This standard operating procedure (SOP) guidance is intended to be utilized by programs providing PrEP so that support staff can identify clients who are experiencing intimate partner violence and provide appropriate violence response services. This SOP guidance defines procedures for using routine inquiry to identify current or potential PrEP clients who have experienced gender-based violence and for providing clients who disclose violence with adequate firstline support, referral, and follow-up in line with World Health Organization minimum requirements. Read More
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How to Build, Strengthen, and Maintain Gender-Based Violence Referral Networks
This how-to note guides practitioners working across sectors in how to build, strengthen, and maintain referral networks. Building referral networks, or strengthening existing networks, is crucial to providing survivors of gender-based violence with access to timely, safe, and confidential services that can support their immediate and long-term health, healing, and empowerment. Read More
Gender-Based Violence Guidance for Development Programming
This guidance is a practical tool for implementing high-quality gender-based violence (GBV) interventions. It covers CARE’s GBV approaches, key principles to ensure best practice, and ten practical steps for designing, implementing, and evaluating safe and ethical GBV programming. Read More
How to Prevent, Mitigate, and Respond to Gender-Based Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This how-to note provides guidance on adapting gender-based violence (GBV) programming in light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. First, it identifies key arguments for why organizations addressing GBV must continue to adjust to the shifting landscape. Second, it describes how organizations can adapt by providing a curated and synthesized list of 15 core resources for navigating, identifying, and applying those most relevant for their work. Read More
How to Integrate Mental Health and Psychosocial Interventions in Gender-Based Violence Programs in Low-Resource Settings
Stakeholders can use this how-to note to gain a deeper understanding of how to better integrate mental health concerns gender-based violence prevention and response activities. The note advocates for using survivor-centered and trauma-informed approaches. Read More
The Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Youth-Led Perspectives and Solutions for a Gender-Equal World
This first-of-its-kind study highlights the experiences, insights, and perspectives of adolescents and youth on the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Throughout each phase of the study, Women Deliver intentionally compared the insights and perspectives of adolescents and youth to the global evidence base by gathering qualitative stories from youth advocates in India, Kenya, and Nigeria. Read More
