Providing life-saving GBV prevention and response activities through a mobile GBV team in conflict-affected hard-to reach locations in South Sudan. Integrated Protection Mobile Team (IPMT):
The mobile Gender Based Violence (GBV) unit will operate from Juba and work closely with the Protection Cluster and other protection units of the IPMT. Rapid needs assessment and response missions will be undertaken to hard-to reach areas of the country with extraordinary humanitarian needs, for a period of three to six weeks depending on the needs and the location. The IPMT will conduct rapid needs assessments to identify the most urgent protection needs of vulnerable women and girls affected by the conflict and respond through direct GBV services and assistance. During each mission, the mobile GBV team will be equipped with mobile materials to quickly set up a temporary confidential GBV case management space for emergency GBV cases, which will also serve as a mobile safe space for women and girls. PFA and PSS will be provided to identified individuals. Services provided to survivors and women at risk may also include in-kind material support, such as dignity kits. . An integral part of the intervention will include establishing new or strengthening existing referral pathways to connect women and girls to multisector GBV response services available and the distribution of dignity kits. INTERSOS will train identified local organizations, which can provide critical services to survivors after the rapid response, on GBV prevention and response. To achieve sustainability of the intervention INTERSOS will fully involve the GBV partners to establish other viable support mechanisms immediately after each mission and engage them in monitoring and follow ups of the activities. Specifically, INTERSOS will contribute to a more protective environment for the most conflict-affected populations, including IDPs and host communities, in hard-to reach areas through life-saving GBV prevention and response activities through GBV mobile team. To reach remote areas, INTERSOS will apply a mobile response approach to maximize the resources and impact to deliver rapid and effective humanitarian assistance for those in dire needs. Thanks to the experience acquired through the implementation of the pilot IPMT program in 2017 and the start of 2018, INTERSOS has achieved a deeply-rooted capacity to manage the GBV mobile team. Therefore, this project will benefit from INTERSOS’ past experience within IPMT and other Mobile teams in different sectors. This experience resulted in the capturing of lessons learned that will enhance and boost INTERSOS’ capacity to effectively implement and form part of the IPMT in 2018. INTERSOS will implement recommendations from the lesson learned, such as improved coordination among members, conducting joint assessments, focusing on and expanding the response to survivors, and extending the rapid response missions to a minimum of three weeks. The project will pursue effective coordination among all IPMT partners (General Protection, Mine Action, and Child Protection), during in the pre-deployment phase of each mission, the design of common tools, the assessment, and during prevention and response activities.