Tag: Gender Based Violence

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

En Share-Net Colombia reconocemos que el conocimiento empodera y aporta a la transformación social, por esto, te contamos un poco sobre la Violencia Basada en Género (VBG) y, para el caso de Colombia, cuáles son las rutas de atención que debes activar en caso de ser víctima de alguna de estas. Fuente: Autor: Share-Net Colombia […]

Existen otros tipos de Violencias Basadas en Género (VBG), además de las contempladas en la legislación colombiana, estas también son ejercidas, normalmente, hacía niños, niñas, niñes, mujeres y personas de la comunidad LGBTIQ+. Desde Share-Net Colombia consideramos que es importante empezar a reconocer estos tipos de VBG para abordarlos y eliminarlos de nuestros contextos culturales […]

Documento diagnóstico y medición de indicadores de violencias sexuales que ayuden al conocimiento de las condiciones, retos de atención y la generación de un plan de acción para la prevención y atención en el municipio de Envigado-Antioquia, realizado por el Equipo de trabajo – Universidad CES para la Alcaldía de Envigado Autor: Investigación realizada en […]

This is a Knowledge Product published by the Share-Net Bangladesh Gender Based Violence Community of Practise. Violence Against Women (VAW) is a common global phenomenon, happens both in the east and the west. There is a complex relationship between gender and climate change. Gender issues interface with different facets of climate change. This brief is […]

Abstract Transgender people in Bangladesh face an exceptionally high risk of gender-based violence. They experience various forms of disadvantage and discrimination in their daily lives. Members of the transgender community face significant social stigma; a 2015 survey by Bandhu reported that all of its gender diverse participants ‘were of the opinion that no transgender person […]