MINUTES
GBV Sub-Cluster Meeting
12 May and 14 May 2015
Department of Women and Children
(Given earthquake of 12th May during the meeting, these minutes represent what was captured on 12 th May plus
the continuation on 14th May)
Agenda Item
1. Action Points
Review
Discussion
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Action Points
Draft ToR and circulate with members and have it
approved by the department.
Action plan was circulated for input. We need a very
concrete action plan. Will help us improve
coordination and identify gaps.
Protection officers to be dispatched to 14 affected
districts – received a brief orientation yesterday on
security, GBV, protection issues.
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2. Update from the
field
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Hospitals request for support in helping mothers and
new borns.
Dhading and Kavre: police rejected domestic violence
case and rape case.
Nuwakot: no organizations for elderly. Hard to reach
VDCs still not receiving help.
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Identify focal points
per districts
Recirculate GBV
action plan and
organize half day
workshop to
strategize our
interventions and
come up with a
concrete action plan.
Link with protection
officers in the
districts and WCOs at
district level and
ensure participation
in district protection
cluster meetings.
Put together
Person
Responsible
- Inter-agency
coordinator
- All sub-cluster
members
- All sub-cluster
members.
Inter-agency
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Meeting with Police 12 May – discuss orientation
package for police at district level on protection,
gender, GBV, psychosocial counselling.
Discussion to install CCTV in camps to provide
additional security. This has not been finalized, police
still considering it.
Alliance against trafficking: coordination lacking
between government agencies and NGOs.
Assessment: NWC – network to monitor women’s
rights. Assessing the situation and formed a 8
members committee. Rapid assessment checklist
developed.
Migration – might see an increasing numbers of
families migrating now that monsoon is coming
(internal migration)
Engage social mobilizers in the districts.
Gender rapid assessments done by OXFAM and Care.
Use these to come out with district profiles,
Need to train the social mobilizers conducting
assessments so that GBV information is captured.
Also share referral information with them.
Identify GBV sub-cluster focal point is assessment
working group.
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3. Update
on
FLASH appeal
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Advocacy note to go with the flash appeal prepared,
finalized and circulated among cluster members and
global protection cluster for advocacy among donors.
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4. Establishment of
referral pathway
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Directory
of
services
developed.
It
is
not
comprehensive. Referral guide (directory of services)
will be revised periodically to add new services
available.
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Assess which services are operational in the 14
affected districts
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Next step of the process is to develop District specific
referrals, including services which have been
assessed and have expertise to attend GBV cases.
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Reporting tools should be standardize using the
existing GBV IMS tools which were rolled out in
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orientation package
and share with
police (OHCHR
leading on it)
USAID providing 25
tents to police and
exploring possibility
of doing training.
All members to keep
sharing whatever
assessment have
been completed on
the services that are
available in the
districts.
Circulate
final
advocacy
note
of
GBV subcluster
Recirculate directory
of services.
All
sub-cluster
members to review
draft
referral
pathway and include
name, location and
contact
information
of available services.
Engage with police
regarding
protocols
for
referrals,
coordinator to
circulate
Inter-agency
coordinator to link
USAID to the group
preparing the
orientation to police
All GBV sc members
All GBV sub-cluster
members
GBV referral working
group
GBV subcluster,
identify agency focal
point to follow up
Nepal.
5. GBV
focal
points\HUB GBV
coordination
6. Women Friendly
Spaces and DKs
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A referral meeting will take place to finalize the
reporting tools.
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Need to avoid focusing on number of cases rather
focus on service provision. Need to develop key
messages around reporting
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Need GBV focal points in each districts
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Care: Gorkha, Lamjung, Dhading, Nuwakot.
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UNFPA: Sindhuli, Gorkha and Sindhupalchock.
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UN Women exploring what women organizations are
doing in the districts – this will feed into the 4W.
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Lots of INGOS and NGOs on the ground – need to
connect them.
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Need to work with the men and boys and youths.
ATTWIN is part of Engaging men alliance, they will
connect with them to bring them to the work of GBV
subcluster. It was discussed need to work on their
materials, key messages, to adapt to the emergency
context.
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7 safe spaces for women established in 7 districts
Lack of tents hindering establishment of safe spaces.
Some tents provided were bad quality
Shelter: Need separate safe shelters – will be
established in Dhulikhel.
Temporary shelter being established in 11 affected
districts – can refer cases to services and FFS
(UNICEF).
UN Women – WOREC, WHR, Saathi: Nuwakot and
Kavre: multi purpose women Safe Space. For 6
months.
Women friendly spaces minimum standards has been
circulated.
Several agencies are working on establishing WFS –
need to coordinate.
All agencies working on establishing WFS should
agree upon:
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including FIR and
CMR procedures to
be survivor centered.
To
develop
key
messages
around
reporting of GBV
IMC
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All
members
to
explore if one of their
staff
can
be
appointed GBV focal
point in one of the
districts where they
have presence.
All GBV sc members
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Share 4W to include
mapping of women’s
NGOs.
GBV sc IM and
UNWomen
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Share
contact
information of men
engage alliance.
Develop format to
get
overview
of
where
women
friendly spaces exist:
District, VDC, Ward,
contact information –
link
with
mobile
teams.
UN Women to share
ToRs
Women
Friendly
Spaces
Minimum
standards
to
be
circulated
among
organizations who do
FFS.
Organize
planning
meeting
for
ATTWIN
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Inter-agency
coordinator
UNWomen
Inter-agency
coordinator
UNFPA
Minimum standards and activities to be hosted at the
WFSs;
Geographical distribution;
Time lines;
How to engage with the other actors also setting up WFS
5Ws
Coverage
strategic
for
the
months
AOB
-New template has been developed for the 5Ws, this will be
in line with the one used by Child protection and Protection
cluster.
-Information already provided on the 4W will be migrated
but all organsiations will need to revise that their information
is correct.
-A workshop will be conducted on how to complete the 5Ws
and
planning
next
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In next GBV sub-cluster meeting we will at each
district and ensure that we are working in all 14
districts.
Next step will be to think strategically about what and
where we focus our efforts. We cannot cover
everything.
Meeting frequency to be agreed. Members felt useful
for now to continue to be back to back with protection
cluster and later to strategise when/where.
Considering needs to continue to revise referral
pathways, it is agreed to meet twice, one for GBV
subcluster and once a week for referrals group.
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organizations
working
specifically
on WFS and dignity
kits.
Circulate new template
GBV subcluster IM
Circulate invitation for 5W
workshop
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Map out where we
are working.
Develop action plan
together with CP.
To be decided once
Protection cluster defines its
frequency.
Inter-agency GBV
coordinator
Inter-agency GBV
coordinator