Joining Forces for Gender Equality:Improving policy implementation to end gender-based violence

This chapter starts by showing the importance of integrating social service delivery to help people who are experiencing violence. It provides examples of integrated delivery in healthcare, housing, and police services. The chapter then focuses on access to justice and accountability in preventing and responding to gender-based violence, acknowledging existing barriers as well as countries’ efforts to advance in this field. It concludes with considerations related to the need to promote gender-equitable norms of masculinities through policy to end gender-based violence.