The factsheet provides an overview on domestic violence , early marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, women’s awareness of their rights, access to care and justice , eradicating violence against women and UN and government response.

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Violence against women and girls is a violation of their human rights, causing them physical, sexual and psychological suffering. Violence against women limits their ability to realise their legal, social, political and economic rights and participate in Iraq’s development. Eradicating violence against women is a crucial part of Iraq’s efforts to promote gender equality and empower women in all spheres of life (Millennium Development Goal Three) and will provide impetus to Iraq’s efforts to achieve all of the Millennium Development Goals.

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The IASC Guidelines for Gender-based ViolenceInterventions in Humanitarian Settings serve as a complement to this handbook and should beused in conjunction with it. The GBV Guidelines provide humanitarian actors with a set of minimum interventions in all sectors to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

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The Inter-Agency Standing Committee has issued these Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Emergencies: Focusing on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence to meet the need for a coherent and participatory approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. This is a tool to for field actors to establish a multisectoral coordinated approach to gender-based violence programming in emergency settings.

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