Sexual violence prevention during emergencies [Video]

Tallulah:I believe that everyone has a role to play in sexual violence prevention. Like, individuals from you and me, to small businesses, right up to the large organisations and government institutions, whether that’s local government or central government.

Rebecca:We know that planning to prevent sexual violence after an emergency is the right thing to do. Studies show, and we know it from events around the world and around New Zealand, that sexual and domestic violence increase after an emergency.

So having mechanisms and plans in place to prevent this is really important. At WREMO we’ve implemented training partnerships and shelter design, which will help to mitigate the risks of sexual violence after an emergency.

Tallulah:And it’s because of the stress that people are experiencing, because of unstable housing or, being in mass accommodation or just kind of all of the things that make this a really unstable and stressful time …