One in three women worldwide has experienced physical and/or sexual violence at least once, leading me to ask, not if, but when someone confides about a sexual assault, do we all understand best practice in how to respond?
My work is primarily in preventing and responding to violence that women and girls face in emergency settings, including sexual violence, but many lessons are universal. When training refugee camp managers, police and humanitarian responders, I refer to the ‘GBV Pocket Guide’.
Whether you’re a specialist or not, it tells you the steps you should follow with one main principle at the heart of all actions: Do no harm.
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