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  Health consequences of female genital mutilation/cutting in the Gambia, evidence into action

  Reproductive Health, 2011

  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 perform a first evaluation of the magnitude of the health consequences of FGM/C in The Gambia. A number of females who had undergone FGM/C were surveyed and consulted. Key findings:
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  UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on female genital mutilation-cutting: accelerating change

  United Nations Population Fund, 2011

  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 countries. This annual report is sought to convey a clear picture of the programme’s third year of activities.
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  Ain’t I a woman? A global dialogue between the sex workers’ rights movement and the stop violence against women movement

  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.
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  “Vrai Djo” project: a campaign to promote positive male role models in the fight against sexual and gender based violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  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 women, and to shape male attitudes so that they are more respectful and positive towards women. Key results of the project include:
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  Sex work and women's movements

  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 strategic tensions that exist at the present time?
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  Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice

  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 reality rather than an aspiration for women? These are some of the questions considered in this first major UN Women report.
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  Do social and cultural factors perpetuate gender-based violence in Malawi?

  2011

  Although violence has been with us since time immemorial, it was only in 1996 that a World Health Assembly resolution (WHA49.25) recognised the increasing importance of violence as a leading worldwide public health problem (World Health Organisation, 2002).
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  Feminist Africa 14: Rethinking gender and violence

  African Gender Institute, South Africa, 2010

  In this issue of Feminist Africa, a publication produced by the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town, the theme is ‘gender and violence’. The editorial, ‘Rethinking Gender and Violence’ by Jane Bennett discusses, among other things, a possible future where relationships between gender and violence are no longer situated within the context of dichotomised gendered identities.
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  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 violence (GBV).
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  ‘‘I can’t afford justice": Violence against women in Uganda continues unchecked and unpunished

  Amnesty International, 2010

  In this report, Amnesty International calls upon the Ugandan authorities to improve the protection and promotion of women’s right to lead violence free lives. Violence against women and girls (including rape, domestic violence, and forced and early marriages) remains widespread in most parts of Uganda.

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