GBV Resource Library The GBV Resource Library contains key documents relating to GBV prevention and response. We will be updating and adding to the library on a regular basis. Your comments and suggestions are welcome and can be shared with us at elmuna@unfpa.org

COORDINATOR'S CORNER

• GBV Coordination Start Up Pack

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• PCWG site on the legal framework for protection
• Women War Peace (UNIFEM) - Section on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
• Gender-based Violence, Part. V.4. Inter-Agency Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (provisional edition), PCWG, 2007.
• UNHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls, UNHCR, 2008.
• Women Facing War: ICRC Study on Impact of Armed Conflict on Women, ICRC,2001.

OPERATIONAL HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS

• Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Focusing on Prevention of and Response to Sexual Violence in Emergencies, IASC, 2005. (Arabic / Bahasa / English / French / Spanish). 
• Establishing Gender-Based Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Multi-sectoral and Inter-organisational Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Settings, IASC Sub-working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action, 2008.
• Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response, UNHCR, 2003. (Arabic / Bulgarian / English / French / Romanian / Russian / Spanish / Swahili)
• Women, Girls, Boys and Men: Different Needs, Equal Opportunities, IASC, 2007.
• Gender-Based Violence Tools Manual, RHCR, 2003. (Arabic / English / French)
• Picturing a Life Free of Violence: Media and Communications Strategies to End Violence Against Women, John Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs / UNIFEM, 2001.
• Clinical Management of Rape Survivors: Developing Protocols for Use with Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (revised edition), WHO / UNHCR, 2004.
• WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies, WHO, 2007.
• A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence: A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers and Managers (pilot version), UNFPA, 2001.
• Violence Against Women: A Priority Health Issue (Information Pack), WHO, 1997 (English / French / Spanish)
• The "DOs and DON'Ts": Reporting and Interpreting Data on Sexual Violence from Conflict-Affected Countries, UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, 2008.
• Violences sexo-specifiques: Manuel d'Outils pour l'evaluation preliminaire, la conception, le suivi et l'evaluation de programmes en situations de conflit(s), RHRC Consortium, 2004 (French).

TRAINING MATERIAL

• Training Manual - Facilitator’s Guide: Multi-Sectoral & Interagency Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Populations Affected by Armed Conflict, RHRC Consortium, 2004.
• Rethinking Domestic Violence: A Training Process for Community Activists, Raising Voices, 2004.
• Report from a Training Course on Coordination of Multi-sectoral Response to Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Settings, Ghent, Belgium, 3-14 November 2008.
• Training material on the IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Focusing on Prevention of and Response to Sexual Violence in Emergencies:
  -  FRENCH: Introduction & Orientation / Planification pour la mise en æuvre
• Engaging Boys and Men in GBV Prevention and Reproductive Health in Conflict and Emergency-Response Settings - A Workshop Module, USAID - The ACQUIRE Project, 2008.
• Final Report GBV Course Development Seminar, ARC - UNFPA- World Education, December 2008, Boston

SELECTED MATERIAL FROM THE FIELD

• Burkina Faso: Introduction de Genre dans la reponse humanitaire UNFPA Burkina Faso, UNFPA, 2009.
• South-Africa: A Rapid Inter-agency Assessment of Gender-based Violence and the Attacks on Non-nationals in South Africa, UNICEF / UNFPA, 2008.
• Zimbabwe: Response to HIV/AIDS and GBV Needs of cross-border mobile populations at the South-Africa-Zimbabwe Border: a baseline survey, IOM, UNFPA, UNICEF, SC Norway, 2008 / Sexual and Reproducative Health assessment needs among mobile and vulnerable population communities, April 2008
• Ground Realities: Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Conflict Situations (Asian-Pacific Ressource and Research Centre for Women - ARROW/ 2007)
• GBV assessment in Ethiopian refugee camps report, Feb-March 2007
• Checklist to facilitate Gender Sensitivity of Relief and Reconstruction efforts for survivors of the Earthquake in Pakistan (January 2006)

USEFUL LINKS

• IASC Subworking Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action
• Bureau for Gender Equality, International Labour Organization (ILO) 
• International Rescue Committee (IRC)
• RefWorld - Gender Equality and Women
• Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (RHRC Consortium)
• Sexual Violence Research Initiative (the Global Forum for Health Research)
• Stop Rape Now (UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict)
• UNFPA / UNFPA Interactive Centre on Gender-Based Violence
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Women War Peace (UNIFEM)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (WCRWC) 

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