Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to Gender/Based Violence in Emergencies

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This document sets out the United Nations Population Fund standards for preventing and responding to GBV, comprising of 18 inter/connected standards on best practice. The standards are tailored to meet the objective of scaling up the humanitarian response and enhancing effort to prevent and respond to GBV. The standards address coordinating GBV services and ways to support local authorities and partners.

UNFPA (2015): Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to Gender/Based Violence in Emergencies. New York: United Nations Population Fund URL [Accessed: 02.01.2017]

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