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Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility Strategy 2021-2025 (SPANISH)
10 Nov, 2021
Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility Strategy 2021-2025 (Spanish)
190221 WorkPlan IM Template Draft
08 Jul, 2019
What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls: Impact at Scale
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office alongside consortium partners: International Rescue Committee, Raising Voices, Social Development Direct, and CARE International would like to invite you to the public online launch event: What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls: Impact at Scale Monday 29 November 1.00-2.30pm GMT Taking place during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, join us for the online public launch of UK government’s flagship programme What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale, a seven-year £67.5 million investment to scale up global evidence-based efforts to prevent violence against women and girls.
An Overview of Gender-Based Violence in Syria - Advocacy Brief / 2022
15 Nov, 2021
The year 2021 marked the end of the 10th year of the conflict in Syria — one of the largest and longest modern humanitarian crises in the world. Ongoing insecurity, a deepening economic crisis, and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic all converged in 2021 to further exacerbate the risks of gender-based violence (GBV) for women and girls. Women and girls reported higher levels of intimate partner violence in 2021, predominantly associated with men spending longer periods of time at home, either due to COVID-19 restrictions or unemployment. These forms of violence are eroding the resilience of women and girls and can cause severe physical and mental health consequences, including unwanted pregnancies, permanent disabilities, and increased levels of psychological distress, which can sometimes result in suicide. Social stigmatisation continues to affect GBV survivors, including women and girls who survive detention, and marginalised women and girls more broadly. This year, Syri...