Photo essay on violence prevention from the Canadian Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

1. Predictable,
Preventable
Best Practices in Addressing Interpersonal and
Self-Directed Violence During and After Disasters
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2. photo credit: IFRC
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Disasters disrupt and damage landscapes and human lives.

3. Photo CREDIT: christopher black, IFRC
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Despite the loss and devastation, disasters can often bring people and
communities together, and acts of remarkable humanity take place.

4. Photo CREDIT: Talia Frenkel
American Red Cross
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However, following a disaster, people’s safety and security can be further under­
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mined by violence, in the form of abuse, exploitation, harassment and discrimin­
ation, both from other survivors, and from those who are supposed to help.

5. Photo CREDIT:
Benoit Matsha-Carpentier, IFRC
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Violence can thrive in the chaotic conditions that follow disasters. Lack of access to
basic services, increased stress, substance abuse, family separation, insecure and
crowded living conditions and misuse of power all contribute to increasing the risk.

6. Photo CREDIT:
Benoit Matsha-Carpentier, IFRC
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Although anyone can be vulnerable to violence, women,
children and other marginalized people are at particular risk.

7. Photo CREDIT: canadian red cross
Training on abuse,
exploitation and
power for IFRC
field staff working
in La Piste camp,
Haiti.
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While complex in its causes, violence after disasters is not inevitable;
it is in fact, preventable.

8. Photo CREDIT: Juliet Kerr, IFRC
A child
wearing a sticker
calling for an
end to violence
against women.
La Piste camp,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Like cholera, malaria, malnutrition, or other public health problems
associated with disasters, the factors that put people at risk for violence
can, and must, be addressed.

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disaster disaster
preparedness response
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PREVENTION 7
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By effectively addressing violence prevention across all aspects of the
disaster programming cycle – preparedness, response, recovery and
development – violence within disasters can be predicted and prevented.

10. Photo credit: Canadian Red Cross
“Violence
breaks up
families,
communities
and countries;
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community.” 1
Red Cross SMS 2
Violence Prevention 3
Campaign, Haiti.
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Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies can help tip the scales in favour
of safety during disasters. This is already being done through best practices
in some disaster situations.

11. Photo CREDIT:
benoit matsha-carpentier, IFRC
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Whether assisting with shelter, health care, the delivery of clean water
and food, or helping to create livelihoods, violence prevention needs to
be part of the responsibility, vision and action of all disaster responders.