Gender-based violence (GBV)
Latest Documents
- Review of research on collective action and engaging men to tackle gender based violence
- BRIDGE, 2012
- The aim of this review is to pull together examples of research that: • Shows how collective forms of agency (whether in the form of social movements, coalitions or groups) have made a difference in eliciting positive...
- What issues drive female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia?
- J. Boyden; A. Pankhurst; Y. Tafere / Young Lives, 2013
- Focusing on Ethiopia, this paper explores local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision. Both practices are widespread in Ethiopia and reflect deep-rooted patriarchal and gerontocratic values regulating women’s re...
- Report on the online discussion on eliminating violence against women and girls ― gaps, challenges and strategic directions in prevention and multisectoral services and responses
- Jo Baker 2012
- With the aim to involve civil society organisations, policy makers, experts and researchers in the field of gender based violence, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) organized and mod...
- Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2012
- The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls is the priority theme of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women to be held 4-15 March 2013. In order to contribute to a deeper understa...
- Mexico, Honduras & Guatemala - from survivors to defenders, women confronting violence
- L Carlson / Nobel Women's Initiative, 2012
- In this report, Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchú Tum write that the levels of violence against women in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala have reached crisis dimensions. They describe their work leading a w...
- Voices from digital spaces: Technology related violence against women
- F Fascendini; K Fialová / Association for Progressive Communications, 2011
- Information communication technologies (ICTs) can be used as a tool to stop violence against women (VAW), but VAW can also be facilitated through the use of ICTs. According to this paper, few women’s rights activists are working...
- International framework on violence against women with focus on the CEDAW
- D Simonovic / United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2012
- This expert paper was written by Dr. Dubravka Simonovic, a member of the UN CEDAW Committee, for the expert group meeting on the ‘Prevention of violence against women and girls’ (September 2012). The purpose of the meeting...
- Hidden Violence: Preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of adolescent boys
- P Pawlak; G Barker / Instituto PROMUNDO, 2012
- This MenCare briefing paper summarises results a report with the same title prepared in 2012 by Promundo for the OAK Foundation. While recognising that girls experience higher rates of sexual violence than boys, the paper seeks to app...
- Victories over violence: ensuring safety for women and girls. A practitioner’s manual
- M Afkhami; H Vazirie / Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace, 2012
- This manual was developed by the Women’s Learning Partnership, a group that trains and supports women in the global south, primarily in Muslim-majority countries, to become leaders and advocates for a just, peaceful world. The m...
- Syrian women and girls: fleeing death, facing ongoing threats and humiliation. A gender-based violence rapid assessment
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2012
- At the time this assessment was written, estimates suggested that up to 90,000 Syrian refugees had crossed the border into Lebanon. The International Rescue Committee conducted a rapid assessment on the situation faced by Syrian women...
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