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https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/W030-0512-001_Low_res_comp.jpg800532Community-based Protection Committees members participate in learning session on gender-based violence prevention in the World Vision’s Tea Corner in the camp. The community protection committee which has formed with the support of World Vision. The project is funded by the Australian Humanitarian Partnership and implemented in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. During project implementation (June-November 2019), 40 community protection committees were formed. Each committee has 11 members. To empower women in this very conservative and male dominated society the programme boasts 44 percent female membership, 100 percent of the vice-presidents are a women and nearly 15 percent of members represent persons with disabilities. The committee members gather in so-called ‘Tea Corners’ and discuss about gender-based violence (GBV) issues among members and the community. They also actively visit homes to deliver GBV- awareness messages. If during these home visits intervention needs are discovered they are reports to World Vision, who records and manages possible incidents according to a very rigorous protocol.