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Poster: The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-based Violence in Emergencies Programming

Resource date: 01 November 2019

Author: GBV AoR

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This poster shows the 16 Minimum Standards for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies.

See the full report here.

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The Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming

Number of pages: 159

Publication date: 01 November 2019

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility

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