Skip to main content
. 2022 Dec 21;36:158. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.36.158

Table 3. Preparedness components for sexual violence in natural disasters.

Code Sub-category Category Theme
Enabling financial independence for women Livelihood Socio-economic roots Macro-policies
Educating skills for making a living
Supportive measures in the community A safe and supportive community
Creating safety in the community
Eliminating the grounds for delinquency
Providing appropriate social services
Gendermainstreaming Changes in policies and strategies Policies
Reforming the existing policies
Sensitizing policymakers and decision makers about sexual violence The role of policy makers
Inviting policymakers in sexual violence meetings
Evidence-based policies
Changes in health careregulations and structures to better respond to sexual violence in disasters Protective rules Human rights Contextualization
Advocacy
Identifying legal challenges
Establishing and reviewing rules
Making men aware of their role in violating women's rights Changes in society norms
Changing men's attitudes toward sexual violence through awareness
Preventing stigmatization
Identifying and breaking taboos in society
Promoting a culture of gender equality
Changes in the behaviors and habits of society
Making womenaware of the right to life without violence
Integrating specialized sexual violence services into disaster health services Access to health services
Incorporating outreach services to victims of sexual violence to increase access
Increasing in access to health services after sexual violence by increasing the number of fixed centers
Developing teams to provide sexual violence services in disasters Beyond capacity Infrastructure and organization
Organizing teams providing sexual violence services in disasters
Improving the readiness of responsible organizations Structuring
Creating a context for implementing MISP
Identifying existing structures and their challenges
Creating a referral system
Identifying the roles of responsible organizations in the prevention, response, and recovery against sexual violence in disasters
Establishing a secure structure to respond to victims of sexual violence
Developing a mechanism to monitor the occurrence of sexual violence
Promoting the level of mental health in the community against the effects of sexual violence Psychological effects management Resilience Empowerment
Improving the level of mental health in employees to reduce the stress of dealing with victims of sexual violence
Increasing self-confidence in women
Perception of risk by managers Reducing vulnerabilities
Perception of risk by community
Identifying risks and providing risk reduction methods
Raising public awareness formally and informally Increasing the level of knowledge and changing the attitude of the society Education and practice
Paying attention to the needs of vulnerable groups in education
Educating the community, especially women and girls, on how to access services after sexual violence
Educating the community, especially women and girls, about prevention and response to sexual violence
Educating medical staff on prevention and response to sexual violence Increasing the level of knowledge and skills in the staff of accountable organizations
Teaching how to collect forensic medicine samples
Educating security forces
Educating the judiciary
Educating medical staff regarding counseling the victims of sexual violence
Educating managers in responsible organizations about prevention and response to sexual violence
Holding retraining and practice courses
Strengthening the skills of health staff in using equipment
Strengthening disaster management skills in managers