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The responsibility to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in disasters and crises

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2018) C1
Research results of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response before, during and after disasters in Indonesia, Lao PDR and the Philippines
This report contributes new evidence on why and how sexual and gender-based ... more
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We’ve got the power — Women, adolescent girls and the HIV response

UNAIDS (2020) CC
This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to the women leaders and allied community mobilizers who have devoted their lives to advancing the human rights and dignity of all people ... more
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A FAMILIAR FACE: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
This report presents the most current data on four specific forms of violence – violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among a ... more
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How to support survivors of gender-based violence when a GBV actor is not available in your area

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2023) CC
KEY MESSAGES Always talk to a GBV specialist first to understand what GBV services are available in your area. Some services may take the form of hotlines, a mobile app or other remote support. Be aware of any other available services in your area. Identify services provided by humanitarian pa ... more
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Preventing injuries and violence: an overview

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
This brief advocacy document highlights the burden, risks and prevention of injuries and violence, which took the lives of 4.4 million people in 2019 and constitute 8% of all deaths. Among the injury-related causes of death include road traffic cras ... more
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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims/survivors
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Ministry of gender, labour and social development Ministry of gender, labour and social development (2011) CC
Psychosocial support is a very important component in Gender Based Violence response that provide appropriate care, protection and social integration. Psychological aspects affect thoughts, emotions, behavior, memory, learning ability, perceptions ... more
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National guidelines for the provision of psychosocial support for gender based violence victims survivors
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Ministry of gender, labour and social development Ministry of gender, labour and social development (2011)
Psychosocial support is a very important component in Gender Based Violence response that provide appropriate care, protection and social integration. Psychological aspects affect thoughts, emotions, behavior, memory, learning ability, perceptions ... more
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Hungary: The impact of Food Insecurity on Gender-Based Violence in the Ukraine Refugee Response

CARE International; VOICE (2022) C2
The number of people facing acute food insecurity1 is growing at an alarming rate in the European Union (EU) Member States of Central Eastern Europe. COVID-19 and the resulting disruption to global markets, trade, and food supply chains have negatively affected food security since 2020; now, this ha ... more
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Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

Toma, Iulia; Chowdhury, Mita; Laiju, Mushfika; Gora, Nina; Padamada, Nicola Oxfam, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children (2018) C1
This gender analysis was conducted to understand the different risks and vulnerabilities but also opportunities and skills for Rohingya and host community women, men, boys and girls. Data collection was conducted over three weeks from 8 April to 29 ... more
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A gender analysis of the right to a nationality in Myanmar

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Women et al. (2018) C1
According to 2014 Census data, almost a third of the population in Myanmar do not have adequate identity and civil documentation. Of these, 54 percent are women.
Women who live in remote or conf ... more
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India: Treated Worse than Animals

Human Rights Watch (2014) C1
Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in institutions in India
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Caring for child survivors of sexual abuse guidelines

International Rescue Committee; UN Children's Fund (2024) CC
Sexual abuse perpetrated against children is one of the most significant crises of our time. Child sexual abuse is a significant risk factor for children, in common with other forms of child maltreatment. Sexual abuse can have severe short- and long ... more
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Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Action

Green, C. Oxfam (2013)
Humanitarian crises can affect women, men, girls and boys in radically different ways. To address the different impacts of conflict and disasters on each group and promote the potential for positive transformation of gender norms, Oxfam calls for hu ... more
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Plan International’s Global Strategy for Child Protection Programming 2015–2020

Plan International (2015) C1
Grounded in the foundations of child centered community development, the success of this strategy will be measured by how individual countries contribute to their child protection systems and partner at various levels to combat violence ... more
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African Regional Convening to Support Parents and Caregivers

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The African Regional Convening of the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) stimulated the interest or engagement of almost 1500 individuals from 742 unique organizations in the fields of health, education, social welfare, women’s affairs, e ... more
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Taking Stock: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Climate Commitments - an East and Southern Africa Review

UNFPA (2024) CC
Women, girls and marginalized groups who are largely dependent on natural resources for livelihoods are among the hardest hit by extreme weather patterns. These weather patterns limit their access to food, water, shelter, education and access to ess ... more
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Operational Guidance: Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies

Emergency Nutrition Network ENN (2021) C2
Women and children, especially pregnant girls and women, infants and young children and postpartum women, are populations that are extremely vulner ... more
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"Shadow" Report - Healthcare Field - Case of Albania

