Gender based Violence

Day 11: Ending Female Genital Mutilation, A Call to Action 

Day 11: Ending Female Genital Mutilation, A Call to Action 

Written by Amie Kherame Ndong, Knowledge Expert and Knowledge Activation Grants Lead at Share-Net International and SRHR Advisor at KIT…

Day 10: Transphobia as Gender-Based Violence

Day 10: Transphobia as Gender-Based Violence

This post uses “transgender” and/or “trans” as umbrella terms to encompass various forms of gender nonconformity. I recognize that not…

Day Seven: World AIDS Day 

Day Seven: World AIDS Day 

Today, we join the global community in observing World AIDS Day. We take today as a moment to honor the…

Day Three: Clicks, Control, and Consequences- Unpacking Gendered Cyber Violence

Day Three: Clicks, Control, and Consequences- Unpacking Gendered Cyber Violence

Since the 1995 Beijing conference, technology has developed at a shocking rate, and with this new technology, new threats continue…

Day Two: Victim Blaming

Day Two: Victim Blaming

Victim Blaming and Rape Culture What is Victim Blaming? Victim blaming is a harmful phenomenon in which responsibility for gender-based…

Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Kicking Off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Kicking Off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Today marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Campaign, a global movement uniting people,…

Abusing women in politics: New research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate

Abusing women in politics: New research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate

How Instagram is failing women and public officials Content warning: Racism, Violence, Sexual Assault.  From the Center for Countering Digital…

‘Zorg voor betere wetgeving tegen seksuele intimidatie op werk’

‘Zorg voor betere wetgeving tegen seksuele intimidatie op werk’

There needs to be better legislation against sexual harassment in the workplace. 36 organizations are advocating for this, including Kenniscentrum…

Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the European Union – Report

Estimation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the European Union – Report

To mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February, the European Institute for…

Research Priorities for Addressing Gender Based Violence in the WHO Africa Region

Research Priorities for Addressing Gender Based Violence in the WHO Africa Region

There is an increasing emphasis on conducting research to identify gender based violence issues to enable development of appropriate programs…

Oneworld: In Nederland sterft elke 10 dagen een vrouw als gevolg van huiselijk geweld

Oneworld: In Nederland sterft elke 10 dagen een vrouw als gevolg van huiselijk geweld

IN NEDERLAND STERFT ELKE 10 DAGEN EEN VROUW ALS GEVOLG VAN HUISELIJK GEWELD Nederland heeft een femicideprobleem We zien femicide…

Free to be online: Girls and young women’s experiences of online harassment

Free to be online: Girls and young women’s experiences of online harassment

Plan International State of the world’s girls report 2020 The 2020 report on girls’ experiences of being online on social…