Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Survivor-Centred Programming Training Course

Course Introduction

SGender-Based Violence (GBV) remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide, affecting individuals across all ages, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and communities. It undermines health, safety, dignity, economic empowerment, education, and social cohesion while limiting sustainable development and gender equality. Governments, humanitarian organizations, development agencies, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and civil society organizations increasingly require comprehensive strategies that prevent violence, protect survivors, strengthen institutional responses, and promote long-term social transformation. This course equips participants with advanced knowledge and practical skills to design, implement, manage, and evaluate survivor-centred GBV prevention and response programmes.

Survivor-centred programming places the rights, safety, dignity, choices, confidentiality, and well-being of survivors at the core of every intervention. Effective GBV programming requires coordinated action across health, justice, education, social protection, humanitarian response, community development, and law enforcement sectors. Participants will gain practical competencies in understanding the root causes of violence, conducting GBV risk assessments, integrating safeguarding principles, strengthening referral pathways, promoting accountability, and ensuring ethical service delivery that respects survivor autonomy and informed consent.

The programme aligns with internationally recognized frameworks including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Platform for Action, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines for Integrating GBV Interventions, the Sphere Humanitarian Standards, the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and national laws addressing gender-based violence. Participants will explore how these standards guide policy development, institutional reforms, prevention programming, and survivor-centred service delivery across humanitarian and development settings.

Participants will develop advanced practical skills in GBV prevention programming, survivor support coordination, case management principles, stakeholder engagement, community mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, programme management, advocacy, and institutional capacity strengthening. Through practical case studies, simulations, ethical scenarios, and collaborative learning exercises, participants will strengthen their ability to develop integrated programmes that reduce violence, improve access to quality services, and promote inclusive community participation while safeguarding survivor rights.

The course also explores emerging issues affecting GBV prevention and response, including technology-facilitated gender-based violence, online harassment, artificial intelligence and digital safeguarding, climate-related protection risks, conflict-related sexual violence, child protection, disability inclusion, LGBTQ+ inclusion within applicable legal frameworks, mental health and psychosocial support, economic empowerment as a prevention strategy, localization, and survivor-led programming. Participants will gain practical strategies for integrating these evolving priorities into programme design while maintaining ethical and rights-based approaches.

By the end of this intensive 10-day programme, participants will possess advanced technical, managerial, and leadership competencies to prevent gender-based violence, strengthen institutional response systems, coordinate multi-sector interventions, support survivor-centred programming, monitor programme effectiveness, and advocate for policy reforms. They will be equipped to build safer communities, strengthen organizational capacity, improve survivor outcomes, and contribute to sustainable gender equality, protection, and social justice.

Duration

10 days

Who Should Attend

• Gender-Based Violence Programme Managers

• Gender Specialists and Gender Advisors

• Protection and Safeguarding Officers

• Social Workers and Case Management Professionals

• Humanitarian Programme Managers

• Healthcare Professionals and Public Health Officers

• NGO and Civil Society Programme Staff

• Community Development Officers

• Child Protection Specialists

• Human Rights Officers

• Government Gender and Social Services Officials

• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists

• Justice and Legal Aid Professionals

• Psychosocial Support Practitioners

• Development Partner Representatives

Course Objectives

• Develop advanced competencies in designing, implementing and managing survivor-centred gender-based violence prevention and response programmes that prioritize safety, dignity and human rights.

• Strengthen participants' ability to conduct comprehensive GBV risk analyses and vulnerability assessments that inform evidence-based prevention strategies and integrated interventions.

• Equip participants with practical methodologies for applying survivor-centred principles including confidentiality, informed consent, non-discrimination and respect throughout programme implementation.

• Build expertise in developing effective referral pathways, coordination mechanisms and multi-sector partnerships that strengthen access to comprehensive survivor support services.

• Enhance participants' capacity to integrate safeguarding, protection and ethical standards into organizational policies, programme management systems and service delivery mechanisms.

• Strengthen competencies in designing community engagement and social norms change initiatives that prevent gender-based violence and promote positive behavioural transformation.

• Improve participants' ability to establish monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning systems that measure programme effectiveness, survivor outcomes and prevention impact.

• Equip participants with practical tools for managing GBV programmes within humanitarian, development and fragile contexts while ensuring compliance with international standards.

• Develop knowledge of mental health and psychosocial support principles that enhance survivor recovery, resilience and long-term well-being through coordinated programming.

• Strengthen participants' understanding of emerging issues including technology-facilitated violence, climate-related protection risks, conflict-related violence and digital safeguarding.

