Break the silence: Ending gender-based violence is a human rights imperative

France Should Act to End Violence, Harassment at Work

France, which intends to play a leadership role on gender equality globally, should accelerate measures to end gender-based violence and harassment at work in its own country, Human Rights Watch said today

Helping Women to Step out of the ‘Shadow Pandemic’ of Women Abuse

By Fairuz AhmedNEW YORK, Dec 14 2020 (IPS) The United Nations Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign marked the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020) at a time when COVID-19 exacerbated the conditions women operate under.The theme, Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!, was aimed at amplifying the global call to action to bridge funding gaps, ensure esse…

16 Days of Activism: global ecumenical voices ring strongly against gender-based violence

As “16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence” drew to a close, churches expressed prayerful determination to keep carrying the message.

A shrinking Lake Chad is leading to conflicts and gender based violence

Adenike Oladosu has observed the effects of the vanishing Lake Chad, located at the conjunction of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The freshwater lake has shrunk dramatically since the 1960s due to unplanned irrigation and climate change, with women at the forefront of the prevailing conflicts and crises.

Conflict zones and COVID-19’s impact on sexual and gender-based violence reporting - Griffith Asia Insights

Asia Insights is published by the Griffith Asia Institute. It offers latest commentary on Asia-Pacific affairs and aims to inform and foster academic scholarship, public awareness and considered and responsive policy making.

Pandemic worsening gender-based violence

The pandemic is "exacerbating" the pre-existing gender-based violence (GBV) in the Asia-Pacific region and is "likely to deepen inequalities", UNFPA’s technical specialist Sujata Tuladhar says.The pandemic is also limiting the GBV survivors’ ability to distance themse