Providing life-saving static GBV prevention and response services in Unity State in South Sudan. Notwithstanding the advancing of the peace process, widespread violence, a highly militarized environment, and the frequent cattle raiding and revenge killings among the different clans and tribes exacerbate the risk of GBV in South Sudan. Displaced women and girls in the targeted locations are at risk of being raped, beaten or killed as they search for water, firewood and other essential goods and services they need for domestic purposes. Furthermore, lack of recognition of GBV as violation of fundamental human rights perpetuates a culture of impunity throughout the country. INTERSOS will therefore implement GBV prevention and response activities in Mayendit state in the following payams: Madol 1, Pabuong,and  Malkuer. In its response activities, INTERSOS will provide to all survivors of GBV a safe and confidential environment in Women and Girls Friendly Spaces (WGFS) where they can easily access psychosocial support services in form of peer-to-peer support, individual case management and recreational activities. All activities will focus on overcoming trauma and psychosocial distress by strengthening individual coping mechanisms, resilience and social network. Cases will be identified through the Community Mobilizers and community-based protection networks and will be referred to trained and skilled GBV Caseworkers.

As main project activity, INTERSOS will set up and maintain Women and Girls Friendly Spaces in the targeted locations to provide women and girls a safe and supportive environment where they can gather and seek and access case management and other GBV services. INTERSOS will deploy GBV staff to provide accessible confidential, survivor-centred services to address GBV and to ensuring it is appropriately addressed across all sectors. Through safety audits and regular monitoring, INTERSOS will identify high-risk areas and factors driving GBV in the emergency and will work with other actors to strengthen/set up and strengthen the multi-sectoral referral pathway. Qualified and skilled caseworkers will provide comprehensive individual Case Management and Psychological First Aid (PFA) through a survivor-centred approach, focusing principally on strengthening the individual’s resilience and own coping mechanisms. As integration to Case Management, INTERSOS will work closely with health facilities in order to deliver specialized health services, which will boost the result and provide a more concrete support to women and girls victims of GBV. In order to comprehensively address GBV cases, INTERSOS will conduct a service mapping, set up and strengthen the referral pathway. To ensure uptake of services, INTERSOS will also conduct community awareness about GBV available services.  


INTERSOS GBV interventions will be aligned with the GBV Sub-cluster strategy aimed at ensuring coordination and reducing duplication of services. To this end, INTERSOS will collaborate with partners on the ground to contribute to the provision of a basic package of multi-sectoral GBV services at community level and build capacity of service providers and communities to deliver quality GBV services in line with best practices and minimum standards for humanitarian settings, ‘do no harm’ and protection principles.