Though difficult to record due to the nature of emergency situations, rates of gender-based violence (sexual violence, family violence etc) increase significantly during emergencies.
It is crucial that emergency management staff and volunteers increase their awareness and understanding of sexual violence prevention in emergency situations, and learn how they can prevent and respond to this.
Ensure that your operational guidelines, policies and processes have adequate inclusion of child protection, sexual harassment, sexual violence prevention and other gender-based harm prevention. We can work with you to:
- Develop relevant policies and processes (sexual harassment prevention, child protection etc)
- Review your existing policies and processes and edit/update as needed
We can support emergency management personnel (whether paid staff or voluntary) to increase their capability to prevent, respond to and address gender-based violence in emergency situations. We offer the following workshops for emergency management organisations:
- Introduction to Sexual Violence Prevention | 2 hours
- Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies: Prevention and Response | 2 hours
These workshops can be tailored depending on the audience e.g. welfare function personnel.
Workshop Pricing
As gender-based violence is a prevalent issue in emergency situations, there is a great benefit in having dedicated specialist roles working with/within your team. We offer consulting to provide this subject matter expertise before, during and after emergencies. This can include:
- Raising awareness of gender-based violence in emergencies
- Liaising with local sexual violence response agencies to increase their emergency preparedness
- Working with key personnel to design and implement organisation-specific prevention initiatives
- Strengthen relationships between your organisation and local sexual violence response agencies
- Act as an on-the-ground specialist advisor during emergencies
Get in touch with us today to discuss your organisation’s needs.