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The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

Oxfam (2021) CC

24 Nov. 2021 Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world to which too many governments and donors are not doing enough to tackle. The report, The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19, showed the number of calls made by survivors to domestic violence hotlines in ten countries during the first months of lockdown. The data reveals a 25 – 111 percentage surge; in Argentina (25%), Colombia (79%), Tunisia (43%), China (50%), Somalia (50%), South Africa (69%), UK (25%), Cyprus (39%), Italy (73%) and the largest increase in Malaysia where calls surged by over 111%

Tags: Sexual Violence, COVID-19, gender-based violence (GBV),

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Resource package for strengthening countries’ health systems response to violence against women

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

o support and guide countries and partners to strengthen a health systems response to address violence against women, WHO has produced several tools, including: • clinical and policy guidelines; • implementation handbooks and manuals; • training curriculum; • evidence-based policy, prevention and intervention strategy packages. The resource package consolidates these documents to support countries to develop or update their national or subnational guidelines, protocols, standard operating procedures, health provider training materials, and multisectoral action plans to prevent and respond to violence against women. The resource package is also intended to be used for training and sensitization of policy-makers, advocates, health care providers and managers of services and programmes to address violence against women

Tags: health system, violence against women, advocacy brief,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/

Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health-care providers, revised edition 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

WHO is launching a “Revised edition, 2021” for the Caring for women subjected to violence: A WHO training curriculum for health-care providers today. The revised edition includes 4 new modules three of which are for health managers to assess and strengthen health facility readiness and one module, which is for managers and providers to support prevention of violence against women. The earlier content published in 2019 remains unchanged. The 2021 edition is aimed at creating an enabling health systems environment for health workers to provide quality care to women subjected to violence

Tags: violence against women, Training curriculum, healthcare providers, global,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/

The Handbook on Gender-Responsive Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

UN Women UNODC (2021) CC

A new global Police Handbook aims to address some of the most difficult challenges that survivors of violence face when accessing police and justice sector services around the world.

Tags: violence, gender-based violence, police, Justice inclusive, women, girls, Human rights,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Влияние пандемии COVID-19 на планирование семьи и борьбу с гендерным насилием, калечащими операциями на женских половых органах и детскими браками

UNFPA, with contributions from Avenir Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Victoria University (Australia) UNFPA (2020) C1

Фонд ООН в области народонаселения (ЮНФПА) стремится достичь трех изменяющих мир результатов к 2030 году - кра��нему сроку достижения Целей в Области Устойчивого Развития. Эти цели таковы: положить конец неудовлетворенной потребности в планировании семьи, искоренить гендерное насилие, включая такие вредные практики, как калечащие операции на женских половых органах и детские браки, а также устранить все случаи предотвратимой материнской смертности. Этот анализ показывает, как пандемия COVID-19 может серьезно подорвать прогресс в достижении этих целей. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage also available in: english, arabic, spanis

Tags: Влияние пандемии, COVID-19, гендерное насилие,

Source: https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/file

Защита от сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных надругательств в период реагирования на коронавирусную инфекцию COVID-19

WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, et al. IASC (2020) C1

Пандемия COVID-19 вызвала кризис системы здравоохранения и социальноэкономический кризис глобального масштаб��. В связи с ограничениями на поездки и передвижение гражданское общество и гуманитарные организации играют важнейшую роль в оказании поддержки правительствам при проведении ими ответных мероприятий. Все люди должны быть защищены от сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных надругательств при получении гуманитарной помощи, включающей медицинское обслуживание и лечение, а также от жестокого обращения и эксплуатации. Если сексуальная эксплуатация или сексуальные надругательства имеют место, люди должны иметь доступ к безопасным и конфиденциальным услугам и каналам информирования. Guidance on COVID-19 - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abus

Tags: Сексуальное насилие, сексуальная эксплуатация и надругательство, COVID-19, рекомендации, Защита,

