The purpose of the Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action (GBV Guidelines) is to assist humanitarian actors and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate a set of core actions for mitigation of gender-based violence (GBV) across all sectors of humanitarian response.
The overall goal of the comprehensive Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action "GBV Guidelines" is to support humanitarian stakeholders in fulfilling their responsibility to protect all those affected by crises, by:
GBV risk mitigation comprises a range of activities within humanitarian response that aim to first identify GBV risks and then take specific actions to reduce those risks. GBV risk mitigation. Integrating GBV risk mitigation actions into the sector/cluster’s programs, across all elements of the program cycle, not only contribute to safer programming overall, but often result in better outcomes for other sectors as well. To learn more about GBV risk mitigation, download our handy one-pager by clicking on the button below. The key document supporting GBV risk mitigation in humanitarian contexts is the GBV Guidelines.
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What is Gender-based Violence Risk Mitigation?
This document defines gender-based violence and GBV risk mitigation.
Taking Action Against Gender-Based Violence Infographic (PDF)
This infographic provides visual imagery depicting the purpose and impact of the GBV Guidelines.
Taking Action Against Gender-Based Violence Infographic (JPG)
This infographic provides visual imagery depicting the purpose and impact of the GBV Guidelines.
Essential Actions Package
The Essential Actions Package consolidates the “essential actions and minimum commitments” tables from the GBV Guidelines and each sector-specific TAG into one document as a quick reference tool to utilize during the earliest stages of acute emergency response.
Key Questions Answered
This document answers key FAQs on topics such as the audience, goal, development and structure of the GBV Guidelines.
Ensuring Implementation Section
The Implementation Strategy supported the rollout of the revised GBV Guidelines in 2015. It outlines the actions to be taken by key actors to support sustained implementation of the GBV Guidelines.
GBV Guidelines Implementation Strategy Executive Summary
This is an executive summary of the Implementation Strategy directly featured above.
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