Worth more than their contents: The use of Dignity Kits in a GBViE response

In times of crisis, women and girls often struggle to meet essential material needs. They lack items that enhance their safety, facilitate basic hygiene, enable access to humanitarian services, and promote their mobility and presence in public spaces. Without access to culturally appropriate clothing, and hygiene products including menstrual hygiene, women and adolescent girls are at greater risk of GBV, their health is compromised, their mobility is restricted, and they may become increasingly isolated.
For these reasons, dignity kits are a key programmatic intervention for GBV actors. A dignity kit may contain menstrual hygiene materials, soap, underwear and information on available GBV services, including where and how to access those services and items that may help mitigate GBV risks such as radios, whistles and lights. Research on dignity kits has found that their value is more than material; women have said that the experience of receiving a kit in a time of need was beneficial and made them feel as though they had not been forgotten in the often gender-blind distribution of humanitarian assistance.

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