Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Visual Pocket Guide: How to support survivors of gender-based violence when a GBV actor is not available in your area [EN/AR]

KEY MESSAGES

GBV CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE:

• It mostly happens to women and girls, but it can happen to anyone.

ANYONE CAN DO HARM:

• Married people can harm each other.
• Parents can harm their children.
• Lovers can harm each other.
• Children can harm their parents.
• Strangers can harm people.

IF THERE IS A GBV ACTOR, GO TO THEM FIRST:

• If you know someone who is a GBV actor, talk to them first.
• Find any other services that could be of help.
• Think about other places that can help.
• Tell survivors about health services.

KNOW YOUR ROLE:

• Listen.
• Do not judge.
• Provide good information.
• Let them make their own decisions.
• Know if you can or cannot help.
• Do not force them to get help if they do not want to.

ENSURE SAFETY:

• Make sure they are safe.

ENSURE PRIVACY:

• Do not write down, do not take pictures, do not record their story.
• Info about a survivors should be a secret.
• Do not share their story. If you have to tell the story, do not give details about the people in it.

RESPECT ALL AND BE FAIR:

• Be respectful to everyone.
• Help all survivors equally.
• Listen to all survivors and try to help.
• Survivors with disabilities can talk to you without a caregiver...
• ...if they want to and if it is safe to.

DO NOT LOOK FOR GBV SURVIVORS:

• Let survivors come to you.
• Do not look for them.
• It is unsafe and harmful to look for survivors.