Purpose The primary purpose of these guidelines is to enable humanitarian actors and communities to plan, establish, and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral interventions to prevent and respond to sexual violence during the early phase of an emergency. Overview…
Purpose This video provides an overview of the Canadian Red Cross Tool ’ Ten steps to creating safe environments for children and youth’ Overview The ten steps are: Be aware: Understanding abuse, violence, bullying, and harassment. Look all ways: recognising…
This guide provides standards and directions on how to carry out rapid needs assessment for Psychosocial Support (PSS) and Violence Prevention (VP) initiatives including child protection and sexual and gender-based violence.
In particular, this rapid assessment tool is designed to help gather data in an efficient and effective way to help inform integration of PSS and VP issues, as minimum standards, into the broader disaster management action plans in response to an emergency.
This advocacy report encourages making the prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence a priority within the International Federation’s response to disasters. It highlights why and how interpersonal and self-directed violence during and after disasters is a predictable and preventable problem and the actions the International Federation and its partner agencies should take to have a more engaged role in addressing them.
Purpose This document is a resource for organisations and communities to help in the development, implementation and monitoring of concrete actions to prevent, reduce, mitigate and respond to interpersonal violence—physical, sexual, emotional and neglect. Overview The ten steps are: 1. Understand…
Purpose These guidelines provide information and examples to support the design and construction of barrier-free emergency shelters that may be used by all people within a community following a natural disaster, such as a flood or landslide. Overview Barrier-free environments…
These guidelines recommend five key action points for including older people in shelter programmes.
Purpose This document offers technical guidance for disability-inclusive shelter and settlement support in emergencies. Developed by IFRC, Handicap International and CBM, it draws upon guidelines from these and other institutions, relevant national and international standards, and the expertise of practitioners.…
Purpose This document highlights some practical ways in which gender concerns can be incorporated and articulated in shelter programming. Overview Assessments: Data on affected populations should be broken down by age, sex and other relevant factors (for example, people with…
Purpose This briefing paper looks at the importance of gender within Red Cross programmes and services and offers some suggestions about how Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies might better integrate gender into shelter programmes. Overview Studies have shown that…