COVID-19: Policy Brief and Recommendations: Strengthening efforts to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence as schools reopen
- A Advocacy Campaign/Project
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Key Information
This policy brief is targeted at policymakers and practitioners working in gender, education and child protection fields. It draws from emerging evidence on the gendered implications of COVID-19 on violence as well as research from previous health emergencies regarding the impacts of school closures on gender-based violence. Working on the principle of ‘Build Back Better’, this brief may be used to advocate for improved attention to schoolrelated gender-based violence (SRGBV).
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Global
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2020 - 2020
Partner(s)
- Plan International
- Save the Children
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
- VVOB
- World Education, Inc.
Commonwealth Institute, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Human Rights Watch, Raising Voices
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
AdaptedGeographic Scope
Global / regionalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
Cross-cutting areas
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- COVID-19 Response
- Early/child marriage
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Other
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls in school, Policymakers, Youth
Age
5 - 18
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Health and childcare services
- Adolescent-friendly health services
- Referrals to health services
- Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)
Life skills education
- Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
- Gender, rights and power
- Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Menstrual hygiene management
- Educating girls about menstruation
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
- Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)
- Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
- Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
- Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
Not applicable or unknown
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved health - other
- Improved mental health
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
- Increased agency and empowerment
- Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Reduced child marriage
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)