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Women, men and gun violence: options for action
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2005This article, 'Women, men and gun violence: options for action', forms part of a larger publication on directions for the reduction of small arms control. In this piece the authors emphasise a gender equity approach to reduce risks and bolster resilience to insecurity and violence. A number of issues are explored such as:DocumentGender, sexuality and the criminal laws in the Middle East and North Africa: a comparative study
Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2005The women’s movements in the MENA and the Islamic world are increasingly demanding equality. Despite the theoretical and spiritual quality of women in Islam, Muslim women, children, and slaves were (and are) not equal to men either in ‘urf or shari’ah.DocumentUN peacekeeping economies and local sex industries: connections and implications
Microcon, 2009UN peacekeeping missions have been a major component of many conflict and post-conflict environments.DocumentThe power to change: how to set up and run support groups for victims and survivors of domestic violence
Women's Aid, 2009When working with survivors of domesitc violence, it is important to deal with the many social issues surrounding abuse, rather than concentrating solely on the personal difficulties of the victim.DocumentViolence against women and girls: a compendium of monitoring and evaluation indicators
MEASURE Evaluation, 2008Over the past two decades violence against women and girls (VAW/G) has been put on the map as a critical issue to be addressed in the international arena.DocumentDefying the odds: lessons learnt from Men for Gender Equality Now
African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2009How can we tackle gender based violence? In 2001, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) created an African network of male activists against gender-based violence.DocumentMental health aspects of women’s reproductive health: a global review of the literature
World Health Organization, 2009This literature review examines the link between mental health and women’s reproductive health. It explores the key issues affecting women throughout the life cycle and provides an evidence base that highlights the effects of these development processes on women.DocumentReducing HIV stigma and gender based violence: toolkit for health care providers in India
Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal, UNIFEM, 2007This toolkit, published by the International Center for Research on Women, is a collection of participatory educational exercises for educating health care providers on the issues of stigma and gender-based violence. It is designed to facilitate open discussion on HIV stigma and gender violence, and on what health workers can do to promote a change in attitude and practice.DocumentNowhere to turn: failure to protect, support and assure justice for Darfuri women
Physicians for Human Rights, 2009It is over five years since many refugee women and their families them fled their burned villages, ransacked homes and ruined fields in Chad and streamed across the Sudan border. This report amplifies the voices of some 88 women in the Farchana refugee camp.DocumentInstitutional violence and sexual panic directed at poor young women and trans persons in Buenos Aires
Women and International Development Center, Michigan State University, 2008Institutional violence directed against young people in Argentina has involved a specific dimension of sexual and gendered violence.Pages