Strengthening Lifesaving, Comprehensive, and Multi-Sectoral Prevention and Response to GBV Survivors in North and South Darfur This project is aligned with the SHF objectives and funding procedures for 2017, and will contribute to saving lives and reducing the social and economic impact of humanitarian emergencies through addressing the needs of population affected by emergency situation in North Darfur and South Darfur states. 

UNFPA will mainstream protection throughout this project ensuring that essential elements are considered and adhered to. This includes emphasis on safe and dignified access of affected population in all the project implementation and management process.

The project targets 3 localities in 2 states in Sudan in line with the SHF prioritized localities: 

1- North Darfur: Tawilla (FPDO)
2- South Darfur: Gereida and Nyala (GAH)


UNFPA has presence in the target states and in consultation with community and relevant stakeholders, has identified specific needs focusing on the continuation of existing GBV activities, maintaining essential basic functions and enabling local ownership and autonomy.  This has been done through capacity building of the community partners and beneficiaries for eventual takeover of possible roles and responsibilities. In the women centers for example, the management and running of the centers is through a volunteer women committee who at times are also members of the CBPNs. This has led to community ownership and will ensure continuity of some of the community based activities after project phase out.   Existing referral systems will be further enhanced for the survivors of GBV through providing support to the existing community protection networks and the women centers. The centers will offer a minimum package of activities for social interaction, awareness about GBV risks and prevention measures, psychosocial support sessions and counselling basic capacity building of vulnerable women on life skills and formation of self-help groups. 

This is in addition to advocacy and awareness raising amongst the community and service providers to prevent and respond to GBV. UNFPA will ensure the implementation of the proposed activities is line with the minimum standard of response and prevention of GBV in emergencies


The programme implementation integrates a feedback mechanism soliciting feedback during regular monitoring visits by the implementing partners as well as UNFPA to the project sites. Individual discussions along with focus group discussions allow for meaningful feedback that will then be taken into account for corrective measures if needed. The Do No Harm principles and approach will be strictly adhered to, and in the case of acute and protected displaced situations, host communities need to be taken into account too so as to avoid any potential negative backlash due to perceived inequalities in response. 

The proposed project will closely liaise with RH interventions in so far as the GBV referral pathways builds on the availability of existing services including medical treatment of survivors (clinical management of rape) which available health facilities with skilled medical personnel and the supplies and drugs required for treatment.