This guide is entirely based on Women Rise: A Gender-Based Violence Psychosocial Support Framework and Toolkit. The Women Rise Toolkit is a comprehensive resource developed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) that provides a GBV-centered Psychosocial Support (PSS) Framework and best practice guidance for GBV programs implementing PSS programming. It includes a structured group curriculum and associated training, capacity strengthening and supervision guidance and tools, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) guidance and tools.

This Guide offers a more concise and comprehensive version of the Women Rise Group Intervention Core Curriculum, with key practical lessons learned from implementation in Athens and Palermo, under the framework of the EU co-funded CARE project, and instructions for the facilitator(s) through the sessions. In addition, it is completed with adapted Monitoring and Evaluation Resources.