Report on resolution3:
– Date: 31.07.2019
– Country: United Kingdom
– Type of entity: National society
– Does your National Society carry out or support activities that help to implement the 2015 Resolution on sexual and gender-based violence?
Yes
– To date, which areas of the resolution has your National Society been implementing?
• Support for Victims (Para 20)
• Prevention, including research and analysis (Paras 29 and 30)
• Capacity Building and Movement Cooperation Para 31)
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (Para 32)
• Development and Strengthening of National Institutions, Local Actors and Community-Based Initiatives (Paras 23 and 33)
• External Coordination and cooperation (Para 34)
– Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3
Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3 Top 3 headlines
• BRC has been integrating a safer and more appropriate response to SGBV within some of its existing and some new projects, both in the UK and within international programmes. Much more still needs to be done to mainstream effectively across-the-board, but significant steps have been made, including: provision of cash assistance to over 600 survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, training on access to services and SGBV rights for 60 vulnerable female migrants in the UK, and training of 110 BRC staff on the provision of psycho-social support (PSS) to SGBV survivors.
• BRC has been playing a role in convening and learning, bringing government and civil society together to discuss challenges, best practices, and recommendations for improved responses for survivors of SGBV. In the UK our focus has been on vulnerable migrants; in our STEP project 64% of the trafficking survivors had also been victims of sexual exploitation.
• Special attention has been given to improving the prevention of and response to exploitation and abuse within our organisation. This has involved the development of a Safeguarding Assurance team, the creation of a network of 200 Safeguarding Officers across the UK and 15 within our international programmes, and capacity-strengthening for many of our National Society partners. Reporting Against the Commitments
• The British Red Cross has been steadily increasing its support to victims of sexual and gender-based violence. This includes a few stand-alone projects as well as integration into other programmes. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, we have been working in partnership with the ICRC to provide a social safety net to over 600 survivors of sexual violence (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/a-silent-emergency-survivors-of-sexual-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo.pdf). In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, we have been working with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, the German and Swedish Red Cross to strengthen and integrate response to trafficking and SGBV. We are supporting the IFRC to run a 12 month SGBV pilot project in Indonesia and the Philippines and we have also recruited a staff member to build the capacity of 6 National Societies working on the UK funded Action for Migrants: Route-based Assistance (AMiRA) programme to ensure safe and appropriate identification and referral of SGBV victims/survivors along the migration trail in West and North Africa. In the UK, we work with many vulnerable migrants, including asylum seekers, refugees and victims of trafficking, who have fled violence, conflict and disaster or who have faced violence and exploitation within their migration journey. We have been integrating the needs of victims/survivors of sexual and gender-based violence into some of our projects, including within the ‘Safe Women in Migration’ (SWIM – please see: https://swim-project.alberodellavita.org/) and sustainable integration of trafficked human beings through proactive identification and enhanced protection (STEP – please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/modern-slavery-and-trafficking) projects. In addition, BRC established the fourth ‘Women in Crisis’ specialist casework service within our Refugee Support Directorate in the UK, to improve provision of holistic, gender sensitive and trauma informed casework support to women who have suffered or are at risk of gender-based violence.
• The British Red Cross has been working on prevention, including research and analysis, this has included the production of two policy papers: ‘Silent Emergency: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Guinea’ (please see — https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/sexual-and-reproductive-health-rights-in-guinea.pdf) and ‘Silent Emergency: Survivors of Sexual Violence in DRC: Social and economic re-integration through cash transfers’ (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/a-silent-emergency-survivors-of-sexual-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo.pdf). Both reports provide recommendations for improved programmatic responses to SGBV and were shared within the Movement-wide Gender & Diversity Network and utilized in communications with the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and with interested Parliamentarians. BRC is currently working with the ICRC on research into mandatory reporting for survivors of sexual violence in conflict and the impacts on health seeking behaviour.