Albanian Center for Population and Development (ACPD); UNFPA (2016) C2
Submitted to the United Nation's Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women February 2016 Published by the Albanian Center for Population and ... more
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Facilitating inclusion in disaster preparedness: A practical guide for CBOs

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Give2Asia (2018) C1
In disaster preparedness, the participation of women, children, older people, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and other minority groups and sectors is important because they are the most vulnerable again ... more
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Powerful Myths Hidden Secrets

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2017) C1
This assessment is the first of its kind to be conducted in the south-eastern region of Myanmar. It is an important contribution to ensuring the full inclusion of women and children in Myanmar’s political, social, and cultural systems, with a spec ... more
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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC
It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and g ... more
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Evaluation of UNICEF Programmes to Protect Children in Emergencies - Executive Summary

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2013)
EVALUATION REPORT | This evaluation is the first comprehensive global exercise to examine UNICEF’s programme response in protecting children in emergencies. Its purpose is to strengthen child protection programming by assessing performance in recent years and to draw lessons and recommendations th ... more
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MYANMAR: Conflict between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar Military

OCHA OCHA (2019) CC
Since the end of 2018, there has been a significant upsurge in violence in Rakhine State after armed conflict broke out between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar Military. The violence escalated ... more
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Sahel Crisis 2020: Responding to the urgent needs of refugees, internally displaced, returnees and others of concern (June 2020)

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC
he central Sahel region—Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger—is facing a severe humanitarian and protection crisis. Massive displacement, most of it driven by intense and largely indiscriminate violence perpetrated by a range of armed actors ... more
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Myanmar 2019 Humanitarian needs overview
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Humanitarian Country Team in Myanmar UN (2019) CC
Over 244,000 displaced people remain in camps or camp-like situations in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine and Kayin states. Children make up at least 50 per cent of this population, while women and„Myanmar: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview - Myanmar“. Rel ... more
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Gender Assessment USAID/Senegal

Rubin D., O. K. Niang-Mbodj United States Agency for International Development (2010) C2
As part of the new strategy preparation, USAID/Senegal requested assistance with a gender assessment. This study was conducted from March 20 to April 11, 2010. It was supported jointly by the Women in Development Indefinite Quantity Contract (WID IQ ... more
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Living in Chains: Shackling of People with Psychosocial Disabilities Worldwide

Human Rights Watch HRW (2020) C1
The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack of mental health services. Many a ... more
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Child Protection - Fact sheet

Save the Children (2007) CC
Children in every country, every culture and at every social level face various forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence1. The abuse takes place at home, in school, in institutions, at work, in the community, in armed conflict and natural disasters. Much ... more
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The Condition of the Girl Child worldwide - Fifth Edition

Indefes - Terre des Hommes (2016) C1
In the last five years, i.e. how old turned the Campaign “Indifesa” (Defenceless) in 2016, that was launched by Terre des Hommes in 2012, the world has become smaller. One can actually say that the derangements following the Arab Spring in 2011 reshuffled what is stable and what produces instabi ... more
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UNICEF RWANDA Country Profile

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2018)
This document provides a snapshot view of Rwanda in terms of key socio-economic indicators, political and economic context and the situation of children. It also gives an overview of UNICEF's Country Programme and key achievements. Rwanda has made significant progress towards economic prosperity an ... more
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Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports The DHS Program (2017) C1
The 2015-16 MDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on fertility levels; marriage; fertility preferences; awareness and use of family planning methods; child feeding practices; nutrition; adult and childhood mortality; awareness and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS; ... more
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Cameroon 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) CC
In 2021, the humanitarian community continued to support those in need, placing protection at the centre of its response. Learning from and building on past efforts, humanitarian actors will continue to respond and adapt their response to the various shocks impacting populations in Cameroon, such as ... more
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Nigeria: Demographic Health Survey 2018

The DHS Program ICF USAID (2019) C2
The 2018 NDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on demographic and health indicators. The sample was selected using a stratified, two-stage cluster design, with enumeration areas (EAs) as the sampling units for the first stage. The second stage was a complete listing o ... more
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Sierra Leone – Demographic and Health Survey 2019

