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The Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) is a data management system that enables those providing services to GBV survivors to effectively and safely collect, store, analyze, and share data related to the reported incidents of GBV.
The GBVIMS was developed to respond to a need in humanitarian settings for safe and effective data collection by service providers. The GBVIMS provides a vehicle to ensure that service providers are respecting client confidentiality, obtaining client consent to share information, collecting data that is comparable across agencies and contexts, establishing protocols for sharing de-identified data, and obtaining information that can inform programming, resource allocation, and advocacy efforts. Read Getting Data Right (page 24) in Interaction's MD Magazine
The GBVIMS is made up of four tools: the Intake and Consent Form, Incident Classification System, Incident Recorder, and the Information Sharing Protocol Template
While there are no costs associated with getting the GBVIMS (orientation, tools, and an individual consultation are free!), implementing organizations/agencies will have to commit resources such as staff time and expenses for training, maintenance and monitoring to ensure the system is implemented well.
The GBVIMS has already been implemented in agencies in Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Yemen. It continues to be rolled out more broadly.
The GBVIMS is a tool to help service providers and coordinating agencies achieve best practices in data collection. Through the tools that make up the GBVIMS, organizations can adhere to the following recognized best practices:
The purpose of this process is three-fold. First, this allows the Steering Committee to keep track of where the GBVIMS is being implemented. Second, it initiates a discussion between your organization and the Steering Committee to determine whether the GBVIMS is appropriate for your context. Third, it ensures that your organization will have access to the Steering Committee for technical support and the necessary resources for implementing the GBVIMS.
In the consultation, you will be invited to engage in a collaborative planning process. During this step, organizations/agencies will work with the GBVIMS Team to develop a plan, gain access to all the GBVIMS tools, and be provided access to the expertise of the those who have already implemented the GBVIMS.
The Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) collects one type of data, service-based data. While this data is integral in informing prevention, response, and coordination activities, other types of data are also needed to obtain a more comprehensive picture of gender-based violence. These different types of data all inform the greater humanitarian response to gender-based violence. Read the resources page for more information about other sources of data and case studies from the Linking Data Analysis with Programming series.
The training module on GBV Case Management Responses to SEA was designed toaccompany the Interagency GBV Case Management Guidelines Training Materials andthe forthcoming GBV Case Management E-learning (an online adaption of theInteragency GBV Case Management Guidelines Training Materials). This module wasdeveloped under UNFPA’s leadership in collaboration with the inter-agency GBVIMSSteering Committee - IRC, IMC, UNICEF […]
Check out the latest update from the rollout of the GBV Case Management Capacity Building Initiative in the Gambia!