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…

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…

Member Spotlight: Tess Vanacker

Member Spotlight: Tess Vanacker

This Week Member Spotlight Tess Vanacker, Advocacy officer at Amref Flying Doctors and member of the Share-Net Netherlands Gender-Based Violence Community of Practice, describes how a…

Lessons learnt from Kenyan App for Tracking Gender Violence

Lessons learnt from Kenyan App for Tracking Gender Violence

We Built the First Kenyan App for Tracking Gender Violence: Here’s What We Learnt Written by Sarah Dickins and Naomi Mwaura It’s almost…

COVID-19: A Gender Lens – UNFPA Technical Brief

COVID-19: A Gender Lens – UNFPA Technical Brief

Key Messages Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination…