COVID-19 and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

This is a living document outlining the current evidence on GBV during COVID-19 as well as innovative solutions and recommendations for organizations to integrate GBV support into their COVID-19 response. It makes recommendations to be considered by all sectors of society at the onset, during, and after the public health crisis with examples of actions already taken.

Source: COVID-19 and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

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    Hot Peach Pages

    This website contains abuse information and support for every woman and every girl on Earth. The site offers links to:

    Source: Hot Peach Pages

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      UN Women VAW Helplines

      This is a list of country domestic violence helplines compiled by UN Women. There is also a list of agencies if a particular country does not have a helpline. Visitors can also submit a confidential individual complaint form to the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

      Source: UN Women VAW Helplines

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        GBV Case Management video and podcast series to support the COVID-19 response

        The GBVIMS Steering Committee has put together a series of video shorts and podcasts on remote GBV case management in the context of the COVID-19 response. The series is aimed at supporting GBV caseworkers and supervisors to adapt their service provision in the context of governmental policies imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as movement restrictions, confinement, lockdown or other containment strategies.

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          Guidelines for Mobile and Remote Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Service Delivery

          This resource provides guidance on establishing GBV mobile and remote services, in order to provide case management, psychosocial support, and referrals to meet the immediate needs of GBV survivors. Such services should be established in settings where traditional services based in static centers with continuous access to trained caseworkers cannot be setup or consistently accessed due to the nature of displacement and/or ongoing insecurity that hinders both humanitarian access and the displaced population’s movement

          Source: Guidelines for Mobile and Remote Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Service Delivery

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            Rapid Assessment: Remote Service Mapping Template

            The following template provides rough guidance on methodology and key areas of inquiry for GBV sub clusters and service providers to map and assess the availability of potential remote platforms for the delivery of some types of information and awareness, referrals and psychosocial support. This guidance is provided in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, which may cause rapid shifts in the GBV prevention and response services to remote approaches.

            Source: Rapid Assessment: Remote Service Mapping Template

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              How to support survivors of gender-based violence when a GBV actor is not available in your area

              This document is a step-by-step guide for response actors on supporting GBV survivors with key messages and resources.

              The guide uses global standards on providing basic support and information to survivors of GBV without doing further harm. We encourage adaptation of this resource to your local context with the support of a GBV specialist and in a manner that maintains a survivor-centered approach.

              Source: How to support survivors of gender-based violence when a GBV actor is not available in your area

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                COVID-19: GBV Support Messaging for oPt RCCE Strategy

                This document contains key messages for GBV prevention and available resources and updated pathways developed for the RCCE response in Palestine.

                The key messages include:

                • Prevention of GBV including domestic violence and sexual exploitation (PSEA)
                • Information about available remote services, especially helplines/updated pathways

                Source: COVID-19: GBV Support Messaging for oPt RCCE Strategy

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                  GBV AoR Tools and Resources for COVID-19

                  This is living document containing links to resources and guidance on integrating gender and GBV into communications and community engagement efforts. It contains guidance on topics such as gender impacts of COVID-19 and key response actions, contingency planning for COVID-19 outbreaks, and adjusting program COVID-19 affected settings.

                  Source: GBV AoR Tools and Resources for COVID-19

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                    Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 2020 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences

                    This report provides an initial look at newly collected data on the emerging impact of the pandemic on women’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and reproductive autonomy in the United States.

                    It focuses on the following indicators:

                    • Childbearing preferences
                    • Contraceptive use
                    • Access to contraception and other SRH services
                    • Telemedicine for contraceptive care
                    • Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV)

                    The authors conclude that even in the short period covered by our survey, the COVID-19 pandemic has already had an impact on women’s sexual and reproductive lives. It has affected their ability to obtain needed SRH care and contraceptive services, raised their concerns about affording and accessing this care and shifted their fertility preferences. These effects have not been evenly distributed and tend to be felt by groups bearing the brunt of existing inequities. In this way, the pandemic has illuminated systemic failings that perpetuate health and social disparities.

                    Source: Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 2020 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences

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