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Regional initiative on supporting multi-sectorial, coordinated response to gender-based violence
UNFPA EECA Regional Office has introduced a regional initiative on supporting the multi-sectorial, coordinated response to gender-based violence (GBV). Its overall goal is to strengthen the Country Offices’ capacity for comprehensive response to and prevention of GBV through:
(1) technical assistance for existing models of responses to GBV applied by different countries, and
(2) support to the Country Offices to contextualize the approaches.
The results of the survey will serve as a basis to support the development and implementation of the specific activities of the regional initiative, which will be tailored to the country specific needs.
The survey will be followed by the development of an intervention and referral package on multi-sectorial response to GBV which will include:
a) a generic inter-sectorial intervention and referral model for addressing GBV in order to ensure protection of victim’s rights and multi-sectorial case management coordination which will contain the principles of referral and integrated approach, including integration of GBV into SRH services,
b) sectorial standard operating procedures about intervention of first line providers (health, law enforcement, psycho-social services), and
c) principles, terminology and a set of indicators for an integrated information system for recording, monitoring and reporting GBV cases (GBV IIS).
Starting with 2015, the East European Institute for Reproductive Health (EEIRH), as Implementing Partner of EECA RO, will design regional capacity development workshops for multi-sectorial actors from governmental institutions, national organizations, community, and international agencies and donors. The workshops will address the intervention and referral package and the development and organizing of activities to increase awareness on GBV. Country-level interventions will be also implemented to promote and strengthen the inter-institutional partnership to ensure coordination and sustainable development in the area of GBV.
Objective
The first step is the mapping of current situation on multi-sectorial response to GBV in the countries of EECA, with the objective to provide better understanding of the current approaches and institutional framework and practice to GBV, with focus on referral.
Methodology
The survey uses an online questionnaire collecting quantitative and qualitative data. The questionnaire is send to all Country Offices in the UNFPA EECA region and should be completed by the GBV focal point in the UNFPA Country Offices, or by another staff member designated by the head of office. Some questions have a rounded question mark sign next to them. Clicking on it will provide additional clarifications related to those questions.
Deadline
The deadline for completing the questionnaire is 12 September.
Thank you very much for your cooperation. |
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| Section A. Terms used and their meaning |
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| * Which is the term for “violence” most used in the state language of the country? | | |
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| * Are there other terms which have similar meaning to “violence” used in the state language of the country? |
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| Please provide the terms most used in the state language of the country and the closest English translation of those terms.
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| * Which is the term for “gender based violence” most used in the state language of the country? | | |
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| * Are there other terms which have similar meaning to “gender based violence” used in the state language of the country? |
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| Please provide the terms most used in the state language of the country and the closest English translation of those terms.
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| Section B. Definitions included in country specific documents |
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Multi-sectorial response to GBV includes:
- Providing services and support connected between institutions, aiming to reduce the consequences and to prevent further incident/harm
- Reporting and referral system
- Training for all professionals, from all sectors, at all levels
- Documentation of reported incidents, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation
- Coordination and information sharing systems among the institutions
The multi-sectorial response to GBV may be a formal mechanism or not, implemented at country or local level. It is different from the multi-sectorial coordination mechanism.
Synonyms may include ”integrated approach”, “multi-sectorial”, “multi-disciplinary”, “inter-sectorial”, “inter-institutional”.
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| * Is the term “gender based violence” formally defined in any legal or professional documents in the country? |
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| Please specify for each legal or professional document which formally define the term “gender based violence” the following information:
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| * Is the term “multi-sectorial response to GBV” formally defined in any legal or professional documents in the country? |
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| Please specify for each legal or professional document which formally define the term "multi-sectorial response to GBV" the following information:
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| Section C. Legal frameworks and policies that refers to GBV at country level |
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Gender-based violence: a form of discrimination that seriously inhibits women's ability to enjoy rights and freedoms on a basis of equality with men (UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), General Recommendation No. 19 on VAW, Art. 1).
List of most frequent GBV forms and their definitions
Sexual abuse/violence: any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work (WHO, World report on violence and health).
Rape/rape attempt: physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration – even if slight – of the vulva or anus, using a penis, other body parts or an object. The attempt to do so is known as attempted rape (WHO, World report on violence and health).
Sexual exploitation: any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another (UN Secretary-General’s Bulletin on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) (ST/SGB/2003/13), http://www.un.org/en/pseataskforce/overview.shtml).
