Do's and Don'ts in Community-Based Psychosocial Support for Sexual Violence Survivors in Conflict-Affected Settings
This document promotes good practices and intends to reduce harmful practices by community-based psychosocial programmes that address sexual violence in conflict settings.
Assessment and action to support people affected by sexual violence should be guided by the survivor-centered approach, wherein survivors have the right to:
- be treated with dignity and respect rather than victim-blaming attitudes
- choose rather than feel powerless
- privacy and confidentiality rather than shame and stigma
- non-discrimination rather than differential treatment based on gender, ethnicity, other;
- information rather than being told what to do.
This document provides a list of Do's and Don'ts in addressing the needs of sexual assault survivors in conflict-affected settings.