Identifying & Mitigating Gender-based Violence Risks within the COVID-19 Response
Categories: Global Public Health
Sub-Categories: COVID-19, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Year: 2020
Citation: “Identifying & Mitigating Gender-Based Violence Risks within the COVID-19 Response.” GBV Guidelines Implementation Support Team , April 6, 2020.
Sub-Categories: COVID-19, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Year: 2020
Citation: “Identifying & Mitigating Gender-Based Violence Risks within the COVID-19 Response.” GBV Guidelines Implementation Support Team , April 6, 2020.
Executive Summary
This document presents an initial summary of potential GBV risk mitigation actions, based on established good practice, that are starting points to address GBV risks in this unprecedented situation. The GBV risk mitigation actions summarized below are presented in the spirit of collective and iterative problem-solving. This document is intended to support non-GBV specialist humanitarian actors to identify COVID-19, GBV-specific risks in their sectors, and take actions to mitigate those risks. This document does not claim to be an exhaustive set of guidance, nor should the content be treated as static. Instead, it contains an initial summary of potential options for adapting established good practice to this unprecedented situation. It will be treated as a working document that will be further refined as the situation and the response continues to evolve.