Practical Tool No. 1 Gender-mapping exercise (example) Alleged violations: Gendered impacts Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects Time: • Disproportionate number of women and children killed/injured during attacks on residential buildings due to existing gender roles whereby women are mainly restricted to the domestic sphere and bear the responsibility of looking after the children and elders 3 August – 15 September 2017 • Displacement crowded conditions, lack of order sexual violence Location: Area X • Lack of domestic fuels increased responsibilities and psychological pressure on women during conflict/displacement in view of typically female chores that are affected (cooking, etc.) Perpetrator: Unknown • Unequal access to humanitarian assistance; distribution of food and services to the “heads of households” vulnerability to • Restrictions on registration/access to property and other assets (including “widows’ salaries”) financial dependency • Vulnerability to harmful practices and other violations poverty to marry for financial security forced by International humanitarian law applicable framework • Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War • Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, article 51 (4) on indiscriminate attacks International human rights law applicable framework • CEDAW, article 1 on discrimination against women, articles 11 and 13 on the right to work • CEDAW, article 15 on the right of women to equality with men before the law and the legal capacity identical to that of men; articles 15 (2) and 16 (1) (h) in relation to equal rights to administer property • CEDAW, article 15 (4) on the right to freedom of movement • CEDAW, article 16 (1) (a) and (b) on the right to freely choose a spouse and to enter into marriage only with their free and full consent • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), articles 2 and 12 on the right to food and health care 21

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