• As a member of the Steering Committee for the Gender and Diversity Network, the British Red Cross has been demonstrating its commitment to capacity building and Movement cooperation. BRC has been actively participating in the SGBV Working Group, supporting the development of Movement training tools and helped facilitate training for francophone African National Societies. In the UK, training is underway for front-line staff and volunteers. A protection training module on intimate partner violence has been developed as well as a training of trainers on provision of PSS for survivors of SGBV. So far, 110 staff and volunteers working on Refugee Support, Restoring Family Links and Anti-Trafficking have been trained. BRC has established an internal ‘SGBV Good Practice Group’ with SGBV leads in each of the 12 operational regions across the UK to help embed best practice for working with SGBV survivors. BRC is also working in partnership with 7 organisations across 5 European countries, including the Swedish and Italian Red Cross, on the SWIM project. The project is heavily focused on learning and capacity strengthening, not only for BRC, but also migrant women and external organisations working in the asylum reception system to recognise and respond to SGBV.
• Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) has been a priority area of focus for the British Red Cross. Between February 2018 and June 2019, BRC has strengthened internal policy and procedures for preventing and responding to exploitation and abuse, including through recruitment screening and checks, induction and investigation/response procedures. BRC has established a new Safeguarding Assurance Team for responding to safeguarding concerns and developed a network of over 200 Safeguarding Officers for UK operations and 15 Safeguarding Officers for our international work. The BRC has been taking part in Movement-wide PSEA policy development. In June 2019, BRC Country Managers were trained on how to provide capacity-strengthening support to partner National Societies in ‘preventing and responding to exploitation and abuse’. A training was then piloted with 11 National Societies involved in the AMiRA project. Further action is required to support implementation of PSEA at a regional level, and funding is currently being sought.
• The British Red Cross has been working towards the development and strengthening of national institutions, local actors and community-based initiatives. BRC within its auxiliary capacity to the UK government has carried out sensitization to strengthen national institutions, this included: recommendations for inclusion of migrant women during consultations on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill; and production of the report, Hope for the Future: Support for survivors of trafficking after the National Referral Mechanism (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/we-speak-up-for-change/human-trafficking-and-slavery/after-the-national-referral-mechanism-report), which highlights the need for improved support to survivors of trafficking, including gender-sensitive services for SGBV survivors, such as health services and access to public agencies. The BRC also supported the UK Government to produce a Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL at the Domestic Level (please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementation-of-international-humanitarian-law-at-domestic-level-voluntary-report) containing a section on measures taken to address sexual violence in conflict. The SWIM project in 2020 will support the development of an EU gender-sensitive charter for women in the EU asylum process. For local actors, In September 2019, BRC will carry out training for accommodation providers within the UK asylum reception system to help them recognize and respond appropriately to cases of SGBV. BRC as part of the SWIM consortium, contributed to the production of a Toolkit for front-line staff working across the sector to support their capacity to prevent and respond to SGBV (please see: https://swim-project.alberodellavita.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Toolkit_Swim_DEF.pdf). 450 professionals will be trained across 5 countries. Community-based initiatives for sensitisation and behaviour change include support to the Guinea Red Cross in partnership with the Danish and Swiss Red Cross on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, including the potential risks of female genital mutilation (FGM). The approach involves working with a wide range of local stakeholders, including youth, traditional cutters, leaders and midwives. BRC also worked in partnership with the Red Cross of Central African Republic (CAR) and the French Red Cross to develop and implement a community-based SGBV prevention project. In the UK, BRC co-produced with migrant women’s organisations, a Toolkit to enable migrant women to facilitate peer-to-peer sessions on SGBV rights and pathways to access assistance. By October 2019, 60 refugee/asylum seeking women will have attended workshops on rights and pathways to support in the context of SGBV.
