Proxy Indicators for Gender-Based Violence in Cash Assistance
Learn more about the risks of violence that women who receive cash assistance in Iraq and Colombia face and mitigation strategies to reduce these risks.
With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), we conducted research in Iraq and Colombia to develop a set of proxy indicators for mitigating gender-based violence risk to women who receive cash assistance.
This operational research uncovered two key findings:
- Asking women about their risk mitigation strategies, rather than their opinions on the risks associated with cash, appeared to reduce their response bias and revealed some of the risks they encountered within their communities, households and/or intimate partnerships when accessing or using cash.
- Monitoring women’s participation and/or degree of involvement in financial decision-making within households is critical for detecting possible gender-based violence risks they may face from household or family members.
Read the case study to learn more about the methods we used to collect this data and how we developed a set of proxy indicators for detecting gender-based violence risks to women in cash assistance that can be used by non-gender-based violence specialist cash and/or monitoring and evaluation actors without putting survivors at further risk. You can also read the supporting guidance report.
Want more on responding to violence against women and girls?
- Learn how to partner with refugee women and girls to mitigate the risk of and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian aid delivery through our Empowered Aid program.
- Understand proxy indicators for assessing women’s risk of gender-based violence when receiving cash assistance in humanitarian settings like Iraq and Colombia.
- Check out barriers and new approaches that support survivors’ access to response services in humanitarian contexts, through our Putting Survivors at the Center project.
- Read about the intersection of gender-based violence and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for survivors through our work with Trōcaire.
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