Early marriage: formal marriage or informal union under the age of legal consent is a reality for both boys and girls, although girls are disproportionately the most affected (UNICEF, Child marriage, 2012).
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence: all acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that may be committed at home or in a public place by a person who is a family member or a person that has been an intimate partner or spouse or ex-partner, irrespective of whether they lived together (Council of Europe, Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, CETS No. 210).
Traffic of human beings: the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs (Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons contributing to United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime).
Female genital cutting: all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (UNICEF, Female genital mutilation/cutting, 2013).
Other forms (restricted or limited access to education, infanticide and/or neglect, forced marriage, gender selective abortion, discrimination and/or denial of opportunities, services, etc.). |
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| * Are there in the country legal documents which make explicit reference to “gender based violence” or at least one form of GBV? |
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| Please specify for each legal document which make explicit reference to “gender based violence” or at least one form of GBV:
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| * Is there in the country any ongoing country level strategy that refers to GBV or at least one form of GBV? |
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| Please specify ongoing country level strategy that refers to GBV or at least one form of GBV:
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| Section D. Rules/regulations regarding GBV at country level |
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| * Are there any country specific guidelines regarding GBV? |
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| Please indicate what types of actions are included in the guidelines: |
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| * Are there in the country any specific protocols regarding GBV? |
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| Please indicate what types of actions are included in the protocols: |
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| * Are there in the country any mandatory quality standards regarding GBV intervention and/or referral? |
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| * Is there in the country a mechanism for multi-sectorial coordination for GBV specific activities? |
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12.1.1. The document (if existing) in which the mechanism is described: |
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| * Is there in the country a multi-sectorial coordination body for GBV specific activities? |
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| Please specify for the multi-sectorial coordination body:
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| * Is there in the country a mechanism for multi-sectorial response to GBV? |
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| Please specify for the mechanism for multi-sectorial response to GBV:
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| * Is there a procedure regulated by an official document for the mandatory reporting (disclosure) of a GBV incident to the police or other law enforcement institution by any institution/professional? |
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| Is the victims’ consent required for the reporting (disclosure) of the incident to the police or other law enforcement institution?
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| Section E. Institutional framework |
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| Which type of governmental institutions that have the mandate to address GBV? Please specify for each type of institution the modalities of addressing GBV (awareness raising/prevention, response).
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| * Is there any institution at country level which has the mandate to coordinate and/or regulate all activities which address GBV? |
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Please specify the name of the institution: |
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| * Is there any institution at country level that has the mandate to ensure gender equality? |
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Please specify the name of the institution: |
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| * Are there in the country non-governmental or civil society organizations, with countrywide coverage, which address GBV through awareness raising/prevention, intervention, referral, other type of activities? |
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Please specify the name of the organizations: |
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| * Are there in the country international partners/ agencies that support GBV activities? |
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| Section F. Specialized services available to GBV victims |
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Specialized services: specific services established to protect and empower GBV victims and their children or to rehabilitate the perpetrators and are tailored to their specific immediate and longer-term needs. These services are provided by specialised staff with in-depth knowledge of GBV.
It is necessary to distinguish the specialized services from general services, which are services that provide support but are not designed exclusively for GBV victims/perpetrators and therefore may not address adequately or thoroughly the specific needs. General services cater to a range of needs, for example all victims of crime, all people with health problems, all aggressors. While victims of GBV may access general services, their specific needs are not systematically addressed or supported. In case of victims, general services include homeless shelters, family shelters, mother and child homes, general advice centres and helplines (European Institute for Gender Equality, Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women - Victim Support, 2012). |
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| * Are there in the country any specialized services available for GBV victims? |
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| Please indicate what types of specialized service are available and their ownership:
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| * Is there any licensure/registration process for the services provided for GBV victims? |
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| * Is there any accreditation process for the services provided for GBV victims? |
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| * Is there in the country any formal (official regulated) reconciliation/mediation procedure available for GBV victims and perpetrators? |
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| Section G. Specialized services available to GBV perpetrators |
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Specialized services: specific services established to protect and empower GBV victims and their children or to rehabilitate the perpetrators and are tailored to their specific immediate and longer-term needs. These services are provided by specialised staff with in-depth knowledge of GBV.
