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IASC GBV Guidelines Workshop Central African Republic, Bangui, 28th – 31st October 2007

This briefing highlights outcomes, challenges, and opportunities from the IASC GBV Guidelines Workshop in Bangui, CAR, focusing on the humanitarian context, identified gaps, and key opportunities to address gender-based violence (GBV). The workshop covered background on the IASC GBV Guidelines, the CAR humanitarian context, prevalent forms of GBV, and the international and local responses to GBV in CAR. Identified challenges include the prevalence of sexual violence, climate of impunity and stigmatization, limited access to health services, lack of GBV programming, technical expertise, data collection, funding, and confidentiality space. The workshop outcomes include trained humanitarian actors, recommendations for establishing an inter-agency GBV coordination mechanism, and opportunities for improved coordination, data collection, and technical expertise in GBV programming.

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IASC GBV Guidelines Workshop Central African Republic, Bangui, 28th – 31st October 2007

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  1. IASC GBV Guidelines WorkshopCentral African Republic, Bangui, 28th – 31st October 2007 Briefing on workshop outcomes, key challenges & opportunities

  2. Introduction • Background on IASC GBV Guidelines • CAR: • Humanitarian context • GBV in CAR • Workshop in Bangui on GBV • Identified gaps • Outcomes • Key opportunities to address GBV

  3. 1. Background to IASC GBV Guidelines • 2003: IASC GBV group formed (2003) • 2005: Guidelines for GBV interventions in emergencies published: • 4 languages (Arabic, English, French & Spanish) • 2006: Roll-out process in the field: • Colombia, Uganda, Thailand, CAR, Mozambique • 2007: further roll-out: • Liberia, Nepal, Haiti • GenCap Advisors • Distribution of tools

  4. 2. CAR: Humanitarian Context • Regional context: • 8,500 refugees from Darfur & Chad • Internal conflict in northern CAR: • affecting 1 million (out of population of 4,2m) • 750,000 of whom are women & children • Forced Displacement: 295,000 • 197,000 internally displaced • 98,000 taken refuge in Chad, Cameroon & Sudan • CAP 2007: • Amount requested: $49,5m - revised requirements $86,3m - committed $60,7m (November 2007, FTS) • One of world’s lowest human development indicators: • HIV prevalence: 6.2%; 4.3% (m), 7.8% (f)

  5. Gender-Based Violence in CAR • Sexual violence: • Rape a characteristic of the conflict • SEA: eg. street children • Domestic violence: • Widely accepted; rape within marriage not illegal • Harmful traditional practices: • FGM: 36% of women & girls in CAR, widely practiced in North (UNICEF MICS 2000) • Societal level: • Stigmatization of rape survivors by family & community • Climate of impunity & limited legal rights: • Few convictions for rape • Lack of confidence in police & judicial system regarding GBV

  6. International community response • ICC: • Recently opened investigation into crimes, explicitly GBV, committed during coup d’état period (Oct – Nov 2002 & Feb – March 2003) • Studies on GBV: • WHO & UNFPA (2006) • Programmatic response: • IRC’s GBV programme in Kaga Bandoro hospital (Nana Gribizi district) & North axis – Ouandago clinic – 1,1100 survivors (6 months) • MSF mobile clinics (Ouhanda)

  7. Local level response • 3 principle organizations fighting against impunity & providing assistance: • FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) • OCODEFAD (Organization for Compassion and the Development of Families in Distress) • Central African Human Rights League (LCDH) • Between 2002 and 2007, FIDH has assisted OCODEFAD & LCDH in gathering testimony and lobbying the ICC to investigate.

  8. 3. Inter-agency GBV workshop Bangui, October 29th – 31st 2007 • Co-organizers & co-facilitators: • GenCap Advisor, UNFPA (Bangui & Nairobi), UNICEF (Gva) • Additional speakers: • Representatives: GoCAR (Min Social Affairs), WHO, IRC • Participants: • 50 humanitarian actors (Min of Social Affairs, UN, NGO, local human rights organizations) • Topics: • Concepts, tools, political & socio-cultural background, legal environment, GBV programming, ethics and confidentiality, children as victims and witnesses • Group Work: • Action sheets on clusters & cross-cutting issues

  9. Identified common challenges • Prevalence of SV • Climate of impunity & stigmatization • Limited access to health services • Very limited GBV programming • Lack of technical expertise • Lack of data collected in ethical manner • Limited funding • Lack of space to ensure confidentiality • Structure of mobile clinics • High number of STDs & lack of treatment available

  10. NEEDS AMONG HUMANITARIAN ACTORS: • Improvement in coordination: • Confidential information sharing • Referral system for survivors • Cluster Approach: GBV not a sub-cluster within Protection Cluster; Groupe Thématique Genre et Développement (GTGD) group not anchored within Cluster Approach • Building technical expertise on GBV programming in humanitarian settings • Capacity-building on Guiding Principles: security, confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination • Expertise for specialized interventions for child survivors/witnesses

  11. Key Outcomes of the Workshop • Group of trained & motivated humanitarian actors & representatives from GoCAR • Key recommendation to establish an inter-agency GBV coordination mechanism: • Multi-sectoral & inter-agency membership with GoCAR • TORs for a GT GBV drafted & presented to UNCT: • coordination of technical assistance; capacity-building; mapping of GBV activities; advocacy for multi-sectoral approach; problem-solving in GBV interventions • Time-bound (one year), chaired by UNFPA

  12. Key opportunities • Momentum for building bridges & alliances • Improved coordination through Cluster Approach: • Tapping into Protection Cluster through GBV TF • Improved data collection: • Monitoring & Reporting system? • Improved advocacy & funding?: • CAP 2008 & work of GenCap • Political level developments: • ICC • EU/UN multidisciplinary peacekeeping mission • AU-UN initiative: International Conference on Great Lakes Region (IC/GLR) - Protocol to prevent & suppress SV

  13. Questions? Thank you! Thank you!

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