Approaches to eliminating GBV
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- Funding gender based violence programmes in South Africa
- ( D. Budlender;J. Kuhn / , 2007)
- Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pressing concern in South Africa, with levels of rape, domestic violence and femicide unabated during its fourteen years of democracy. Despite this, civil society...
International response in Darfur must focus on survivors of sexual violence
- ( S Martin / Refugees International , 2007)
- Sexual violence defines the conflict in Darfur. This report argues that whilst the primary obstacles to preventing rape and assisting survivors are the perpetrators and the Sudanese government officia...
- To protect children, address gender and HIV and AIDS in early childhood
- ( D. Bhana; F.F. Brixen; G. MacNaughton; R. Zimmerman / Bernard van Leer Foundation , 2006)
- Gender discrimination and inequality is a key factor in the transmission of HIV and AIDS. Therefore, this paper argues, efforts to prevent AIDS through empowering girls and changing men’s behaviour sh...
- Stopping violence against women: a handbook for development practitioners
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2006)
- Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary. T...
- Protecting and empowering vulnerable girls in Armenia, DRC, El Salvador, Ghana and India
- ( L. Rosales; F. Mwebe; K. Mikhailidi; R. Samuel; J. Jackson / World Vision , 2007)
- This briefing paper was prepared as a contribution to the meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”...
- Addressing violence against women in conflicts
- ( A. Brody / Eldis News Weblog , 2007)
- Violence against women (VAW) is being seen increasingly as the biggest obstacle to gender equality and quality of life for women on a global scale. Several new publications highlight the issue of VAW,...
- Lessons for best practice in confronting violence against women across cultures
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2006)
- Violence against women is slowly becoming more and more an issue for public debate and action. This report documents 10 case studies from dirferent developing countries that provide examples and lesso...
- Examination of gender-based violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion
- ( Y. Susskind / MADRE , 2007)
- This report released by MADRE examines the incidence, causes, and legalisation of gender-based violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion. It documents the use of gender-based violence by Iraqi Islami...
- Sexual violence against women and girls during and after conflict and war times
- ( J. Ward; C. Horwood; C. McEvoy; P. Shipman; L. Rumble / Integrated Regional Information Networks, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) , 2007)
- This IRIN publication is a reference book and photo essay of portraits and testimonies of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war. It examines the scope and nature of this violence and loo...
- How can girls be protected from abuse? Contributions from an international online discussion
- ( C. Schuepp / United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women , 2006)
- This report presents an overview of a four-week online discussion on the rights of the girl child, conducted in 2006, drawing heavily on direct quotes from participants’ contributions. The discussion ...
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