The South-South Institute on Sexual Violence (SSI) is a network of survivors, practitioners, researchers and policy makers working on sexual violence against men, boys and people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
SSI is not an emergency service. If you are in danger now, contact local emergency services or someone you trust nearby.
There is no single story of sexual violence. It cuts across gender, class, age, identity, ability and race. SSI's main focus has been sexual violence against men, boys and people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and it stands with the women's movement, which first challenged the silence around it.
Much international work grew out of efforts in the global north to end violence against women and girls. It can leave boys, men and people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression without protection or support. SSI is a community of survivors and allies that sees vulnerability as changing and overlapping. The "south-south" in its name puts first the knowledge and resources of people in the global south.
Three days in Kampala on trauma, healing, health care, humanitarian response and law, with survivor-led groups taking part throughout.
Six Institutes since 2013
Practical tools for people working with survivors:
Tool or guide
A checklist from All Survivors Project for governments and the agencies that support them, including national human rights institutions, United Nations field operations and non-governmental organisations. It sets out practical steps to prevent conflict-related sexual violence against men and boys and to respond to it.
Course
A course for mid-level and senior humanitarian managers, run by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies and developed with Refugee Law Project, UNHCR, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières. It covers planning multidisciplinary, survivor-centred prevention and response.
Report
A briefing that summarises a review of health interventions for men, boys and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. It finds the evidence base weak and sparse, with no studies of interventions aimed specifically at these survivors, and sets out what services and research need to change.
SSI brings together survivors, service providers, researchers, activists and policy makers, mostly online and sometimes in person.
SSI works on sexual violence against men, boys and people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, with a focus on the global south. It is convened by Refugee Law Project in Kampala, Uganda.
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