This Gender Based Violence (GBV) Action Plan (GBV AP) has been prepared to identify and
mitigate GBV risks in the implementation of the Eastern Province Jurisdictional Sustainable
Landscape Programme (ER-JSLP). Any project, no matter where it is conducted, has the real
potential to increase the risk of GBV for those in the project area. Like any other project where
community members participate in various activities, EP-JSLP is likely to experience the risk
of several forms of GBV and in particular, SEA and SH either in public or private spaces, by a
range of perpetrators and in various ways which may be exacerbated with benefit sharing
arising from the project.

GBV is an inherently sensitive and often hidden issue. If one does
not intentionally address this problem, it is easy to overlook. To prevent and mitigate
potential risks of GBV/SEA and SH under EP-JSLP through an integrated mitigation and
response approach, a GBV Action Plan is required to address the potential and actual GBV
risks and guide the project’s activities related to combating GBV and provide a framework for
awareness increasing activities, capacity building initiatives and reporting of any form of
violence that may happen during the project phase.

Download: Draft GBV Action Plan