The purpose of this strategic framework is to assist the United States Agency for International Development Office for Easterna nd Central Africa (USAID/ECA), the United Nations Children's Fund East and Southern Africa Regional Office (UNICEF/ESAR), and governments and civil society in the eastern, central, and southern Africa region to improve and expand their programmatic efforts to prevent and respond to Gender-based Violence (GBV),in the five key sectors and at multiple levels.  The strategic framerwork also an serve as a tool to advocate for more broad-based initiatives.