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The session clarifies key concepts and practical implications for planning and field work, including:
* What social vulnerability means in conflict, disaster, and humanitarian contexts
* The difference between vulnerability and resilience
* A working definition of CRSV (including patterns such as rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, and other forms of sexual violence affecting women, men, girls, and boys)
* Where CRSV often occurs (e.g., attacks on communities, displacement contexts, routine daily activities such as collecting water/firewood, house searches, kidnappings)
* Related cross-cutting frameworks: Protection of Civilians (PoC), Women, Peace & Security (WPS), and Child Protection
* Why CRSV is recognized as a serious violation of international law, and in some contexts may constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, or acts linked to genocide
* What practitioners can do: situational awareness, early warning, training, monitoring/reporting, coordination with local organizations, and proactive engagement