Using Technology to Combat Violence Against Female Refugees

The innovation will aim at tackling gender inequality: the fundamental root cause of all forms of GBV. Women refugees are vulnerable, and it is estimated that 86% of the refugees in host communities live below the poverty line. Syrian women refugee also face major challenges in accessing basic resources and one-fifth of girls never even go outside their homes in Syria and displacement has made it even less likely. Lack of information is the major barrier to prevention of violence in this crisis.