• In addition to external coordination and cooperation already noted above, the BRC has also been taking a convening role on SGBV. In May 2016, the BRC and the ICRC held a public event in London entitled “Local to International: Responding to SGBV in Crises and Conflict (please see: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/responding-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-crises-and-conflict). The event was attended by humanitarian professionals as well as Baroness Anelay, the then UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. In June 2016, the BRC held a joint seminar with the Commonwealth Secretariat on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this included a session on addressing SGBV in armed conflicts and disasters. In June 2019, BRC chaired an NGO Military Contact Group meeting on SGBV and commitments within the UK’s Women Peace and Security national action plan. Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Defence, DfID and various UK-based NGOs. In addition, BRC helped to integrate SGBV into the agenda and outcomes of the 5th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent IHL Conference that took place in Kigali in June 2019. As of June 2019, BRC has been a member of the UK’s National Asylum Stakeholder’s Forum Equality Sub Group focused on highlighting the needs and safety of women and girls in the UK asylum support system including GBV prevention and response. In January 2020, BRC will host a UK national conference on SGBV and migrant women with the aim of bringing the two sectors working on violence against women and girls (VAWG) and vulnerable migrants together to share good practice, focus on prevention and develop shared advocacy and policy positions
– Briefly describe any challenges that your National Society may have faced when implementing Resolution 3, or which prevented you from implementing it
• A lack of human resources, institutional capacity and tools posed a challenge, especially at the beginning of the reporting period. While some of this has been addressed through training and tools development, human resourcing continues to pose a challenge, including with the recruitment of a humanitarian SGBV adviser for our international programmes taking longer than expected.
• Some British Red Cross initiatives to mainstream SGBV into international programmes has been challenging due to social and cultural reluctance faced by some National Societies to explicitly address aspects of SGBV.
• Internationally the existence of mandatory reporting to the police for cases of sexual violence, in some contexts, has put pressure on partners on how to maintain anonymity of victims/survivors.
• Establishing partnerships and coordinating across National Societies has been a challenge within certain programmes. • Staff and volunteer awareness on SGBV as well as mainstreaming across all aspects of programming could be strengthened. This would be facilitated by stronger reporting and data collection to help understand incidences of SGBV, identify people at risk and monitor and improve our responses and the responses of partners.
• Financial restrictions and budgeting have meant that capacity strengthening on SGBV and mainstreaming activities lack funding both within UK operations and within specific international projects.
• While a lot of great steps have been taken by the IFRC and the SGBV Working Group to develop training and capacity-strengthening tools, more could still be done to help facilitate Movement-wide capacity building and promote complementary modes of working.
– Is there any support you would like to receive from the ICRC or International Federation in working on the implementation of the Resolution going forward?
• Increased resourcing of the SGBV working group, including through provision of a dedicated secretariat function, investment in staffing and financial resourcing to the SGBV Working Group Action Plan, including for coordination, research, advocacy and training.
• Support improved data capture across the RCRC Movement on SGBV, to inform policy, funding conversations and as learning opportunities.
• Ensure mainstreaming and integration of SGBV into existing Movement tools and approaches where possible, rather than developing standalone resources, e.g. the various existing organizational and response capacity assessment tools could be reviewed to improve data capture on SGBV capacity.
• Mobilize financial support for the ICRC and IFRC special appeals, with a focus on building the capacity and increasing dedicated staff positions within National Societies at national and branch level, as well as establishing a surge roster for SGBV delegates to respond to both sudden onset and protracted crises.
• Facilitate a complementary approach among Movement components to prioritise the implementation of the resolution, to mainstream IFRC standards, to standardize best practice and to capture and share valuable learning.
• Increase consultation with National Societies who struggle to address certain aspects of SGBV for social, cultural or political reasons and provide context-specific guidance to help them navigate the topic and identify ways they can engage and meet the commitments within the resolution.
• Provide support to National Societies to engage with country-level SGBV coordination frameworks in order to establish safe, appropriate referral mechanisms.
• Work with National Societies to identify barriers faced by SGBV victims/survivors in safely accessing holistic services and identify opportunities to support governments to understand and address these obstacles.
• Review the scope of the resolution and consider inclusion of refugees, asylum seekers, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable migrants to reflect the specific risks faced by people on the move and to develop guidance materials and responses to prevent and respond to SGBV among refugees, within family reunification activities and anti-trafficking work as both a cause and consequence of their displacement.
