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Interviews examined barriers, gaps, successes, and opportunities for integrating gender-informed programming and GBV considerations into outbreak preparedness and response. Authors employed thematic content analysis with a mixed inductive and deductive coding approach to analyze data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four major themes emerged. First, participants described the persistent normalization of excluding gender and GBV considerations from outbreak response, driven by competing priorities and inadequate funding. Second, they identified insufficient community engagement and localization, emphasizing that responses often fail to account for existing gender norms, community priorities, and local expertise. Third, participants highlighted fragmented coordination across sectors and organizations, advocating for stronger partnerships with women-led organizations (WLOs), improved collaboration, and more gender-balanced leadership. Finally, they emphasized the need to better institutionalize lessons learned and operationalize existing evidence to strengthen preparedness and support more effective, gender-informed responses during future outbreaks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To strengthen gender integration in global outbreak response, we recommend embedding GBV risk mitigation throughout response planning, improving cross-sector coordination and gender-balanced leadership, strengthening partnerships with local WLOs, and adopting flexible long-term funding mechanisms. 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