SafetySouth SudanViolence against women and girls (VAWG)1. The benefits to participants or communities of documenting sexual violence must be greater than the risks to participants and communities.doi:10.1186/s13031-019-0239-4Manuel Contreras-Urbina...
Violence against women and girls is a serious violation of fundamental human rights and continues to be one of the most persistent development challenges globally. In the context of the COVID-19 lock-downs, evidence from around ...
In his message for the day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that "now is the time for transformative action that ends violence against women and girls," adding that violence against women and girls is "the most pervasive human rights violation in the world." Through a statement, Si...
Violence against women and girls, according to Afghan Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC), is a matter of concern as women and girls are facing variety of violence ranging from underage marriages to physical beating. Afghan women activists also expressed concerns over the growing cases of v...
The need for children and young people to learn about violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been voiced since the late 1980s. This is the first ever book on educational work to prevent VAWG, providing the most comprehensive contribution to our knowledge and understanding in this area. ...
working with an emerging feminist advocacy collective focused on addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG), our article focuses on some of the key challenges young feminists face while advocating for feminist-informed programming in efforts to address VAWG in humanitarian and development ...
as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy Lead was to propose that the VAWG strategic group was renamed because (to quote from his own email)the “remit and scope did not sufficiently capture the breadth of issues involved in domestic abuse – particularly in terms of male victims....
The rising prevalence of harassment in Middle Eastern countries is mirrored in literary works from the region. However, extracting data from these texts to understand the typology and frequency of the cases poses a significant challenge due to human cogn
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an important public health issue. Framing studies indicate that how the news media cover public health issues is critical for designing effective health promotion interventions. Notwithstanding this, there is li
Review of Violence against women in South Asian communities: Issues for policy and practice.Gangoli, Geetanjali