– Country: United Kingdom
– Type of entity: National society
– Does your National Society carry out or support activities that help to implement the 2015 Resolution on sexual and gender-based violence?
Yes
– To date, which areas of the resolution has your National Society been implementing?
• Support for Victims (Para 20)
• Prevention, including research and analysis (Paras 29 and 30)
• Capacity Building and Movement Cooperation Para 31)
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (Para 32)
• Development and Strengthening of National Institutions, Local Actors and Community-Based Initiatives (Paras 23 and 33)
• External Coordination and cooperation (Para 34)
– Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3
Briefly describe the specific activities that your National Society has so far undertaken to implement Resolution 3 Top 3 headlines
• BRC has been integrating a safer and more appropriate response to SGBV within some of its existing and some new projects, both in the UK and within international programmes. Much more still needs to be done to mainstream effectively across-the-board, but significant steps have been made, including: provision of cash assistance to over 600 survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, training on access to services and SGBV rights for 60 vulnerable female migrants in the UK, and training of 110 BRC staff on the provision of psycho-social support (PSS) to SGBV survivors.
• BRC has been playing a role in convening and learning, bringing government and civil society together to discuss challenges, best practices, and recommendations for improved responses for survivors of SGBV. In the UK our focus has been on vulnerable migrants; in our STEP project 64% of the trafficking survivors had also been victims of sexual exploitation.
• Special attention has been given to improving the prevention of and response to exploitation and abuse within our organisation. This has involved the development of a Safeguarding Assurance team, the creation of a network of 200 Safeguarding Officers across the UK and 15 within our international programmes, and capacity-strengthening for many of our National Society partners. Reporting Against the Commitments
• The British Red Cross has been steadily increasing its support to victims of sexual and gender-based violence. This includes a few stand-alone projects as well as integration into other programmes. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, we have been working in partnership with the ICRC to provide a social safety net to over 600 survivors of sexual violence (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/a-silent-emergency-survivors-of-sexual-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo.pdf). In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, we have been working with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, the German and Swedish Red Cross to strengthen and integrate response to trafficking and SGBV. We are supporting the IFRC to run a 12 month SGBV pilot project in Indonesia and the Philippines and we have also recruited a staff member to build the capacity of 6 National Societies working on the UK funded Action for Migrants: Route-based Assistance (AMiRA) programme to ensure safe and appropriate identification and referral of SGBV victims/survivors along the migration trail in West and North Africa. In the UK, we work with many vulnerable migrants, including asylum seekers, refugees and victims of trafficking, who have fled violence, conflict and disaster or who have faced violence and exploitation within their migration journey. We have been integrating the needs of victims/survivors of sexual and gender-based violence into some of our projects, including within the ‘Safe Women in Migration’ (SWIM – please see: https://swim-project.alberodellavita.org/) and sustainable integration of trafficked human beings through proactive identification and enhanced protection (STEP – please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/modern-slavery-and-trafficking) projects. In addition, BRC established the fourth ‘Women in Crisis’ specialist casework service within our Refugee Support Directorate in the UK, to improve provision of holistic, gender sensitive and trauma informed casework support to women who have suffered or are at risk of gender-based violence.
• The British Red Cross has been working on prevention, including research and analysis, this has included the production of two policy papers: ‘Silent Emergency: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Guinea’ (please see — https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/sexual-and-reproductive-health-rights-in-guinea.pdf) and ‘Silent Emergency: Survivors of Sexual Violence in DRC: Social and economic re-integration through cash transfers’ (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/international/a-silent-emergency-survivors-of-sexual-violence-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo.pdf). Both reports provide recommendations for improved programmatic responses to SGBV and were shared within the Movement-wide Gender & Diversity Network and utilized in communications with the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and with interested Parliamentarians. BRC is currently working with the ICRC on research into mandatory reporting for survivors of sexual violence in conflict and the impacts on health seeking behaviour.