• Enhance institutional capacity to influence policy reforms, strengthen legal frameworks and advocate for gender equality through evidence-based GBV prevention programming.

• Enable participants to prepare comprehensive GBV prevention and survivor-centred programme plans with implementation strategies, budgets, coordination mechanisms and measurable performance indicators.

Course Outline

Module 1: Foundations of Gender-Based Violence and Survivor-Centred Programming

• Understanding forms, drivers and consequences of gender-based violence

• International legal frameworks and protection standards for GBV prevention

• Principles of survivor-centred, rights-based and ethical programming

• Emerging global trends influencing GBV prevention and response

Module 2: Gender Analysis and GBV Risk Assessment

• Conducting gender-sensitive GBV risk and vulnerability assessments

• Identifying protection risks across humanitarian and development contexts

• Applying intersectionality to understand diverse survivor experiences

• Using assessment findings to inform evidence-based programme planning

Module 3: GBV Prevention Programme Design

• Designing integrated GBV prevention strategies and interventions

• Developing theories of change supporting violence prevention outcomes

• Community-based prevention models addressing harmful social norms

• Results-based planning and logical framework development

Module 4: Survivor-Centred Response Principles

• Applying confidentiality, informed consent and survivor choice principles

• Ethical communication and respectful engagement with survivors

• Trauma-informed approaches to survivor support and recovery

• Maintaining safety and dignity throughout programme delivery

Module 5: Case Management and Referral Systems

• Principles of safe and effective GBV case management

• Developing referral pathways across health, legal and social services

• Coordinating multi-sector support for comprehensive survivor care

• Strengthening documentation while protecting survivor confidentiality

Module 6: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

• Integrating psychosocial support into GBV response programmes

• Understanding trauma, resilience and recovery processes

• Community-based mental health interventions for survivors

• Referral mechanisms for specialized psychological services

Module 7: Safeguarding and Protection Systems

• Developing safeguarding policies and organizational accountability systems

• Preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and workplace misconduct

• Child safeguarding and protection integration within GBV programming

• Risk mitigation and organizational compliance mechanisms

Module 8: Community Engagement and Behaviour Change

• Mobilizing communities to prevent gender-based violence

• Engaging men, boys and community leaders as allies

• Social and behaviour change communication strategies

• Promoting positive gender norms through inclusive participation

Module 9: Humanitarian GBV Programming

• Integrating GBV prevention across humanitarian response sectors

• Protection mainstreaming within emergency programme management

• Managing GBV risks in displacement and conflict settings

• Coordination with humanitarian clusters and protection actors

Module 10: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Designing GBV monitoring and evaluation frameworks

• Developing survivor-centred indicators and ethical data collection

• Measuring prevention outcomes and programme effectiveness

• Learning systems supporting continuous programme improvement

Module 11: Legal Frameworks and Policy Advocacy

• National and international legal frameworks addressing GBV

• Strengthening institutional accountability through policy reforms

• Advocacy strategies promoting survivor rights and protection

• Collaboration with justice and law enforcement institutions

Module 12: Digital Innovation and Emerging Technologies

• Addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence risks

• Artificial intelligence applications supporting GBV prevention

• Digital safeguarding, cybersecurity and survivor privacy protection

• Ethical use of digital reporting and case management systems

Module 13: Emerging Issues in GBV Programming

• Climate change and disaster-related protection challenges

• Conflict-related sexual violence and humanitarian protection

• Disability inclusion within survivor-centred programming

• Economic empowerment as a strategy for violence prevention

Module 14: Leadership and Institutional Capacity

• Strategic leadership supporting GBV prevention initiatives

• Organizational capacity strengthening and workforce development

• Managing multidisciplinary teams and partnerships effectively

• Ethical leadership promoting accountability and survivor protection

Module 15: Resource Mobilization and Programme Sustainability

• Proposal development for GBV prevention programmes

• Donor compliance and financial management requirements

• Building sustainable institutional partnerships and networks

• Long-term programme sustainability and scaling strategies

Module 16: Capstone Project and Action Planning

• Developing comprehensive GBV prevention programme strategies

• Preparing implementation plans, budgets and coordination frameworks

• Presentation of participant programme design projects

• Expert review, peer feedback and continuous improvement planningA

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com Tel: +254 721 331 808

Training Venue 

The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group (at a discount of 10% to 50%) at requested location all over the world. The Onsite course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, buffet lunch, airport transfers, Upskill gift package, and guided tour.

Visa application, travel expenses, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.

Airport Pickup and Accommodation

Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com, +254 721 331 808

Terms of Payment:

Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 3 working days before commencement of the training so as to enable us to prepare better.