Prevention and Response to SGBV The Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) aims to facilitate a more predictable, accountable, and effective protection response to Gender Based Violence in complex emergencies, natural disasters, and other such situations. Funding under this initiative will support the efforts of humanitarian partners to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence in humanitarian emergencies. This includes: promoting more effective coordination of the Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility among key stakeholders through funding a P5 Coordinator position, which is currently vacant; and improving knowledge and skills within the Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility through learning and capacity development activities, such as the development and dissemination of guidance notes to address priority issues from the field, revision of the Inter Agency Standing Committee Gender-based Violence guidelines, and improved access for humanitarian professionals to gender-bas