mark the 2020 IDG, 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, we reflect on progress made but also recognise the continued risks and challenges that adolescent girls face in both development and humanitarian contexts.
Laura Martineau-Searle, GBV AoR Helpdesk Manager, introduces a new GBV AoR Helpdesk report authored by Jeanne Ward, which explores what it means to apply feminist principles to specialized mental health care for GBV survivors, and how we might reinforce these principles in GBV-related mental health and psychosocial support programming in humanitarian settings.
Laura Martineau-Searle, GBV AoR Helpdesk Manager, introduces a new GBV AoR Helpdesk report authored by Emma Pearce, which provides information and practical guidance to support gender-based violence practitioners to integrate attention to disability into GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
