Integrating Protection/GBV Mitigation into Livelihood Programs Checklist

Our research shows that new economic opportunities can increase women’s and girls’ risk of gender-based violence (GBV). Economic programmers can mitigate many of these risks by understanding how their programs expose women and girls to risk and then building protective elements into their program design and implementation to mitigate these risks as much as possible. This check-list highlights key mitigation steps for livelihoods interventions.