Source: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org

Violence and injuries in Europe: burden, prevention and priorities for action

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO

The WHO Global Health Estimates show that nearly half a million deaths (493 471) occurred in the WHO European Region due to violence and injuries in 2016. This represents a decline of 29% from 2000. Injuries account for 5.3% of all deaths and 9.6 of all years of life lost. They are a leading cause of death in people aged 15–29 years and the second leading cause of death for young people aged 5–14. The three leading causes of injury deaths are self-directed violence (141 089), falls (83 325) and road-traffic injuries (78 198). Inequalities in injury deaths exist in the Region, with mortality rates 2.4 times higher in males than in females and 1.5 times higher in middle-income compared to high-income countries

Tags: violence, Report, sexual abuse, Sexual Violence, violence against children,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Protection Cluster (2019) C2

This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a GBV sub-cluster in a humanitarian emergency. It provides the foundations for coordination. More in-depth information can be pursued through resources referenced in this handbook. The GBV AoR website (gbvaor.net) maintains a repository of tools, training materials and resources that complement this handbook. As a second edition, this handbook provides updates to practitioners on humanitarian reforms, lessons learned, promising practices and resources that have emerged since its first publication in 2010

Tags: emergencies, gender-based violence (GBV), guideline, handbook, humanitarian crisis, manual, Sexual Violence,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

SGBV response, risk mitigation and prevention in humanitarian crises: A synthesis of findings from evaluations of UNHCR operations 2019

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2019) C1

The synthesis looked across the evaluations and reviews as mentioned above to draw lessons and conclusions across the different contexts. The synthesis aims to identify: recurrent issues, patterns and trends, and promising initiatives and lessons learned from existing programming including mainstreaming in how UNHCR prevents, mitigates and responds to the risks of SGBV; institutional management and leadership for SGBV in UNHCR; factors which are contributing to success, including sustainability of services, and those which are inhibiting it; the extent to which questions on SGBV are part of UNHCR evaluations of emergency responses

Tags: Lessons learned, best practice, evalution, Report, Sexual Violence, gender-based violence (GBV), GBV, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), humanitarian crisis,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence - Standard Operating Procedures for First Contact Point Health Care Providers - Sri Lanka

Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine (2019) CC

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency working to further gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka. We are pleased to be a part of the joint effort with the Ministry of Health to develop the first ‘Standard Operating Procedures on sexual and gender-based violence for first-contact-point healthcare providers’. These operating procedures were developed alongside the ‘National guidelines on sexual and gender-based violence’, which aims to strengthen Sri Lanka’s health systems response to survivors of violence. We are grateful to the British High Commission in Colombo for their support in developing these guidelines and procedures as they mark an important milestone in creating a safer Sri Lanka for all women and girls. UNFPA is proud to be a part of this journey, and we stand ready to provide continued assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka and all key stakeholders to ensure women and girls receive essential services that support their safety, well-being and access to justice and to create a violence-free Sri Lanka

Tags: gender-based violence (GBV), Health Care, healthcare provider, standard operating procedures, women, girls, Health Workers,

