Guide to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Legal Protection in Acute Emergencies

War Child Canada. 10/2016 This 56-page guide summarizes an assessment of War Child Canada ' s legal protection model that was implemented with South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda, and uses it to identify the most important lessons for ensuring legal protection mechanisms are in place at the onset of an emergency. It is meant to help build the evidence base on what may be a replicable model, or set of practices, for survivor-centered sexual and gender-based violence legal protection services in emergency settings; and expand understanding of positive practices and lessons learned. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news