The DHS Program ICF (2020) C2
The 2019 SLDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on demographic and health indicators. The sample was selected using a stratified, two-stage cluster design, with enumeration areas (EAs) as the sampling units for the first stage. The second stage was a complete listing ... more
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We are also dying of AIDS

Human Rights Watch (2014) C1
Barriers to HIV Services and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia The 80-page report documents the obstacles faced by people with disabilities in both the community and healthcare settings. These include pervasive stigma and discrimination, lack of access to inclusive HIV prevention ed ... more
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Water dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

Oxfam (2023) CC
Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensive and harder-to-maintain water boreholes used by some of the poorest communities around the world, mo ... more
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Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF International. (2015) C2
The main objective of the 2014-15 RDHS was to obtain current information on demographic and health indicators, including family planning; maternal mortality; infant and child mortality; nutrition status of mothers and children; prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care; childhood diseases; and ped ... more
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Children and armed conflict - Report of the Secretary-General (A/73/907–S/2019/509)

UN Security Council, UN General Assembly (2019) C1
The present report, which covers the period from January to December 2018, is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2427 (2018). The preparation of the report involved broad consultations within the United Nations, in the field and at Headquarters, and with relevant Member States. It hig ... more
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Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2010

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF International (2012) C2
The government of Rwanda conducted the 2010 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) to gather up-to-date information for monitoring progress on healthcare programs and policies in Rwanda, including the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), the Millennium Development Goals ... more
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Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Refugee Camps in Rwanda: An Ethnographic Study

Child Protection in Crisis Network for Research, Learning & Action (2013) CC
Despite the increasing population of refugees stuck in protracted situations and our awareness of the vulnerability of children and adolescents growing in up these contexts, relatively little is known about community based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) in refugee communities. CBCPMs, defined ... more
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Behind Closed Doors: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2006)
The report examines some of the underlying causes of domestic violence and the impact on children of being exposed to violence in the home.
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Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides
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UN Women Reliefweb OCHA (2024) C2
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023. 60 per cent of these homicides—51,000—were committed by an intimate partner or other family member. 140 women and girls die ev ... more
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Structural violence: Understanding mother & child health and Ebola in Sierra Leone

Schwienhorst, E.M.; K. Boegel Medical Peace Work (2015) C1
This is one of seven Medical Peace Work courses.
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“There Is Enormous Suffering” - Serious Abuses Against Talibé Children in Senegal, 2017-2018

Seibert, L. Human Rights Watch (2019) CC
This report documents scores of serious abuses committed against talibé children by Quranic teachers or their assistants in 2017 and 2018, including deaths, beatings, sexual abuse, chaining and imprisonment, and numerous forms of neglect and endang ... more
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10 promising practices from the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in Europe

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2023) CC
UNHCR invested significantly in risk mitigation, prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the Europe region in 2022-2023, in particular in connection with the Ukraine emergency, where the risks were considered high due to the unprecedented scale and speed of displacement, mo ... more
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Champions of change community voices driving campaign against FGM

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C_UNICEF
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Life Skills through Drama: Equipping adolescent girls with key knowledge and skills to help them to mitigate, prevent and respond to Gender Based Violence

International Rescue Committee IRC (2021) CC
The Life Skills through Drama curriculum aims at promoting the protection of Syrian and Lebanese adolescent girls from Gender Based Violence and enhancing their psychosocial wellbeing. This curriculum addresses the basic life skills that adolescent ... more
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Violence and injuries in Europe: burden, prevention and priorities for action

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO
The WHO Global Health Estimates show that nearly half a million deaths (493 471) occurred in the WHO European Region due to violence and injuries in 2016. This represents a decline of 29% from 2000. Injuries account for 5.3% of all deaths and 9.6 of ... more
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Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Multi-Year Strategy for Ukraine 2023-25
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UN Country Team in Ukraine (2023) CC
The purpose of this multi-year strategy is to guide the strategic direction for the collective work of the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Programme in Ukraine. It replaces the 2017 HCT Framework on PSEA in Ukraine, incorpora ... more
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National Health Sector Standard Operating Procedures on Management of Sexual Violence in Kenya

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2018) CC
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Building Trust and Mutual Respect: Strengthening Families Through the Rethabile "Happy Together" Parenting Program

