The Plan

In 2023, The U.S. released its first National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, developed by the White House Gender Policy Council with extensive survivor and advocate input. The Plan outlines seven evidence-based priority areas for prevention and response. 

Changing federal priorities paused the Plan’s roll out and dissemination; however, its recommendations remain highly relevant and provide coordinated direction for state and local entities to end gender-based violence.

Implementation

Recently, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity collaborated to convene practitioners, researchers, advocates, and policy leaders to strategize on local implementation of the Plan. The effort, led by Michele Decker, ScD, MPH, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, also drew insights from other collaborators including UN Women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Bank.  

These convenings have identified key gaps and opportunities for action to continue local implementation of the Plan. These collaborations also led to the creation of resource kits which offer practical strategies to help communities advance gender-based violence prevention and response including:

• An overview of the National Plan
• An Evidence Brief summarizing support for National Plan priority areas
• State and city gender-based violence briefs 
• A conversation guide and PowerPoint slide deck
• A data synthesis guide
• A gender-based violence data and policy resource directory 

A comprehensive website with these materials will launch in late September 2026.