Risks and Prospects in SGBV Prevention, Intervention and Protection: The Service Providers’ Perspective in Turkey

Abstract

Risks and prospects of SGBV prevention, intervention and protection in forced migration contexts display similarities as well as differences across countries. This working paper discusses the risks and prospects in SGBV prevention, intervention and protection by analysing the international protection context through the service providers’ perspective in Turkey. The paper begins with a brief introduction to governance of international protection in Turkey, and how SGBV experience is situated in the overall legal and institutional framework. After a note on methodology, the paper presents the current institutional and organisational context for SGBV prevention, intervention and protection. The rest of the paper presents the risks and prospects by referring to the challenges that emerge through defining SGBV while moving forward with interventions, the shortcomings of the nature and scope of the interventions, the gaps that emanate from the existing policies and legal framework that constrain SGBV interventions, the vulnerabilities that magnify and diversify through SGBV experience in forced migration contexts, the prospects for resilience by SGBV survivors as viewed by the service providers, and the service providers’ perspective on how SGBV affects integration. The paper concludes with a discussion on the findings.