Source: https://srilanka.unfpa.org/sites/default

	The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 Oxfam (2021) CC View PDF(29) Download (32) Add to my MEDBOX 24 Nov. 2021 Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world to which too many governments and donors are not doing enough to tackle. The report, The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19, showed the number of calls made by survivors to domestic violence hotlines in ten countries during the first months of lockdown. The data reveals a 25 – 111 percentage surge; in Argentina (25%), Colombia (79%), Tunisia (43%), China (50%), Somalia (50%), South Africa (69%), UK (25%), Cyprus (39%), Italy (73%) and the largest increase in Malaysia where calls surged by over 111% Tags: Sexual Violence, COVID-19, gender-based violence (GBV), Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Resource package for strengthening countries’ health systems response to violence against women World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(28) Download (32) Add to my MEDBOX o support and guide countries and partners to strengthen a health systems response to address violence against women, WHO has produced several tools, including: • clinical and policy guidelines; • implementation handbooks and manuals; • training curriculum; • evidence-based policy, prevention and intervention strategy packages. The resource package consolidates these documents to support countries to develop or update their national or subnational guidelines, protocols, standard operating procedures, health provider training materials, and multisectoral action plans to prevent and respond to violence against women. The resource package is also intended to be used for training and sensitization of policy-makers, advocates, health care providers and managers of services and programmes to address violence against women Tags: health system, violence against women, advocacy brief, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/
	Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health-care providers, revised edition 2021 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(29) Download (41) Add to my MEDBOX WHO is launching a “Revised edition, 2021” for the Caring for women subjected to violence: A WHO training curriculum for health-care providers today. The revised edition includes 4 new modules three of which are for health managers to assess and strengthen health facility readiness and one module, which is for managers and providers to support prevention of violence against women. The earlier content published in 2019 remains unchanged. The 2021 edition is aimed at creating an enabling health systems environment for health workers to provide quality care to women subjected to violence Tags: violence against women, Training curriculum, healthcare providers, global, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/
	The Handbook on Gender-Responsive Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence UN Women UNODC (2021) CC View PDF(54) Download (71) Add to my MEDBOX A new global Police Handbook aims to address some of the most difficult challenges that survivors of violence face when accessing police and justice sector services around the world. Tags: violence, gender-based violence, police, Justice inclusive, women, girls, Human rights, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Влияние пандемии COVID-19 на планирование семьи и борьбу с гендерным насилием, калечащими операциями на женских половых органах и детскими браками UNFPA, with contributions from Avenir Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Victoria University (Australia) UNFPA (2020) C1 View PDF(58) Download (62) Add to my MEDBOX Фонд ООН в области народонаселения (ЮНФПА) стремится достичь трех изменяющих мир результатов к 2030 году - кра��нему сроку достижения Целей в Области Устойчивого Развития. Эти цели таковы: положить конец неудовлетворенной потребности в планировании семьи, искоренить гендерное насилие, включая такие вредные практики, как калечащие операции на женских половых органах и детские браки, а также устранить все случаи предотвратимой материнской смертности. Этот анализ показывает, как пандемия COVID-19 может серьезно подорвать прогресс в достижении этих целей. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage also available in: english, arabic, spanis Tags: Влияние пандемии, COVID-19, гендерное насилие, Source: https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/file
	Защита от сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных надругательств в период реагирования на коронавирусную инфекцию COVID-19 WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, et al. IASC (2020) C1 View PDF(47) Download (50) Add to my MEDBOX Пандемия COVID-19 вызвала кризис системы здравоохранения и социальноэкономический кризис глобального масштаб��. В связи с ограничениями на поездки и передвижение гражданское общество и гуманитарные организации играют важнейшую роль в оказании поддержки правительствам при проведении ими ответных мероприятий. Все люди должны быть защищены от сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных надругательств при получении гуманитарной помощи, включающей медицинское обслуживание и лечение, а также от жестокого обращения и эксплуатации. Если сексуальная эксплуатация или сексуальные надругательства имеют место, люди должны иметь доступ к безопасным и конфиденциальным услугам и каналам информирования. Guidance on COVID-19 - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abus Tags: Сексуальное насилие, сексуальная эксплуатация и надругательство, COVID-19, рекомендации, Защита, Source: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org