Catholic Relief Services CRS; 4Children (2019) C1
The Rethabile positive parenting activity is being run by 4Children Lesotho with caregivers and teens ages 9 to 24 for the purpose of reducing harsh parenting practices (i.e., violence) and improving positive parenting practices. By promoting adul ... more
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Lessons from Northern Uganda in addressing gender based violence

Sharlene Yang Action Contre la Faim France (2017) C1
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A child is a child

UNICEF (2017) CC
Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation
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Child protection mainstreaming briefing paper for all sectors

Plan International (2023) CC
“All sectors of humanitarian response are critical to providing an adequate and holistic response for children who have survived different types of violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. Following the immediate humanitarian response, all human ... more
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Between perpetration and prevention of violent extremism accounting on gender

United Nations Development Programme Iraq (UNDP) (2022) C_UNICEF
This study emphasizes the contribution that women can play in the prevention of violent extremism within the family and society and analyzes the drivers and roles of women taking part in violent ext ... more
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Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis

UN Population Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Women's Refugee Commission (2016) C1
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Gender based violence and sexual and reproductive health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the pacific region

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1
Sexual and reproductive health is health issues that have to do with your body, sex, relationships, and having and giving birth to children. This includes having the information you need to be able to make your own decisions about your body, when to have sex, and whether or not to become a parent. T ... more
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Giving life, risking death - Maternal mortality in Burkina Faso

Amnesty International Publications (2020) C2
Accessed on 20.10.2020 In its fight against maternal mortality, the government of Burkina Faso is supported by the donor community which contributes to the health budget and also supports specific projects aimed at improving access to health care ... more
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Assessing Patients For Sexual Violence

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2011) C1
A GUIDE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. This material was reprinted, with permission, from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s publication entitled Assessing patients for sexual violence ... more
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Women who inject drugs: Overlooked, yet visible

International AIDS Society (IAS); Infections & Morbidities (2019) C2
Accessed: 07.11.2019
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Case Management for Survivors and At-risk Women, Children and Youth with Disabilities. Tool 6: Developing Safety Plans with Survivors with Disabilities

Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and UNICEF Lebanon (2018) CC
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“Do not remain silent”: Survivors of Sexual violence in South Sudan call for justice and reparations

Amnesty International (2017) C1
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Women and Mental Health

Australian Women's Health Network (2012) CC
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Diamonds - Stories of Women from the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV

S. Paxton APN+; United Nations Development Fund for Women (2009) C2
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Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the centre — World AIDS Day report 2020. Graphs and tables slideset

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on the momentum created in the first decade of the twenty-first century by front-loading investment and accelerating HIV service provision has been fulfilled by too fe ... more
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Emerging Practice – Fostering peace and respect by bringing women and girls with disabilities concerns into a Women’s Organization

Rural Women Peace Link (RWPL), Bungoma, Kenya (2018) CC
Rural Women Peace Link (RWPL) is a grassroots women-led organization working in rural areas in the west of Kenya to promote local women’s invol ... more
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: principles and interventions

WHO, UNFPA, and UNICEF (2012) C_WHO
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Lesotho: BASOTHO WOMEN AND MEN 2010—2012

Bureau of Statistics (BOS), Lesotho (2013) C2
Statistical Report | No. 39: 2013
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Protection, Participation and Potential: Women and Girls in Yemen’s War

International Rescue Committee (2019) C1
Women and girls are paying the price of the war in Yemen – Humanitarian actors must increase the priority given to women and girls’ needs, with specific attention to GBV prevention and response, ... more
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Six concrete measures to support women and girls in all their diversity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
The report underscores that sexual and reproductive health and rights are often the first to be sacrificed during epidemics and that the gains of the past decade must be protected. The report also makes it clear that scarce resources must be focused on the most marginalized ... more
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Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Syria Crisis: A Journalist's Handbook [EN/AR]

UN Population Fund (2015)
UNFPA launches Journalist’s Handbook: Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Syria Crisis Amman, 9 March 2015 – Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali, UNFPA launched a handbook on Reporting on Gender-Based ... more
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Human rights for women and children wit disabilities

Human Rights Watch (2011) C1
Barriers to Full Realization of Human Rights for Women and Children with Disabilities
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Workplace violence and gender discrimination in Rwanda’s health workforce: Increasing safety and gender equality

