Contents
Abbreviations and acronyms.............................................................................. 6
Key terminology ............................................................................................... 7
Introduction..................................................................................................... 10
I. Preparation...................................................................................................... 14
A. Selection of the team.................................................................................................... 14
B. Planning the investigation.............................................................................................. 16
C. Understanding the context and developing an investigation plan....................................... 19
D. Training/briefing the team on gender integration............................................................. 22
E. Checklist...................................................................................................................... 23
II. Investigation and information-gathering............................................................ 24
A. Information-gathering and sources of information............................................................. 24
B. Collecting sex- and age-disaggregated data.................................................................... 26
C. Overcoming challenges during information-gathering....................................................... 26
D. Investigating gender-based violence, including sexual violence.......................................... 30
E. Organizing information................................................................................................. 35
F. Checklist...................................................................................................................... 36
III. Analysis of information..................................................................................... 38
A. Discrimination and violence in a continuum: how pre-existing gender-based discrimination
can expose women, girls and LGBTI persons to specific violations .................................... 38
B. Gendered impacts of violations or abuses........................................................................ 43
C. The connection between gender-based violence and other human rights violations or abuses.... 46
D. Intersecting forms of discrimination................................................................................. 48
E. Checklist...................................................................................................................... 49
IV. Report writing.................................................................................................. 50
A. Integrating gender throughout the report......................................................................... 50
B. Using gender-sensitive language .................................................................................... 52
C. Prioritizing gender-specific violations and concerns within the report ................................. 53
D. Drafting recommendations............................................................................................. 53
E. Checklist...................................................................................................................... 55
V. Presentation of the report and sharing gender-related findings........................... 56
VI. Concluding remarks.......................................................................................... 58
List of reports......................................................................................................... 59