Executive Summary
INTERSOS is an Italian independent humanitarian aid organization committed to helping and supporting endangered populations, victims of war and natural disasters. INTERSOS has been operating in Yemen since 2008 in close collaboration with UN agencies and the Government of Yemen (GoY). Funded by UNFPA, INTERSOS, in collaboration with the Yemen Women Union (YWU) conducted a GBV mapping exercise in 19 governorates in Yemen in the course of February and March 2016. The objective of this mapping exercise was to identify local and international actors operating psychosocial support (PSS) specialized and non-specialized activities, specialized and non-specialized on GBV, including women organization, women resource centers, and Community Based Organization (CBOs) implementing community services activities which would enhance the GBV referral system in return.
A list of organizations was obtained from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MoSAL) and INGO forum. The list was screened and 457 women and protection based organizations from the list were taken as sample size. All 458 organizations working in PSS and specialized and nonspecialized activities related to GBV were assessed and were included for the mapping exercise.
A checklist was developed for the mapping exercise which included general information about the organization, services offered and external referrals made to other organizations and institutions.
The mapping exercise checked if the organizations were actually operational, especially focus on their operations during the conflict and secondly looking into the existence of external referral pathways and the level of satisfaction of external referrals based on each organization‟s experience.
The list of 458 organizations includes 10 international organisations and INGOs (ADRA, DRC, Handicap International, IMC, INTERSOS, IOM, Islamic Relief MSF and SCI,) in 19 governorates. It is also important to note that most INGOs did not cooperate well in filling and sending back the checklist. All possible efforts were made to contact INGOs offices, but despite all efforts very few responded. INGO forum also circulated the list several times, but with little return.
This mapping exercise is considered quite detailed and comprehensive for national organizations, however there may be INGOs providing GBV services that are currently not included in this mapping due to a lack of response from their side despite all our efforts.
The majority (94%), 414 organizations, were found to have been active during the conflict and provided services. These services mainly included direct provision of services to the beneficiaries such as identification of GBV cases, livelihood services, cash and material assistance, provision of safe house or shelter to survivors, provision of PSS and emotional support and following up of GBV cases. Only 15 organizations did not offer direct provision of services but only provided external referrals. The highest concentration of active organizations was found in Ibb governorate (78) while the governorate least covered was found to be Al-Bayda (4). The mapping exercise demonstrated that most of the active organizations provide both direct services and external referral to other organizations. The direct services offered covered: the identification of cases (60%), PSS (60%), health and medical services (38%), safe house and shelter (36%), cash assistance (64%), follow-up services (58%), livelihood activities (53%), legal assistance (22%) and 35% of the cases were accompanied to either Police or local state and non-state actors including Ansar Allah, Sheikh and Aqil.
While this report provides an overview and mapping of services, the report does not go deeper into the causes and consequences of the finding and gaps and does not look into potential solutions or mitigation for gaps or problems. In-depth analysis will be made by departing this report on the specific services and the findings included in this mapping in the course of the next months, developing new specific thematic assessments.