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Add to Preferred Sources- The European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid highlights the importance of integrating gender considerations, including protection strategies against sexual and gender based violence and promoting the active participation of women affected by crisis in the humanitarian response.
- The EU considers gender-based violence (GBV) a serious humanitarian issue, and is committed to support survivors and eradicate such violence. It aims to do so inter alia as lead of the ‘Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies’, a global initiative which strives to ensure that every humanitarian effort, from the earliest phases of a crisis, includes the policies, systems and mechanisms to mitigate GBV risks, and to provide safe and comprehensive services for those affected by GBV.
- The EU is fully committed to ensuring that its humanitarian aid takes into account the different vulnerabilities and capacities of women and men of all ages. This is reflected in its commitment to quality programming of aid for the most disadvantaged in emergencies. It is also in compliance with the EU humanitarian mandate and international humanitarian law and commitments.
- In 2016, the EU allocated over EUR 27 million in humanitarian aid for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence, reaching almost 3.4 million women, girls, boys and men.
Original source and full report: ECHO
Published on 22 November 2017