• As a member of the Steering Committee for the Gender and Diversity Network, the British Red Cross has been demonstrating its commitment to capacity building and Movement cooperation. BRC has been actively participating in the SGBV Working Group, supporting the development of Movement training tools and helped facilitate training for francophone African National Societies. In the UK, training is underway for front-line staff and volunteers. A protection training module on intimate partner violence has been developed as well as a training of trainers on provision of PSS for survivors of SGBV. So far, 110 staff and volunteers working on Refugee Support, Restoring Family Links and Anti-Trafficking have been trained. BRC has established an internal ‘SGBV Good Practice Group’ with SGBV leads in each of the 12 operational regions across the UK to help embed best practice for working with SGBV survivors. BRC is also working in partnership with 7 organisations across 5 European countries, including the Swedish and Italian Red Cross, on the SWIM project. The project is heavily focused on learning and capacity strengthening, not only for BRC, but also migrant women and external organisations working in the asylum reception system to recognise and respond to SGBV.
• Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) has been a priority area of focus for the British Red Cross. Between February 2018 and June 2019, BRC has strengthened internal policy and procedures for preventing and responding to exploitation and abuse, including through recruitment screening and checks, induction and investigation/response procedures. BRC has established a new Safeguarding Assurance Team for responding to safeguarding concerns and developed a network of over 200 Safeguarding Officers for UK operations and 15 Safeguarding Officers for our international work. The BRC has been taking part in Movement-wide PSEA policy development. In June 2019, BRC Country Managers were trained on how to provide capacity-strengthening support to partner National Societies in ‘preventing and responding to exploitation and abuse’. A training was then piloted with 11 National Societies involved in the AMiRA project. Further action is required to support implementation of PSEA at a regional level, and funding is currently being sought.
• The British Red Cross has been working towards the development and strengthening of national institutions, local actors and community-based initiatives. BRC within its auxiliary capacity to the UK government has carried out sensitization to strengthen national institutions, this included: recommendations for inclusion of migrant women during consultations on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill; and production of the report, Hope for the Future: Support for survivors of trafficking after the National Referral Mechanism (please see: https://www.redcross.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/we-speak-up-for-change/human-trafficking-and-slavery/after-the-national-referral-mechanism-report), which highlights the need for improved support to survivors of trafficking, including gender-sensitive services for SGBV survivors, such as health services and access to public agencies. The BRC also supported the UK Government to produce a Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL at the Domestic Level (please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementation-of-international-humanitarian-law-at-domestic-level-voluntary-report) containing a section on measures taken to address sexual violence in conflict. The SWIM project in 2020 will support the development of an EU gender-sensitive charter for women in the EU asylum process. For local actors, In September 2019, BRC will carry out training for accommodation providers within the UK asylum reception system to help them recognize and respond appropriately to cases of SGBV. BRC as part of the SWIM consortium, contributed to the production of a Toolkit for front-line staff working across the sector to support their capacity to prevent and respond to SGBV (please see: https://swim-project.alberodellavita.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Toolkit_Swim_DEF.pdf). 450 professionals will be trained across 5 countries. Community-based initiatives for sensitisation and behaviour change include support to the Guinea Red Cross in partnership with the Danish and Swiss Red Cross on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, including the potential risks of female genital mutilation (FGM). The approach involves working with a wide range of local stakeholders, including youth, traditional cutters, leaders and midwives. BRC also worked in partnership with the Red Cross of Central African Republic (CAR) and the French Red Cross to develop and implement a community-based SGBV prevention project. In the UK, BRC co-produced with migrant women’s organisations, a Toolkit to enable migrant women to facilitate peer-to-peer sessions on SGBV rights and pathways to access assistance. By October 2019, 60 refugee/asylum seeking women will have attended workshops on rights and pathways to support in the context of SGBV.
