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This case study provides guidance on using PSEA signage at distribution points. The study was developed by the team in Uganda as part of a set of resources used during the second phase of Empowered Aid, which applied recommendations from women and girls to help make aid distributions safer.  

This case study outlines how Empowered Aid our resources have been used in several humanitarian responses to mitigate risks of sexual exploitation and abuse through engaging and sharing power with crisis-affected communities. One such response is Lebanon, where World Vision Lebanon utilized Empowered Aid resources to meaningfully scale up prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in its programs and to center the voices of women and girls in humanitarian response.

This case study exemplifies how Empowered Aid training materials have helped several organizations to better understand gendered power dynamics and mainstream gender-based violence (GBV) prevention practices. One such organization is Global Communities, an international development and humanitarian aid organization that operates in a variety of sectors in the areas of Humanitarian Assistance, Sustainable Development and Financial Inclusion. Empowered Aid has supported Global Communities in mainstreaming GBV prevention by providing findings that inform their work and materials to help train local actors and reduce sexual exploitation and abuse and GBV risk in their aid distribution and programming.

 This case study serves as a product of World Vision's continued to partnership with GWI in the implementation and uptake of the Empowered Aid model. WV was keen on supporting local actors to strengthen SEA risk mitigation as they work most closely with crisis-affected communities and play a key role in ensuring the voices of women and girls from said communities are heard. As such, WV has been collaborating with Community Empowerment for Rural Development (CEFORD) as a copartner on the General Food Assistance project with funding from the World Food Program.

In this case study, it is made clear how Empowered Aid resources have been used in several humanitarian responses to mitigate risks of sexual exploitation (SEA) and abuse through engaging and sharing power with crisis affected communities, in particular women and girls. One such response is Ethiopia, where the Inter-agency Network for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse utilized Empowered Aid resources to meaningfully involve women and girls in humanitarian response planning and strategies.