2021 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment - Side-event: Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts

Date/time: Monday 21 June from 16:00 to 17:30 (CEST)

Organisers: Save the Children, African Women and Youth for Development, CARE, UNICEF, UNFPA, OCHA and Secrétariat du Forum des ONGI RDC

Co-sponsors: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the DG ECHO of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of Norway in Geneva and Plan International

This side event, was convened on the margins of the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2021, and has been the opportunity to:

Take stock of the progress and of the gaps to address GBV in humanitarian settings and sexual violence against children in conflict, with a particular emphasis on violence against girls/adolescent girls;
Propose concrete measures on how all actors could further develop joint work to address GBV in humanitarian settings and to ensure that the rights and needs of survivors are met;
Increase investment in the prevention, mitigation and response to GBV in humanitarian settings, including culturally sensitive mental health and psychosocial support;
Showcase the role of local and women-led organisation to prevent and respond to GBV in humanitarian settings

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