Gender-Based Violence: Emerging Issues in Programs Serving Displaced Populations is a compendium of key lessons learned during five years working with GBV programs in 12 countries; It is designed to be read and used by staff and volunteers who work to protect displaced populations—from high level policymakers to field-based workers. I hope the issues, observations, and challenges identified here and the ideas presented will not only add to the collective knowledge on GBV but also motivate humanitarian aid organizations to strengthen their collaborative efforts to prevent and respond to GBV.
How To Guide – SGV Programme Monitoring & Evaluation is the sixth in a planned series of HOW TO GUIDES that document how Reproductive Health (RH) activities were implemented in the field. The Guide was prepared by Beth Vann, a UNHCR Consultant who provided technical assistance, from January to April 2000, to the development of a monitoring and evaluation system for Sexual and Gender Violence Programme in the refugee camps in Kigoma and Ngara, Tanzania. The field-based work was action-oriented and participatory involving all actors working in Sexual and Gender Violence prevention and response in Tanzania. This document describes the steps taken in developing the system and gives examples of the protocols and monitoring tools drafted for field-testing. Partners working in the field were trained in the use of the tools during the consultancy.
The Inter-agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings is the result of a collaborative and consultative process engaging over 100 members from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations that make up the Inter-agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises.
The updated information in this Field Manual is based on normative technical guidance of the World Health Organization. It also reflects the good practices documented in crisis settings around the world since the initial field-test version of the Field Manual was released in 1996, followed by the 1999 version, Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations: An Inter-agency Field Manual. This latest edition reflects the wide application of the Field Manual’s principles and technical content beyond refugee situations, extending its use into diverse crises, including conflict zones and natural disasters.
