Mitigating, Preventing and Responding to Gender-based violence (GBV) in Public Health Emergencies

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This is an e-learning course to learn how to integrate Gender-Based violence (GBV) prevention, response and risk mitigation in public health emergencies. 

This course consists of 11 modules which cover different aspects of public health emergencies (PHEs). Each content includes video, podcasts and reading materials to gain both basic knowledge and useful resources to implement UNICEF Key Considerations: Mitigating, Preventing and Responding to GBV in Public Health Emergencies. 

 Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe UNICEF’s approach to prevent, respond and mitigate risks of GBV in public health emergencies (PHE). 
2. Identify GBV risks related to PHE responses and how to mitigate those GBV risks in PHE responses. 
3. Know how to implement UNICEF Key Considerations: Mitigating, Preventing and Responding to GBV in PHEs in your work (Key Considerations). 
4. Obtain useful resources to implement the Key Considerations and make the PHE response safer and accessible to all. 

Audience

• UNICEF staff (country Offices, regional offices and HQ).
• UNICEF partners.
• UNICEF and National Committee consultants, interns, volunteers, goodwill ambassadors and National Committee board members.
• UNICEF government, civil society and cooperation partners as appropriate.

Length

The entire course will take a maximum of 8 hours to complete and is a self-paced course. 

Methodology

This course contains various learning methods including videos, audio recordings/podcasts, reading and interactive activities. In each module, you can access to additional resources which help you to apply what you learned from the course to your programme.  

Structure

The training consists of 11 modules: They are interrelated but also independent. If you do not have time, you can pick a module that you are interested in the most. 

Foundational modules:

1. Gender-based violence basics
2. Public health emergencies basics
3. Gender, GBV and PHEs
4. Women’s and girls’ participation in PHE decision-making 

Pillar specific modules:

5. Assessment: Applying a gender and GBV lens in PHE assessments
6. GBV risk mitigation in risk communication and community engagement for PHEs
7. Mitigating GBV risks in immunization. 
8. GBV risk mitigation in infection prevention and control. 
9. Continuation of GBV services during PHEs. 
10. Monitoring GBV risks in PHEs.
11. Responding to GBV disclosures. 

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