Unseen, unheard - Asia Pacific case studies

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Cover of the document: three women in south asia

Working on gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response is not a new

theme. Governments, international organisations, NGOs, foundations and other civil

society actors have tirelessly been working on raising awareness and implementing

programmes to assist women and girls and sometimes men and boys to be active in

preventing violence at home, in communities and contributing to policy change on a

national level. GBV occurrence in conflict situations has also been widely researched,

although remains a sensitive and difficult topic to address.



The following three Asia-Pacific case studies, commissioned by

the IFRC as part of a global research initiative to bolster GBV prevention and response

during and after disasters, start to fill the abovementioned gaps and make valuable

recommendations for multi-sectorial action and follow-up in Bangladesh, Myanmar

and Samoa.

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