• In addition to external coordination and cooperation already noted above, the BRC has also been taking a convening role on SGBV. In May 2016, the BRC and the ICRC held a public event in London entitled “Local to International: Responding to SGBV in Crises and Conflict (please see: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/responding-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-crises-and-conflict). The event was attended by humanitarian professionals as well as Baroness Anelay, the then UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. In June 2016, the BRC held a joint seminar with the Commonwealth Secretariat on International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this included a session on addressing SGBV in armed conflicts and disasters. In June 2019, BRC chaired an NGO Military Contact Group meeting on SGBV and commitments within the UK’s Women Peace and Security national action plan. Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Defence, DfID and various UK-based NGOs. In addition, BRC helped to integrate SGBV into the agenda and outcomes of the 5th Commonwealth Red Cross and Red Crescent IHL Conference that took place in Kigali in June 2019. As of June 2019, BRC has been a member of the UK’s National Asylum Stakeholder’s Forum Equality Sub Group focused on highlighting the needs and safety of women and girls in the UK asylum support system including GBV prevention and response. In January 2020, BRC will host a UK national conference on SGBV and migrant women with the aim of bringing the two sectors working on violence against women and girls (VAWG) and vulnerable migrants together to share good practice, focus on prevention and develop shared advocacy and policy positions
– Briefly describe any challenges that your National Society may have faced when implementing Resolution 3, or which prevented you from implementing it
• A lack of human resources, institutional capacity and tools posed a challenge, especially at the beginning of the reporting period. While some of this has been addressed through training and tools development, human resourcing continues to pose a challenge, including with the recruitment of a humanitarian SGBV adviser for our international programmes taking longer than expected.
• Some British Red Cross initiatives to mainstream SGBV into international programmes has been challenging due to social and cultural reluctance faced by some National Societies to explicitly address aspects of SGBV.
• Internationally the existence of mandatory reporting to the police for cases of sexual violence, in some contexts, has put pressure on partners on how to maintain anonymity of victims/survivors.
• Establishing partnerships and coordinating across National Societies has been a challenge within certain programmes. • Staff and volunteer awareness on SGBV as well as mainstreaming across all aspects of programming could be strengthened. This would be facilitated by stronger reporting and data collection to help understand incidences of SGBV, identify people at risk and monitor and improve our responses and the responses of partners.
• Financial restrictions and budgeting have meant that capacity strengthening on SGBV and mainstreaming activities lack funding both within UK operations and within specific international projects.
• While a lot of great steps have been taken by the IFRC and the SGBV Working Group to develop training and capacity-strengthening tools, more could still be done to help facilitate Movement-wide capacity building and promote complementary modes of working.
– Is there any support you would like to receive from the ICRC or International Federation in working on the implementation of the Resolution going forward?
• Increased resourcing of the SGBV working group, including through provision of a dedicated secretariat function, investment in staffing and financial resourcing to the SGBV Working Group Action Plan, including for coordination, research, advocacy and training.
• Support improved data capture across the RCRC Movement on SGBV, to inform policy, funding conversations and as learning opportunities.
• Ensure mainstreaming and integration of SGBV into existing Movement tools and approaches where possible, rather than developing standalone resources, e.g. the various existing organizational and response capacity assessment tools could be reviewed to improve data capture on SGBV capacity.
• Mobilize financial support for the ICRC and IFRC special appeals, with a focus on building the capacity and increasing dedicated staff positions within National Societies at national and branch level, as well as establishing a surge roster for SGBV delegates to respond to both sudden onset and protracted crises.
• Facilitate a complementary approach among Movement components to prioritise the implementation of the resolution, to mainstream IFRC standards, to standardize best practice and to capture and share valuable learning.
• Increase consultation with National Societies who struggle to address certain aspects of SGBV for social, cultural or political reasons and provide context-specific guidance to help them navigate the topic and identify ways they can engage and meet the commitments within the resolution.
• Provide support to National Societies to engage with country-level SGBV coordination frameworks in order to establish safe, appropriate referral mechanisms.
• Work with National Societies to identify barriers faced by SGBV victims/survivors in safely accessing holistic services and identify opportunities to support governments to understand and address these obstacles.
• Review the scope of the resolution and consider inclusion of refugees, asylum seekers, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable migrants to reflect the specific risks faced by people on the move and to develop guidance materials and responses to prevent and respond to SGBV among refugees, within family reunification activities and anti-trafficking work as both a cause and consequence of their displacement.
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