Learn about a practical and user-friendly tool to measure the effectiveness of GBV risk mitigation activities in EiE programmes, supporting improved access to and retention of female learners and teachers in the education system. Discover the new Menu of Measures for the Education in Emergencies Sector! Learn More In the midst of major structural changes across the humanitarian system, we can still make GBV risk mitigation more predictable and sustainable — both within individual agencies and across interagency structures and processes. Check out this compilation of practical resources to learn more. Keeping GBV Risk Mitigation on the Agenda Learn More Featuring practitioner friendly guides on how-to integrate GBV risk mitigation into each element of the humanitarian program cycle!
 Click Here Visit our new Functions page
 Visual GBV Pocket Guide Learning by Design Package Click Here Click Here Download our Humanitarian Programming Cycle resources! Learn about measuring the effectiveness of GBV risk mitigation interventions. We have a number of  resources  and  tools  through a consultative process, including our podcast series where we reached out to humanitarian practitioners across the globe to understand lessons learned and good practices for GBV risk mitigation M&E. Learn more Click Here Join the GBV Risk Mitigation professional community Learn more about the first-ever inter-agency GBV risk mitigation professional community!

 Welcome to the website for the 2015 Inter-Agency Standing Committee Gender-based Violence (GBV) Guidelines. The GBV Guidelines are the key inter-agency resource for integrating GBV risk mitigation across humanitarian action.

The purpose of the GBV Guidelines, endorsed by the IASC in 2015, is to assist humanitarian actors and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of GBV across all sectors of humanitarian response. Download High-Res Version Download Low-Res Version

The overall goal of the Guidelines is to support humanitarian stakeholders in fulfilling their responsibility to protect all those affected by crises, by:

Reducing risk of GBV by implementing GBV prevention and mitigation strategies from pre-emergency to recovery stages of humanitarian action.

Promoting resilience by strengthening national and community-based systems that prevent and mitigate GBV, and by enabling survivors and those at risk of GBV to access specialized care and support.

Aiding recovery of communities and societies by supporting local and national capacity to create lasting solutions to the problem of GBV.

This site is always being updated, so please check back often for new additions, tools, and resources!

Copyright © 2026 • GBV Guidelines

menu