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  Report on the online discussion on eliminating violence against women and girls ― gaps, challenges and strategic directions in prevention and multisectoral services and responses

  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 moderated an online discussion on the critical gaps and challenges in prevention and multisectoral services and responses to violence against women and girls.
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  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.
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  Mexico, Honduras & Guatemala - from survivors to defenders, women confronting violence

  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 women’s rights fact-finding delegation that travelled to these countries in January 2012 to investigate the crisis.
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  International framework on violence against women with focus on the CEDAW

  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 was to contribute to a deeper understanding of violence against women and girls, in preparation for 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
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  Ending violence against women: an Oxfam guide

  Oxfam, 2012

  This practical guide was written for Oxfam staff to inform and inspire their work, and to share with partners and peers, but it is also useful for anyone else interested in this subject. The guide begins with an outline of key concepts and discusses some of the causes of violence against women.
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  Hidden Violence: Preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of adolescent boys

  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 apply a gender lens to boys’ experiences of sexual violence and exploitation, and raise awareness of the particular challenges boys face.
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  Victories over violence: ensuring safety for women and girls. A practitioner’s manual

  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.
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  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 and girl refugees in Lebanon, and came up with a number of key findings related to violence.
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  Evaluation study: working with men and boys on prevention of GBV

  Partners for Prevention, 2012

  This evaluation report looks at the Humqadam programme, a set of interventions with men and boys in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The programme grew out of the organisation Rozan’s work to include men as partners in violence prevention. Activities involved community sessions with around 100 men and boys, interactive community theatres, a Stop Rape campaign and cross gender discussion forums.
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  Evaluating Tostan’s community empowerment programme: finding out what works to prevent gender-based violence in Senegal

  Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 2012

  PATH is currently conducting a four year evaluation of a community based health and human rights awareness initiative called the Community Empowerment Programme. PATH is examining the programme’s impact on gender based violence, including intimate partner violence, women’s empowerment, and related health issues.

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