Evaluation of Implementation of 2005 IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in the Syria Crisis Response

In 2015 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Rescue Committee and the International Medical Corps conducted an evaluation of the humanitarian system’s response to GBV within the context of the Syrian crisis.

The purpose of the evaluation was to examine the extent to which the humanitarian community has implemented the 2005 IASC GBV Guidelines on GBV prevention and response and ensure that such learning informs and improves the effective implementation of similar guidance in both the immediate and longer term future. The outcomes of the evaluation will be used to improve future GBV programming and to inform the regional roll out and implementation process of the 2015 revised IASC GBV Guidelines (Guidelines for Integrating GenderBased Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience and Aiding Recovery).

The evaluation conducted in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I), Jordan, Lebanon and Northern Syria focused on evaluating two humanitarian sectors in each country as prioritised by the countries’ GBV/sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) sub-cluster/ working groups.