WHO Toolkit: Strengthening the medico-legal response to sexual violence
Posted on December 15, 2015 at 8:40 am
In the past 20 years, increasing attention has been paid to ending impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict-affected ...
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“We Want to Learn About Good Love” Findings from a Qualitative Study Assessing the Links Between Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Violence Against Women and Girls
Posted on December 15, 2015 at 2:42 am
This study was commissioned by Plan UK, assesses the extent to which Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) can have an impact ...
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Brief on Violence Against Sexual and Gender Minority Women
Posted on December 15, 2015 at 2:37 am
This Sector Brief provides guidance to help development professionals understand how VAWG affects programming in their sector on gender minority ...
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Sexual & Gender-based Violence: Baseline Findings
Posted on December 7, 2015 at 11:36 am
The Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP) is a program for girls ages 10-19 in rural and urban Zambia that aims ...
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Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence in Emergencies
Posted on November 24, 2015 at 11:31 am
Gender based violence is a life-threatening, global health and human rights issue that violates international human rights law and principles ...
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Men’s violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention
Posted on November 12, 2015 at 11:05 am
Social Science & Medicine. Volume 146, December 2015, Pages 249–256. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.021 Highlights Men perpetrate and are victims of interpersonal violence more than ...
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Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security
Posted on October 22, 2015 at 10:29 am
The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 16 of Security Council resolution 2122 (2013), in which the Council invited ...
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Violence against Women and Girls and Its Consequences on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Posted on October 22, 2015 at 10:08 am
Gender equality and the ability to fully exercise the human rights of women and girls, including the power to make ...
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Attitudes of Violence and Risk for HIV: Impact on Women’s Health in Malawi
Posted on October 13, 2015 at 9:49 am
Sexuality & Culture. December 2015, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 659-673 Abstract This study was designed to investigate the pathways that lead to HIV ...
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Litigation (im)possible? Holding companies accountable for sexual and gender-based violence in the context of extractive industries
Posted on October 5, 2015 at 9:41 am
This paper highlights the possibilities for holding companies accountable before criminal or civil courts for sexual violence committed in the ...
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