Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Training Course

Participants can respond appropriately to disclosures while protecting survivor choice, safety and dignity.

• Survivor-centred approach: safety, confidentiality, respect and non-discrimination principles
• Immediate response steps following a GBV disclosure from adults
• Psychological first aid boundaries for non-specialist humanitarian personnel
• Informed consent procedures before sharing any survivor information
• Managing mandatory reporting requirements without making unsafe promises
• Supportive communication techniques that avoid blame, pressure and investigation

Participants can identify GBV risks and specify practical mitigation measures within sector programmes.

• IASC GBV Guidelines risk-mitigation responsibilities for humanitarian sectors
• Safety audits of service locations, routes, timings and distribution arrangements
• Analysing barriers affecting women, girls and marginalised population groups
• Risk matrices linking hazards, exposure, consequences and mitigation actions
• WASH design measures addressing privacy, lighting, locks and accessibility
• Cash and food assistance controls reducing exploitation and household violence
• Shelter and site-planning measures supporting safety and confidential access

Participants can develop a referral pathway that connects survivors to appropriate services safely.

• Service mapping by location, eligibility, operating hours and accessibility
• Minimum referral services: health, psychosocial, protection, legal and shelter
• Referral pathway flowcharts showing consent points and responsible focal persons
• Assessing provider capacity, quality standards and survivor access barriers
• Transport, language and disability accommodations within referral arrangements
• Updating directories when services close, relocate or change eligibility

Participants can apply case-management boundaries and safe data-handling principles within their roles.

• Case management stages: identification, assessment, planning, action and closure
• Role boundaries between caseworkers, focal points, managers and sector staff
• Need-to-know access rules for survivor records and referral information
• Data minimisation principles for forms, databases and incident reports
• GBVIMS+ purpose, incident classification and restricted data-sharing protocols
• Safe storage, retention and destruction procedures for sensitive records

Participants can recognise priority survivor needs and make safe referrals to specialist services.

• Clinical care priorities following sexual violence and urgent health needs
• WHO clinical management principles for rape survivor care referrals
• Psychosocial support options, informed choice and specialist referral thresholds
• Child survivor considerations: best interests, assent and caregiver involvement
• Disability-inclusive communication and access arrangements for survivor services
• Referral decisions where health, legal or protection services are unavailable

Participants can select prevention approaches suited to identified risks, communities and programme capacity.

• Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention within humanitarian programming
• Ecological prevention strategies addressing individual, relational and structural factors
• Social norms change methods using reference groups and critical reflection
• Engaging women-led organisations in programme design and monitoring
• Working with men and boys without diverting survivor-service resources
• Community feedback mechanisms that protect anonymity and prevent retaliation

Participants can coordinate GBV actions while maintaining clear accountability and safeguarding boundaries.

• GBV Area of Responsibility coordination roles and information-sharing boundaries
• Interagency referral protocols, focal-point terms and escalation arrangements
• PSEA responsibilities, reporting channels and survivor-assistance coordination
• Separating GBV case management from misconduct investigation functions
• Accountability to affected people through safe consultation and feedback channels
• Meeting structures, action trackers and follow-up responsibilities for coordination

Participants can monitor GBV interventions without collecting data that creates unnecessary risk.

• Outcome indicators measuring safety, access, quality and survivor choice
• Ethical data collection principles for GBV-related monitoring activities
• Do-no-harm questions for surveys, focus groups and feedback mechanisms
• Disaggregating service data without exposing small or identifiable groups
• Complaint-data analysis while preserving confidentiality and safeguarding boundaries
• Using monitoring findings to revise mitigation measures and referral pathways

Participants can prepare a time-bound plan for strengthening GBV prevention and response in their setting.

• Prioritising actions through severity, feasibility, urgency and resource criteria
• Sequencing referral, risk-mitigation, coordination and staff-capacity actions
• Assigning owners, deadlines, dependencies and review points within action plans
• Budget lines for accessibility, referral transport and survivor support
• Escalation triggers for deteriorating security, service disruption and protection risks
• Ninety-day implementation plan aligned with organisational responsibilities and partners