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How to support survivors of gender-based violence when a GBV actor is not available in your area

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2023) CC

KEY MESSAGES Always talk to a GBV specialist first to understand what GBV services are available in your area. Some services may take the form of hotlines, a mobile app or other remote support. Be aware of any other available services in your area. Identify services provided by humanitarian pa...rtners such as health, psychosocial support, shelter and non-food items. Consider services provided by communities such as mosques/ churches, women’s groups and Disability Service Organizations. Remember your role. Provide a listening ear, free of judgment. Provide accurate, up-to-date information on available services. Let the survivor make their own choices. Know what you can and cannot manage. Even without a GBV actor in your area, there may be other partners, such as a child protection or mental health specialist, who can support survivors that require additional attention and support. Ask the survivor for permission before connecting them to anyone else. Do not force the survivor if s/he says no. Do not proactively identify or seek out GBV survivors. Be available in case someone asks for support. Remember your mandate. All humanitarian practitioners are mandated to provide non-judgmental and non-discriminatory support to people in need regardless of: gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability status, age, ethnicity/tribe/race/religion, who perpetrated/committed violence, and the situation in which violence was committed. Use a survivor-centered approach by practicing: Respect: all actions you take are guided by respect for the survivor’s choices, wishes, rights and dignity. Safety: the safety of the survivor is the number one priority. Confidentiality: people have the right to choose to whom they will or will not tell their story. Maintaining confidentiality means not sharing any information to anyone. Non-discrimination: providing equal and fair treatment to anyone in need of support. If health services exist, always provide information on what is available. Share what you know, and most importantly explain what you do not. Let the survivor decide if s/he wants to access them. Receiving quality medical care within 72 hours can prevent transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and within 120 hours can prevent unwanted pregnancy. Provide the opportunity for people with disabilities to communicate to you without the presence of their caregiver, if wished and does not endanger or create tension in that relationship. If a man or boy is raped it does not mean he is gay or bisexual. Gender-based violence is based on power, not someone’s sexuality. Sexual and gender minorities are often at increased risk of harm and violence due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Actively listen and seek to support all survivors. Anyone can commit an act of gender-based violence including a spouse, intimate partner, family member, caregiver, in-law, stranger, parent or someone who is exchanging money or goods for a sexual act. Anyone can be a survivor of gender-based violence – this includes, but isn’t limited to, people who are married, elderly individuals or people who engage in sex work. Protect the identity and safety of a survivor. Do not write down, take pictures or verbally share any personal/identifying information about a survivor or their experience, including with your supervisor. Put phones and computers away to avoid concern that a survivor’s voice is being recorded. Personal/identifying information includes the survivor’s name, perpetrator(s) name, date of birth, registration number, home address, work address, location where their children go to school, the exact time and place the incident took place etc. Share general, non-identifying information To your team or sector partners in an effort to make your program safer. To your support network when seeking self-care and encouragement. more

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“Our children have the right to an education too”: Strategies Employed by Orange Farm Caregivers of Children with Disabilities in Pursuit of the Right to a Basic Education

Elphick, J., De SasKropiwnicki, Z. &Elphick, R. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC

This paper aims to understand the agency that caregivers who participated in a CBR empowerment component programme exercised, in order to promote the rights of their children with disabilities to a basic education.

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Helping someone with gambling problems: Mental Health first aid guidelines
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MHFA MHFA (2021) CC

In these guidelines we use the term gambling problems to refer to difficulties over time in limiting money or time spent on gambling, which leads to adverse consequences for the person, others, or for the community. This could include someone whose gambling is having a great enough impact on the... more

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Руководство по самотестированию на ВИЧ и информированию партнеров - Дополнение к сводному руководству по услугам тестирования на ВИЧ

Всемирная организация здравоохранения Всемирная организация здравоохранения (Европа); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2018) C_WHO

ДОПОЛНЕНИЕ СЛУГИ ТЕСТИРОВАНИЯ НА ВИЧ ДЕКАБРЬ 2016 г.

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IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Section I Psychiatry and pediatrics

O. Fiertag; S. Taylor; A. Tareen; E. Garralda IACAPAP (2012) C2

IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Child psychiatry & pediatrics Chapter I.1 Somatoform disorders

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I1. Somatoform disorders

Olivia Fiertag, Sharon Taylor, Amina Tareen & Elena Garralda IACAPAP (2019) C1

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I1. IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Psychiatry and Pediatrics

O. Fiertag; S. Taylor; A. Tareen; E. Garralda IACAPAP (2012) C2

Section I Somatoform disorders Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics Chapter I.1

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Mental Health. Psychische Gesundheit

Refugium Flucht und Gesundheit Department Gesundheitswissenschaften der HAW Hamburg. (2017) C1

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Spiritual care recommendations for people receiving palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa

Selman, L.; et al. KIngs College; African Palliative Care Association; et al. (2019) CC

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Fundamental Facts about mental health 2016

Mental Health Foundation (2016) CC

A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a unique handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health

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The public health playbook: ideas for challenging the corporate playbook

Lacy-Nicholas, J.; Marten, R.; Crosbie, E.; Moodie,R. The Lancet Global Health (2022) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2022 Published Online May 24, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00185-1 Many commercial actors use a range of coordinated and sophisticated strategies to protect business interests— their corporate playbook—but many of these strategies come at the expense of public h... more

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Patient Treatment Manual

Clinica lResearch Unit for Anxiety Disorders, Sydney (2010) CC

This manual is both a guide to treatment and a workbook for persons who suffer from genalized anxiety disorder.

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WHO mhGAP Guideline update
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WHO WHO (2015) C_WHO

Update of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Guideline for Mental, Neurological and Substance use Disorders May 2015

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Troubles somatoformes

O. Fiertag; S. Taylor; A. Tareen; E. Garralda IACAPAP (2017) C2

Psychiatry de l'enfant et pediatrie Chapitre I.1 Edition en français Traduction : Virginie Stalin Sous la direction de : Priscille Gérardin Avec le soutien de la SFPEADA

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Trastornos somatomorfos

O. Fiertag; S.Taylor; A. Tareen; E. Garralda IACAPAP (2012) C2

Psiquiatría Infantil y Pediatría Capítulo I.1 Editores: Azucena Díez-Suárez y Matías Irarrázaval Traductores: Cecilia Hernández González, Ana Mena Morales, Ana Alvarado Dafonte

Helping someone with gambling problems: Mental Health first aid guidelines recommended

WHO mhGAP Guideline update recommended

Helping someone with gambling problems: Mental Health first aid guidelines
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WHO mhGAP Guideline update
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