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Article

Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation by Non-GBV Specialists Prior to and during COVID-19: A Global Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Humanitarian Practitioners

by
Vandana Sharma
1,2,*,
Annika Gompers
3,
Jocelyn T. D. Kelly
2,4,
Erin Patrick
5,
Christine Heckman
6,
Arsema Solomon
3 and
Jennifer Scott
3,7
1
Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
2
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
3
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
4
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
5
CARE, New York, NY 10017, USA
6
United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, NY 10038, USA
7
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(24), 13387; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413387
Submission received: 8 December 2021 / Accepted: 11 December 2021 / Published: 20 December 2021
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Abstract

Available evidence indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic and response measures may lead to increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV), including in humanitarian contexts. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of humanitarian practitioners related to GBV risk mitigation approaches during COVID-19 in order to refine current guidance and inform future materials. A global, online cross-sectional survey of humanitarian practitioners was conducted between November 2020 and April 2021. We calculated descriptive statistics and used Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests to compare knowledge, attitudes, and practices among GBV specialists and non-specialists. Of 170 respondents, 58% were female and 44% were GBV specialists. Almost all (95%) of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they have a role to play in GBV risk mitigation. Compared to GBV specialists, a higher proportion of non-specialists reported little to no knowledge on GBV risk mitigation global guidance (38% vs. 7%, p < 0.001) and on how to respond to a disclosure of GBV (18% vs. 3%, p < 0.001). Respondents reported several barriers to integrating GBV risk mitigation into their work during COVID-19, including insufficient funding, capacity, knowledge, and guidance. Efforts to mainstream GBV risk mitigation actions should continue and intensify, leveraging the lessons and experiences generated thus far.
Keywords: gender-based violence; humanitarian contexts; COVID-19; GBV risk mitigation; humanitarian response; protection; humanitarian aid gender-based violence; humanitarian contexts; COVID-19; GBV risk mitigation; humanitarian response; protection; humanitarian aid

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Sharma, V.; Gompers, A.; Kelly, J.T.D.; Patrick, E.; Heckman, C.; Solomon, A.; Scott, J. Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation by Non-GBV Specialists Prior to and during COVID-19: A Global Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Humanitarian Practitioners. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 13387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413387

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Sharma V, Gompers A, Kelly JTD, Patrick E, Heckman C, Solomon A, Scott J. Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation by Non-GBV Specialists Prior to and during COVID-19: A Global Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Humanitarian Practitioners. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(24):13387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413387

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Sharma, Vandana, Annika Gompers, Jocelyn T. D. Kelly, Erin Patrick, Christine Heckman, Arsema Solomon, and Jennifer Scott. 2021. "Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation by Non-GBV Specialists Prior to and during COVID-19: A Global Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Humanitarian Practitioners" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24: 13387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413387

APA Style

Sharma, V., Gompers, A., Kelly, J. T. D., Patrick, E., Heckman, C., Solomon, A., & Scott, J. (2021). Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation by Non-GBV Specialists Prior to and during COVID-19: A Global Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Humanitarian Practitioners. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), 13387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413387

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