It is necessary to distinguish the specialized services from general services, which are services that provide support but are not designed exclusively for GBV victims/perpetrators and therefore may not address adequately or thoroughly the specific needs. General services cater to a range of needs, for example all victims of crime, all people with health problems, all aggressors. While victims of GBV may access general services, their specific needs are not systematically addressed or supported. In case of victims, general services include homeless shelters, family shelters, mother and child homes, general advice centres and helplines (European Institute for Gender Equality, Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women - Victim Support, 2012). |
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| * Are there in the country any specialized services available for GBV perpetrators? |
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| Please indicate what types of specialized service are available and their ownership:
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| * Is there any licensure/registration process for the services provided for GBV perpetrators? |
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| * Is there any accreditation process for the services provided for GBV perpetrators? |
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| * Are the specialized services for perpetrators connected to the specialized services for victims (do they have common case management plan)? |
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| * Are the perpetrators required to follow a specialized service? |
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| Please indicate which professionals can require the perpetrator to follow mandatory a specialized service |
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| Section H. Professionals involved directly in GBV intervention and referral |
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| * Which are the types of professionals involved in GBV intervention and referral? |
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| * Do the professionals involved in GBV intervention and referral (especially the counsellors) follow a supervision process? |
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| * Are volunteers involved in GBV intervention and referral? |
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| * Is the GBV topic included in the training curriculum at university level? |
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| Please indicate the types of professionals who have at this moment in their university curriculum subjects related to GBV (forms). |
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| * Is there in the country any post-graduate education covering GBV topic or at least one form of GBV? |
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| Please specify the target professionals: |
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| * Are there in the country Continuous Professional Education (CPE) activities for professionals involved in GBV intervention and referral? |
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| Section I. GBV incidents/cases registering and reporting |
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| Which of the following institutions has a system for registering and reporting data about GBV incidents/cases?
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| * Is there in the country a mechanism for correlating databases of GBV incidents/cases from different institutions who register them? |
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| * Is there in the country an institution at country level which is centralizing data about GBV incidents/cases registered by institutions? |
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Please specify the name of the institution: |
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| Section J. GBV awareness raising and prevention |
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| * Are there in the country any ongoing GBV awareness raising activities/programmes? |
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| * Please specify the coverage of the ongoing activities/programmes: |
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| * Are there in the country any ongoing GBV prevention activities/programmes? |
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| Please specify the coverage of the ongoing activity/ programmes: |
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| Section K. Funding for specific activities related to GBV |
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| * Are there any public (state, governmental) institutions which provide funding to non-governmental institutions and organizations for specific activities related to GBV? |
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| Please specify the institutions which provide the highest funding and the type of GBV specific activity funded:
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| * Are there any private non-profit (non-governmental) institutions which provide funding to other institutions for specific activities related to GBV? |
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| Please specify the institutions which provide the highest funding and the type of specific activity funded
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| * Are there any private for-profit (commercial) institutions which provide funding to other institutions for specific activities related to GBV? |
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| Please specify the institutions which provide the highest funding and the type of specific activity funded
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| * Are there any international institutions/agencies/partners which provide funding to other institutions for specific activities related to GBV? |
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| Section L. Opportunities, facilitating factors |
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| * Please describe the three most important issues that influence or can influence positively the implementation of an effective multi-sectorial response to GBV. | | |
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| * Are there individuals in the country that may be considered “champions”, e.g. they consistently and energetically advocate, promote, and support fighting against GBV? |
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| Section M. Barriers, constraining factors |
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| * Please describe the three most important issues that influence or can influence negatively the implementation of an effective multi-sectorial response to GBV. | | |
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| * Are there individuals or institutions in the country that may be considered “opponents” or “resistance agents”, e.g. they publicly show resistance to GBV topic or disagree with the activities addressing GBV or tries to change or stop them? |
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| Section N. Lessons learned |
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| * Has UNFPA supported activities in the area of GBV in the country in the last 5 years? |
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| Please describe which are the lessons learned from the last 5 years of GBV programming: | | |
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| * Please specify what would be needed to introduce or to advance (if already existing) the multi-sectorial response to GBV? |
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| * Please indicate what should be done, in your opinion, to make sustainable the introduction or advance (if already existing) of the multi-sectorial response to GBV? | | |
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| * The East European Institute for Reproductive Health (EEIRH) will provide longer-term technical assistance to both Country Offices and Implementing/National Partners in the EECA region starting with 2015. Considering your current experience and the Country Office’s programme status on GBV, what type of technical assistance would be most helpful in your country? | | |
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| Section P. Additional comments/suggestions |
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| Please feel free to make any additional comments or suggestions on the subject of multi-sectorial response to and prevention of GBV. | | |
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