Guidance Note: Comprehensive Strategies to Combat CRSV (2012)
This 2012 guidance note from UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) provides practical recommendations for developing and implementing comprehensive, multi-sectoral strategies to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It outlines key benchmarks, strategic pillars, implementation steps, monitoring frameworks, and lessons learned from country experiences including the Democratic Republic of the…
Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (2011)
The present Report covers the period from December 2010 to November 2011. Sexual violence, and the long shadow of terror and trauma it casts, disproportionately affects women and girls. However, recent information underscores that the situation of male victims and the plight of children born as a result of wartime rape require deeper examination. The…
Guidance for Mediators: Addressing CRSV in Peace Processes (2012)
Developed with the support of UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, this 2012 guidance from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA, now Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, DPPA) Mediation Support Unit supports mediators and peace process actors in addressing conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) during negotiations, ceasefire agreements, security arrangements, and post-conflict…
UN Action Progress Report 2011
Third Consolidated Annual Progress Report on Activities Implemented under the UN Action Against Sexual Violence Find: Report of the Administrative Agent of the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict Fund for the period of 1 January – 31 December 2011
UN Action Progress Report 2010-2011
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict Progress Report 2010-2011
Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence by Non-State Armed Groups (UNA008, 2011)
This resource was developed in 2011 through a UNICEF-OCHA project (UNA008), supported by the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict Multi-Donor Trust Fund. It presents a preliminary framework for preventing conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) perpetrated by non-state armed groups (NSAGs), drawing on public health, conflict management and social norms approaches. The report identifies risk…
Matrix of Early-Warning Indicators of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (2011)
Developed by UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Women and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict in 2011, and organized across six thematic pillars, (military/security, social/humanitarian, political/legal, economic, media-related and health), this knowledge product helps practitioners anticipate risks, strengthen prevention efforts and improve preparedness at…
Guidance Note: Implementing UNSCR 1960 (2010) on Women, Peace and Security (2011)
This provisional guidance note provides operational guidance on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1960 (2010) on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). It outlines the Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Arrangements (MARA), engagement with parties to conflict, reporting requirements, accountability mechanisms, and coordination responsibilities across the UN system to strengthen prevention, protection, reporting, and response efforts. It…
Analytical and Conceptual Framing of CRSV (2011)
Developed by UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict in 2011, this knowledge product provides the analytical and conceptual framework for defining conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), including within the Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Arrangements (MARA). It clarifies the legal and political thresholds for documenting and reporting CRSV, outlines the criteria for listing parties credibly suspected…
2011 Gender Marker in CAPs and Pooled Funds: Analysis of Results and Lessons Learned
The Gender Marker (GM) facilitates tracking gender allocations in humanitarian projects and nurtures gender equality results. It responds to UN Security Council, General Assembly, and humanitarian community demands for tracking allocations for gender and ensuring humanitarian action is equally meeting the distinct needs of female and male beneficiaries.