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IASC GBV Guidelines Workshop Central African Republic, Bangui, 28th – 31st October 2007. Briefing on workshop outcomes, key challenges & opportunities. Introduction. Background on IASC GBV Guidelines CAR: Humanitarian context GBV in CAR Workshop in Bangui on GBV Identified gaps
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IASC GBV Guidelines WorkshopCentral African Republic, Bangui, 28th – 31st October 2007 Briefing on workshop outcomes, key challenges & opportunities
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
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
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)
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
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)
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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