The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Quality Assurance Tool offers health care providers, facilities, and program planners a straightforward way to start, strengthen or expand post-GBV health services through the use of evidence-based standards. Download the Tool, Facilitation Guide, Minimum Care Version, French Translations, and Presentations from the Launch Webinar here.Read More
Gender-based Violence
Responding to Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused
WHO has published new clinical guidelines aimed at helping health workers provide quality care to survivors. The guidelines emphasize the importance of promoting safety, offering choices and respecting the wishes and autonomy of children and adolescents. They cover recommendations for post-rape care and mental health.Read More
Continuing the Dialogue from SVRI: New Developments and Future Directions in GBV Work
The recent Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum (SVRI) in Brazil brought together over 450 gender-based-violence (GBV) stakeholders from around the world. To continue that dialogue and in commemoration of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against GBV, the IGWG's GBV Task Force hosted a panel on SVRI's impact and crucial steps forward for the field. Read the event's recap here. Read More
Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2017
This presentation, from Elizabeth Dartnall, was given at the December 5, 2017 Gender-Based Violence Task Force Event and focuses on the key highlights and ideas to come out of 2017's Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum. Read More
The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change Paper Series
The series, focusing on Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence against Women and Girls, was launched at the 2017 SVRI Forum and represents some important perspectives that were an underlying current throughout many sessions and satellite meetings.Read More
Faith-Based Organizations and Gender-Based Violence
On September 25, 2017 the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of USAID's Interagency Gender Working Group hosted an event focused on the role and impact of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV). Click to find out more.Read More
