Communities Care is a community-based model for preventing and responding to sexual violence against girls and women in conflict-affected settings. The programme is premised on the idea that while armed conflict causes horrendous suffering for those affected, the disruption it causes may also present an opportunity for positive change in social norms that can contribute to gender equality and decrease gender-based violence (GBV) and discrimination.

This brief summarizes the Communities Care approach, providing the goal, objectives, theory of change and process of evaluation. It also outlines the Communities Care: Transforming Lives and Preventing Violence Toolkit.