Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence

Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence is rated 3 out of 5 in the category civic & social organization. Read and write reviews about Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence. WHO WE ARE The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence comprises Irish human rights, humanitarian and development organisations, Irish Aid and the Defence Forces, all working together to address gender based violence. Its overall aim is to promote the adoption of a coherent and coordinated response to gender based violence (GBV). BACKGROUND In 2004, a group of Irish human rights, humanitarian and development agencies, together with Irish Aid ((Within the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade of the Irish government.)) joined forces to discuss how best to respond to reports of very high levels of rape in the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. During those discussions, it was recognised that responses to gender based violence (GBV) by the international community were, for the most part, isolated and ad-hoc and that there was a pressing need for the issue to be addressed in a more comprehensive and systematic manner. Subsequently, these organisations and others joined together to establish the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence with a view to promoting the adoption of a coherent and coordinated response to GBV. THE CONSORTIUM’S OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To ensure that actions to prevent and respond to gender based violence are visible and systematically addressed in the policies, procedures and programmes of all member agencies. 2. To develop and strengthen skills and capacities of member organisations for more effective prevention of, and response to, gender based violence, at programme level. 3. To inform, effect and monitor policy implementation to improve actions on prevention of and response to gender based violence.