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Limitations of data collection and monitoring mechanisms around school-related gender-based violence are widely acknowledged. A Whole School Approach to Prevent School-Related Gender-Based Violence: Minimum Standards and Monitoring Framework provides a framework to guide policymakers and practitioners in designing school violence prevention programmes and strengthening response actions. The prevention model is based on eight evidence-based standards and is accompanied by a monitoring approach with a set of proposed indicators for school, district and national levels. The goal is to enable implementation strategies to be adapted and monitored to improve data collection and accountability around incidents of gender-based violence at schools.

The purpose of this guide is to present a set of minimum standards for a whole school approach to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and a monitoring framework to measure the effectiveness of the approach. This guide can be used by education ministries, education authorities, schools, and non-governmental organizations to guide SRGBV prevention and response actions with a monitoring approach that allows the tracking of results and outcomes. The intended audience for this guide is policy makers, planners, and practitioners working in education, child welfare, women’s health and rights, and combatting violence against women and girls. School personnel including teachers, school administrators, provincial education authorities, parents, and members of school management committees will also find this guide useful in designing an action plan to address SRGBV within their schools.