The 10 insights presented in this publication provide the key considerations for strengthening responses for WHRDs at risk by ensuring that they are strategic and properly resourced.

Effective gender-sensitive responses to WHRDs must go beyond ensuring they have access to existing resources. Protecting WHRDs entails understanding their contexts and supporting them in their work toward building a more just world, where violence against WHRDs is no longer a reality. A movement-building approach to effective responses for WHRDs includes makingalliances across sectors and organizations, as well as international solidarity and advocacy efforts.