Localizing Responses to Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Women-Led Community-Based Organizations in Jordan
Daedalus
; 152(2):167, 2023.
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| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-20243904
ABSTRACT
While the rationale for localizing humanitarian health response is well established at the level of policy rhetoric, the operationalization of the concept and its mainstreaming into concrete practice still require clearer intentionality. With COVID-19 pushing more people further into vulnerability, placing local communities at the heart of humanitarian and development health efforts has never been more urgent. Focusing on Jordan, this essay brings attention to the significant toll of violence against women and girls in conflict-affected communities and the importance of empowering local actors with community knowledge and resources to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The essay follows on from the research conducted for CARE Jordan's She Is a Humanitarian report (2022) and draws on interviews I conducted with the heads of women's organizations in the summer of 2022. The essay explores the role of local women humanitarian actors as frontline responders, the challenges that hinder their role, and the advantages such actors enjoy, which, if harnessed, can achieve gains in accountability, health service quality, and gender equality.
Sciences: Comprehensive Works; Violence against women; Community; Intention; Organizations; Humanitarianism; Rhetoric; Violence; Women; Mainstreaming; Gender inequality; COVID-19; Health services; Gender-based violence; Aggression; Gender; Accountability; Intentionality; Quality of service; Women's organizations; Local communities
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Bases de datos de organismos internacionales
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Daedalus
Año:
2023
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