Gender-based violence (GBV)
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- Genital mutilation causes high rates of psychiatric disturbances for girls in Iraq
- ( J.I. Kizilhan / European Journal of Psychiatry , 2011)
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iraq has been brought to public attention by several human rights organisations since 2003. This study investigates the mental health status of young girls after ...
- Female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso
- ( B. Karmaker;N. Kandala;D. Chung / BioMed Central , 2011)
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely practiced in some parts of Africa, although it can cause immediate complications (pain, bleeding and infection) and delayed complications (sexual, obstetri...
- Health consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting in The Gambia
- ( A. Kaplan;S. Hechavarría;M. Martín / Reproductive Health , 2011)
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice with severe health complications, deeply rooted in many Sub-Saharan African countries. The objective of this study is to ...
- International efforts to abandon female genital mutilation and cutting in Africa
- ( N.J. Diop;M. Malmström;F. Moneti / United Nations Population Fund , 2011)
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The objective of the ‘UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) Accelerating Change’ is to contribute to the abandonment of FGM/C in 17 African count...
- Ain’t I A Woman? A global dialogue between the sex workers’ rights movement and the stop violence against women movement
- ( B Datta / CREA , 2011)
- This report arose from a dialogue hosted by CREA and CASAM in 2009 as part of CREA’s “Count Me In” programme on addressing violence against women in south Asia. The topic of the dial...
- Combatting sexual and gender-based violence in DRC through an innovate media campaign
- ( Dirk-Jan Koch;Tony Kasuza N’kolo / Search for Common Ground , 2011)
- This report presents progress of a Search for Common Ground (SFCG) project aimed at sensitising the population of western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the need to change behaviour towards wom...
- Sex Work and Women's Movements
- ( S Shah / CREA , 2011)
- What relationships exist between women’s movements and sex workers’ movements? How have historical developments and discourses shaped these relationships, and what are the theoretical and ...
- Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice
- ( L Turquet / UN Women , 2011)
- What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a real...
- Feminist Africa 14: Rethinking gender and violence
- ( A Mama (ed) / African Gender Institute, South Africa , 2010)
- In this 14th issue of Feminist Africa, a publication produced by the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, the theme is gender and violence. This issue’s editorial ‘Reth...
- Masculinity and Gender-based Violence in Rwanda: Experiences and perceptions of men and women
- ( Rwanda Men Engage Network , 2010)
- This report examines the results of the first national household survey conducted in Rwanda (from January 2010 to June 2010) regarding men and women’s perceptions of masculinity and gender-based...
