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ARC International's latest publication series
addresses the critical global issue of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
in Conflict-Affected Settings. The publication series was
designed specifically to help communities and humanitarian workers
to assess the situation in their particular setting and to determine
the needs and next steps to implementing comprehensive and
multi-sectoral programs to address GBV. A special emphasis has been
given to the provision of legal aid, as that is a sector often
neglected.
Within this series of publications ARC's program
in Guinea, West Africa, has been highlighted as an example of
programmatic possibilities. The program in Guinea, which serves
Liberian and Sierra Leonean Refugees, has been successful in taking
innovative and effective approaches to addressing GBV.
For further information or to order hardcopies please
contact Connie Kamara, International Health Technical Advisor at Conniek@archq.org
Downloading the publications in whole
or in part
To download the publications, there are three
options. You may select individual sections in each book by
clicking on the heading in the table of contents, or
download one of the four books in its entirety as an Adobe
Acrobat PDF by clicking on the cover graphic for the individual
book. If you have a fast Internet connection you can download
the entire set of four books as a zip file (approximately 30
megabytes). Unzip the file and all the documents will be laid
out and be accessible through a main html page that is included in
the zip file.
The following books are included in this
series:
Gender-Based Violence Legal Aid: A
Participatory Toolkit
The participatory toolkit includes
a GBV Legal Aid Matrix and participatory exercises to aid in the
design of programs to address GBV. This approach utilizes the
wealth of local knowledge found in the community to conduct an
assessment and to develop an appropriate action plan while ensuring
a multi-sectoral approach. A special emphasis has been given
to the provision of legal aid, as that is a sector often neglected.
The toolkit is based on an underlying principle that GBV services
and GBV legal aid need to be implemented in a gradual and culturally
appropriate manner to maximize effectiveness and to prevent harmful
consequences or backlash.
Community Safety Initiative
Gender-Based Violence Program
This book offers an
overview of ARC International’s Community Safety Initiative (CSI)
GBV program in Guinea, West Africa. The goal of the program is to
prevent and respond to GBV among Albadaria refugees by increasing
their safety and awareness. This is done while also facilitating
access to appropriate health care and promoting self sufficiency for
GBV survivors and extremely vulnerable women. This overview is meant
to serve as a guide to others creating or currently implementing a
GBV program in a conflict-affected setting. Included in the
appendices are sample documents and forms developed for the CSI
project.
Legal Aspects of Violence Against
Refugee Women in Kissidougou Town and Albadariah
Camps
This book covers a survey that was conducted in
Guinea to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices around GBV,
particularly as they relate to legal assistance and protection under
Guinean laws, in the Albadariah camps and Kissidougou, Guinea. The
results that are presented here are currently being used as a
baseline to enable appropriate design of legal trainings and
services within the existing GBV network and to measure the impact
of the ARC Legal Aid Program in Kissidougou, Guinea after its
implementation. It is hoped that this survey will offer some insight
as to the potential questions to be asked prior to implementing a
GBV legal aid program.
An Overview of the Fern Holland Legal
Aid Clinic
ARC International’s initial Legal Aid Clinic
was established in N’Zerekore, Guinea in March of 2003 to provide
free legal services for survivors of GBV. It was created on behalf
of Liberian and Sierra Leonian refugees living in Guinea who were
unable to utilize the Guinean legal system and to pursue
perpetrators under the Guinean law. In 2004 it was renamed in honor
of Fern Holland, one of the primary drivers of the project who was
murdered in Iraq in March of 2004. This book contains an
overview of the services offered at the clinic and includes a number
of sample Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
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