The GBV AoR works to promote a comprehensive and coordinated approach to programming that prevents and responds to GBV. The GBV AoR accomplishes this through four key areas of work: Supporting lifesaving services operating in humanitarian settings Building knowledge and…
Where does the GBV AoR work? The GBV AoR aims to work in global humanitarian response contexts depending on need. Within the cluster approach, the GBV AoR has designated coordination mechanisms at country level, referred to as Sub-Clusters or working…
It can be challenging to find the most relevant resources you need for your work. The GBV AoR recommends a set of essential guidelines and tools, including a “Core Toolbox“, for all GBV practitioners in humanitarian settings. There is a…
The Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) is the global level forum for coordination and collaboration under the cluster approach on GBV prevention and response in humanitarian settings. The GBV AoR constitutes a focus area within the Global Protection Cluster (GPC).
The GBV AoR brings together non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, academics and others under the shared objective of ensuring life-saving, predictable, accountable and effective GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in emergencies, both natural disaster and conflict-related humanitarian contexts. The GBV AoR also works to strengthen systemwide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies. The GBV AoR was founded in 2006 and sits within the GPC, one of the eleven humanitarian clusters established by the IASC in 2005. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been the sole lead Agency of the GBV AoR since April 2016.