	Violence and injuries in Europe: burden, prevention and priorities for action World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO View PDF(61) Download (68) Add to my MEDBOX The WHO Global Health Estimates show that nearly half a million deaths (493 471) occurred in the WHO European Region due to violence and injuries in 2016. This represents a decline of 29% from 2000. Injuries account for 5.3% of all deaths and 9.6 of all years of life lost. They are a leading cause of death in people aged 15–29 years and the second leading cause of death for young people aged 5–14. The three leading causes of injury deaths are self-directed violence (141 089), falls (83 325) and road-traffic injuries (78 198). Inequalities in injury deaths exist in the Region, with mortality rates 2.4 times higher in males than in females and 1.5 times higher in middle-income compared to high-income countries Tags: violence, Report, sexual abuse, Sexual Violence, violence against children, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies 2019 Protection Cluster (2019) C2 View PDF(228) Download (174) Add to my MEDBOX This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a GBV sub-cluster in a humanitarian emergency. It provides the foundations for coordination. More in-depth information can be pursued through resources referenced in this handbook. The GBV AoR website (gbvaor.net) maintains a repository of tools, training materials and resources that complement this handbook. As a second edition, this handbook provides updates to practitioners on humanitarian reforms, lessons learned, promising practices and resources that have emerged since its first publication in 2010 Tags: emergencies, gender-based violence (GBV), guideline, handbook, humanitarian crisis, manual, Sexual Violence, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	SGBV response, risk mitigation and prevention in humanitarian crises: A synthesis of findings from evaluations of UNHCR operations 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2019) C1 View PDF(150) Download (101) Add to my MEDBOX The synthesis looked across the evaluations and reviews as mentioned above to draw lessons and conclusions across the different contexts. The synthesis aims to identify: recurrent issues, patterns and trends, and promising initiatives and lessons learned from existing programming including mainstreaming in how UNHCR prevents, mitigates and responds to the risks of SGBV; institutional management and leadership for SGBV in UNHCR; factors which are contributing to success, including sustainability of services, and those which are inhibiting it; the extent to which questions on SGBV are part of UNHCR evaluations of emergency responses Tags: Lessons learned, best practice, evalution, Report, Sexual Violence, gender-based violence (GBV), GBV, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), humanitarian crisis, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence - Standard Operating Procedures for First Contact Point Health Care Providers - Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine (2019) CC View PDF(27) Download (36) Add to my MEDBOX The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency working to further gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka. We are pleased to be a part of the joint effort with the Ministry of Health to develop the first ‘Standard Operating Procedures on sexual and gender-based violence for first-contact-point healthcare providers’. These operating procedures were developed alongside the ‘National guidelines on sexual and gender-based violence’, which aims to strengthen Sri Lanka’s health systems response to survivors of violence. We are grateful to the British High Commission in Colombo for their support in developing these guidelines and procedures as they mark an important milestone in creating a safer Sri Lanka for all women and girls. UNFPA is proud to be a part of this journey, and we stand ready to provide continued assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka and all key stakeholders to ensure women and girls receive essential services that support their safety, well-being and access to justice and to create a violence-free Sri Lanka Tags: gender-based violence (GBV), Health Care, healthcare provider, standard operating procedures, women, girls, Health Workers, Source: https://srilanka.unfpa.org/sites/default

Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies 2019 (2019)

Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (2017)

A Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies (2016)

Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-based Violence (GBV) Programming in Humanitarian Settings (2015)

I See That It Is Possible - Gender-based Violence Disability Toolkit (2015)

The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 (2021)

Resource package for strengthening countries’ health systems response to violence against women (2021)

Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health-care providers, revised edition 2021 (2021)

The Handbook on Gender-Responsive Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence (2021)

Влияние пандемии COVID-19 на планирование семьи и борьбу с гендерным насилием, калечащими операциями на женских половых органах и детскими браками (2020)

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Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies 2019 (2019)

Responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused (2017)

A Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies (2016)

Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-based Violence (GBV) Programming in Humanitarian Settings (2015)

I See That It Is Possible - Gender-based Violence Disability Toolkit (2015)

The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crisis of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 (2021)

Resource package for strengthening countries’ health systems response to violence against women (2021)

Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health-care providers, revised edition 2021 (2021)

The Handbook on Gender-Responsive Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence (2021)

Влияние пандемии COVID-19 на планирование семьи и борьбу с гендерным насилием, калечащими операциями на женских половых органах и детскими браками (2020)