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Policy Approaches to Working with Men to Improve Men's Health and Achieve Gender Equality
BRIDGE, 2007What policies are in place to address issues such as men and violence, men and sexual and reproductive health services, male circumcision, and men and substance use? What are the operational barriers to policy implementation? What new policies are needed and which departments should be involved in setting and implementing policy?Document'Giving out their daughters for their survival' refugee self-reliance, vulnerability, and the paradox of early marriage
Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2008How do early marriages in Uganda's refugee settlements contribute to or reduce vulnerability?DocumentThe Safe Schools Program: a Qualitative Study To Examine School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Malawi
2008This resource summarises the results of a participatory learning and action (PLA) research activity conducted in Malawi's Machinga District to help raise awareness, involvement, and accountability around school-related gender-based violence at national, institutional, community and individual levels. The study was conducted in October and November 2005 by DevTech Systems, Inc.DocumentThe Girl Child and Armed Conflict: Recognizing and Addressing Grave Violations of Girls? Human Rights
2006During armed conflict, girls are subject to widespread and sometimes systematic human rights violations that have mental, physical and material repercussions. These violations can include: illegal detention, abduction and forced removal from families and homes, forced recruitment into fighting forces, slavery, sexual exploitation and increased exposure to HIV/AIDS.DocumentSeeking Protection: Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence in Tanzania's Refugees
2000This study documents the situation of Burundian refugees in Tanzanian refugee camps in 1997.DocumentIndicators for Monitoring the Actual Situation of the Countries Concerning Violence Against Women
Kosovar Centre for Gender Studies, 2006How can we know the true situation of violence against women (VAW) in Kosovo? This report presents what the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are doing to prevent and respond to VAW, what progress documents have been produced, and whether VAW cases brought to court are treated in accordance with gender equality legislation.DocumentThe Body of War: Media, Ethnicity and Gender in the Break-up of Yugoslavia
Publishers WWW sites, 2007How was feminist rhetoric affected by the war in Yugoslavia? This book questions the media attention on women directly involved in the conflict - most notably the protesters. It argues that the media representation of the female protesters shaped the language of how women were perceived.DocumentGender, Social Support and Post-traumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004Men and women may feel the impact on their mental health of traumatic experiences in conflict situations in different ways, and may also respond differently to social support. This Kosovo Emergency Department Study was conducted in July-August 2001 to assess mental health two years after the end of the war.DocumentHidden: a profile of married adolescents in Northern Nigeria
Action Health Incorporated, 2006Research and programmes aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents in Nigeria have largely focused on unmarried girls and boys. But early marriage is prevalent in Nigeria, particularly in the North. In the North-West of the country, for example, an estimated 73 percent of teenage girls are married, usually to older men chosen for them by their parents.DocumentGender-Based Violence in Kosovo - a Case Study
United Nations Population Fund, 2005What do prominent Kosovar activists and representatives of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and international organisations say about gender based violence (GBV) during pre-war, wartime (1998-1999) and post-war periods?Pages