Sexual violence
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- Supporting women human rights defenders
- ( Oxfam Novib , 2007)
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Women human rights defenders are women who defend human rights as well as those who defend sexuality-related rights. This guidebook is designed to support the ongoing process of enhancing the under...
- Lessons about preventing rape from South Africa
- ( D. Peacock;B. Khumalo / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2007)
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In South Africa, only one in nine victims report rape and fewer than ten percent of reported rapes lead to a conviction. This paper draws out key lessons about rape in South Africa pointing to the ...
- Forced marriage in the Lords Resistence Army, Uganda
- ( K. Carlson;D. Mazurana / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2008)
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This paper focuses on the experiences of those women and girls forcibly married within the Lords Resistence Army (LRA) in Uganda, and their attempts to reintegrate in civilian life after captivity....
- Young men's reports of fear and violence in a South African prison
- ( S. Gear / Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa , 2007)
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Violence, described as endemic to South African Correctional Centres is generally under-reported and a severe hindrance to the Department of Correctional Services’ current and ambitious visio...
- How South Africa responds to Zimbabwean women fleeing violence
- ( Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa , 2006)
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Large numbers of Zimbabwean women are fleeing their homes and even their country to avoid violence. This report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It sho...
- 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...
- Gender and sexual relations in South Africa
- ( N. N. Nyawo;R. Sathiparsad;M. Taylor / Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center , 2006)
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Gender is a culture-specific construct, and the unequal power balance in gender relations that favours males has been shown to be associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This qualitative stud...
How to prevent gender-based sexual violence and early marriages in the Middle East
- ( P. Ouis;T. Myhrman / Child Rights Information Network , 2007)
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This paper is an analysis of the existing gender-based sexual violence against teenage girls in the Middle East. It is a comparative study that analyses the realities of early marriages and sexual ...
- Risk factors for violence against women in northern Vietnam
- ( N. D. Vung;P. O. Ostergren;G. Krantz / BMC Public Health , 2008)
- This population-based study published in BMC public health, investigates the different forms, magnitude and risk factors of men’s violence against women in intimate relationships in a rural part...
- The Safe School Program to help reduce gender-based violence in Malawi
- ( E. Kadzamira;C. Moleni / Eldis Document Store , 2008)
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The Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) is a five-year project under the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, Office of Women in Developmen...
