This booklet provides guidance to shelter and non-food items (NFI) practitioners on essential actions to be undertaken to reduce risks of gender-based violence (GBV) associated with the distribution of shelter and NFI, including both in-kind and cash-based assistance.
The booklet describes how to ensure that the health, security, privacy, and dignity of affected populations is safeguarded throughout the distribution process.
More specifically, it looks at how shelter and NFI distributions can contribute to reduce and mitigate existing or potential GBV risks in emergencies; and how shelter and NFI agencies can reduce and mitigate risks directly associated with distributions processes.
A short video on shelter/NFI distribution accompanying this booklet can be found in several languages at https://www.youtube.com/user/ShelterCluster/videos.
At the end of the booklet, guidance is also provided on how shelter and NFI staff can support when information about a GBV incident is disclosed to them.