The Training Manual for Multisectoral and Interagency Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Populations Affected by Armed Conflict is a draft training manual, the result of five years’ experience conducting, testing, and revising workshops and seminars for planning interventions to address gender-based violence (GBV) in displaced settings around the world. Since 1999, the Technical Advisor of the Global GBV Technical Support Project1 has conducted training and planning workshops in the field with staff and volunteers from NGOs, UN agencies, host governments, and displaced communities. Field sites included countries in East, West, Southern, and Horn of Africa; Eastern Europe; and Central, South, and Southeast Asia. The training and planning include pre-workshop assignments, 1–5-day workshops, and post-training follow up to support development of well-coordinated multisectoral and interagency action for prevention as well as response to survivors and perpetrators.
This follow-up report on the second phase of the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Program describes the process of applying the survey findings to engage the refugee community to reduce the incidence of SGBV in the camps. Creating a Safe Place provides an overview of how IRC staff work with women refugee leaders to design specific intervention strategies, such as providing appropriate responses to survivors of sexual and gender violence, educating men, and strengthening leadership skills.
Building upon the ICRC study Women Facing War, this guidance document intends to translate the findings of the study into practical terms. Aimed at staff concerned with the planning and implementation of humanitarian programmes, this document is intended as a means of sharing ICRC's experience in this area with other organisations. It is an important tool which can be used to address women's needs on an operational level, illustrating best practices and lessons learned.
