Responding to gaps in SGBV services across East Amman, Mafraq, Aqaba and the South of Jordan The proposed is a protection sector project that aims at Preventing and responding to sexual and Gender Based Violence (REF 1.7) via innovative prevention activities, that will ultimately respond to JRP priorities “to expand and strengthen national and sub-national protection systems that meet the international protection and social protection needs of vulnerable groups in the governorates most affected by the Syria crisis”. The project will address the programmatic priorities and build on previous OCHA projects, with the aspiration of bridging the gaps and innovatively responding to the priorities identified through implementing a Holistic SGBV Prevention Program. 

Acknowledging the fact that approaching SGBV from the perspective of innovation, will result in finding new ideas that drive solutions.  JRF designed this project utilizing innovative prevention techniques that are based on international best practices, as well as on JRF’s extensive and rich experience in offering women, adolescents, child protection and empowerment programs (both prevention and intervention), specializing in women and adolescents who are at-risk and/or are survivors of SGBV. JRF will implement this project in three main areas highly affected by the crisis, and are underserved regions of East Amman, Mafraq, Aqaba and through an SGBV mobile outreach unit targeting underserved areas in the South. The project will reach 3710 beneficiaries including women, girls, men and boys. 

JRF designed the proposed project based on behavioral change approach that promotes empowerment of women and adolescent who are at-risk and/or survivors of SGBV to prevent occurrence and re-occurrence of SGBV incidents. Throughout this project, JRF aims to achieve the key standard indicators: 1) WGBM are sensitized on SGBV through awareness raising and outreach activities, and 2) service providers, humanitarian actors and government counterpart trained on SGBV. 

Below is a brief overview of the proposed project pillars:
1.Offering women, and adolescents innovative empowerment prevention focused programs that will empower them with knowledge, skills, tools, and attitudes, to address concerns, mitigate impact, and prevent occurrence of all forms of SGBV protection threats, while promoting positive social behavior, social-emotional wellbeing.
2.Transferring knowledge and expertise to service providers and humanitarian actors (governmental and non-governmental) through specialized SGBV Prevention Curriculum and  training program to enhance their knowledge and response on SGBV best practices and methods of implementation.
3.Building the capacities of project local partners and project team on advanced SGBV prevention art techniques. 
4.Forming “Women Committees” to support in the outreach and mobilization of local community, as well as co-facilitate and organize SGBV thematic awareness raising activities/events on SGBV protection and prevention in Amman, Mafraq, Aqaba and the South. The thematic activities/events will cover different topics, not limited to: gender equity, right to life, child marriage, sexual exploitation, and domestic violence.