Tag: GBV

In March 2023, a new report – She Pays the Highest Price: The Toll of Conflict on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northwest Syria – was launched following close collaboration between Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Syria Relief & Development (SRD) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), with data collection support by Shafak. This study documents […]

Les femmes sont les principales victimes de violences. ▪ Sur la part de la population âgée de plus de 15 ans et ayant été victime de violences en 2016, 75% sont des femmes (OCDE, 2017). ▪ Les formes de violences auxquelles les femmes doivent faire face sont variées : ▪ violences émotionnelles, violences physiques et […]

According to the Bangladeshi government’s 2011 census, 1.8% of Bangladesh’s total population (1,586,141 individuals) belong to Indigenous communities living in various regions of the nation. These groups of people are known as ‘adibashi’ or ‘upojati’. Mandi is one of the recognized ethnic communities. Among them, indigenous women workers struggle with a lack of employment possibilities […]

The Share-Net Colombia Community of Practice on Gender-Based Violence has developed a knowledge product in the form of a comic series, which were launched on November 29th, 2022, consisting of a Spanish three-chapter comic to raise awareness about the discrimination and violence transgender and no-binary people faced in daily situations. Historias para desaprender violencias basadas […]

Source:- Publications | UN Women – Africa This study has been conducted to develop the evidence base on the economic impacts of violence against women more broadly through estimating these impacts with a focus on IPV. It employed a mixed methods approach to estimate the broader economic costs of IPV for women/households and the economy […]

Violence Against Women (VAW) is recognized as both a cause and consequence of gender inequality and is a major obstacle to women and girls’ enjoyment of human rights and their full participation in society and the economy. The findings of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey show that more than 1 out of 4 […]

“Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major public health issue with devastating impacts on individuals and communities. Supporting our vision of a gender-equal world, we aim to use language that is accurate, nonjudgmental, destigmatizing, and inclusive when discussing GBV. Learn more in our new GBV language guide, available in English and French.” Introduction Gender-based violence (GBV) […]

The Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft / Swiss Development Agency have released two studies on SGBV in English and French. Solidarité et guérison : de l’importance de la communauté dans la lutte contre les violences sexuelles et basées sur le genre Expérience acquise dans la région des Grands Lacs africains par le Programme Psychosocial Régional de la Coopération […]

Introduction: Indigenous girls and women in Mexico suffer emotional distress due to marital violence and adherence to gender roles. They are unlikely to denounce violence or treat their health in a timely manner. Women can cope with their distress by participating in empowerment processes. Objective. Describe in indigenous empowered women the emotional distress caused by […]

Gender inequality underpins GBV. The way that GBV is framed in the media directly affects the way society perceives and evaluates the phenomenon. The representation of the complexity of gender inequality, the wider context of violence, the impact on survivors, and the competing narratives of ‘victimhood’ against the need to recognise the intersectionality and power […]