Telling stories, driving change: A toolkit for ethical gender-based violence cases documentation

Across the Middle East and North Africa, countless women and girls face multiple and intersecting forms of gendered violence. Whether through sexual violence, denial of access to justice, or exclusion from policy discussions, these experiences are too often ignored or normalized.

To effectively advocate for gender equality and justice, we must start by listening to victims and survivors and ethically and responsibly documenting their stories.

The “Ethical Guidelines for Documenting Testimonies of SGBV Survivors ” toolkit by Equality Now under the YW4A (Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy & Accountability) is a practical resource designed to guide young female activists, and civil society actors across the MENA region in conducting safe, respectful, and survivor-centered interviews to document cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).