Newman, C.J., de Vries, D.H., Kanakuze, J., et al. Human Resources for Health (2011) CC
This article reexamines a set of study findings that directly relate to the influence of gender on workplace violence, synthesizes these findings with other research from Rwanda, and examines the subsequent impact of the study on Rwanda’s policy e ... more
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Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies 2019
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Protection Cluster (2019) C2
This handbook is a quick-reference tool that provides practical, field-level guidance to establish and maintain a GBV sub-cluster in a humanitarian emergency. It provides the foundations for coordination. More in-depth information can be pursued through resources referenced in this handbook. The GBV ... more
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Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings

Global Protection Cluster, GPV Prevention and Response; Unicef; European Commission, Humanitarian Aid; Australian Government AusAID; et al. (2010)
Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility Working Group July 2010
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Kenya National Violence and Injury Prevention and Control Action Plan 2018 – 2022

Violence and Injury Prevention Unit- Ministry o Health, Kenya (2018) C1
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Action Against Hunger Regional Appeal 2021 - 2023: COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America

Acción contra el Hambre España (2020) C1
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When women lead - Change happens

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) (2017) C2
Women advancing the end of AIDS
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The impact of cOVID-19 on the lives of indigenous women and their strategies to deal with the pandemic

Zapeta, T.; Fenly Mejia, N. International Indigenous Women (2020) C1
The International Forum of Indigenous Women (IIWF) has prepared this report in order to have a document for analysis and systematization of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Indigenous ... more
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Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Kenya, 2017

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C1
The report provides the much-needed evidence to design interventions for children in Kenya and as such we urge partners to use this report as a document for planning for children.
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Do's And Don'ts In Community-Based Psychosocial Support For Sexual Violence Survivors

Claudia García-Moreno, and Mark van Ommeren Word Health Organization (2012) C_WHO
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Addressing the Needs of Women Affected by Armed Conflict

Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet, Florence Tercier Holst-Roness and Letitia Anderson ICRC (2004)
An ICRC Guidance Document
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Predictable, Preventable: Best Practices for Addressing Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence During and After Disasters

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Canadian Red Cross (2012)
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Global status report on violence prevention 2014

World Health Organization (2014)
The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely chi ... more
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Responding to Gender Based Violence: A Training Manual for Duty bearers

UNFPA; UKAid; CEDOVIP (2013) C1
Domestic Violence Act Training Module
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Standard operating procedures (SOP) for the national gender based violence datbase (NGBVD)

Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development, Uganda (2015) C1
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Zambia: Sociodemographic Determinants and Association with Use of Maternal Health Care

Simona, Simona J., Mazuba Muchindu, and Harriet Ntalasha ICF International (2015) C2
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The Role of Women's Empowerment in Influencing HIV Testing

Bashemera, Domitilla R., Martha J. Nhembo, and Grace Benedict ICF International (2013) C2
DHS Working Papers No. 101 Women’s empowerment, HIV testing, birth in past five years, Tanzania
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Shadow Report - On the situation of women who use drugs, women living with HIV, sex workers, and lesbian, bisexual women and transgender people in Ukraine

Legalife-Ukraine; Insight; Positive Women; Svitanok; echo.net (2017) C2
Prepared by NGOs: “Legalife-Ukraine”, “Insight”, “Positive Women”, and “Svitanok” For the submission to the 66th CEDAW Session Geneva, Switzerland 13 February 2017 - 03 March 2017
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Women and HIV - A Spotlight on adolescent girls and young women

UNADS UNAIDS (2019) C2
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Advancing women's leadership and Advocacy for AIDS action

T. Leonhardt; K. Mangino; S. Richiedei; et al. cedpa (The Centre for Development and Population Activities); ICRW ( International Center for Research on Women); ICW Global (The International Community of Women Living with HIVAIDS); et al. (2010) C2
Training Manual
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Discrimination and Barriers Facing Women and Girls with Disabilities in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch (2020) C2
Afghanistan has one of the largest populations per capita of persons with disabilities in the world. At least one in five Afghan households includes an adult or child with a serious physical, sensory, intellectual, or psychosocial disability. More than 40 years of war have left more than one million ... more
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Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in East and Southern Africa

UN Women, UNFPA (2021) CC
abridged version, March 2021 he study highlights the impacts of COVID-19 on women and men as gleaned from research conducted during 2020, as well as the Computer Assisted Telephonic Interviews (CATI) Rapid Gender Assessments (RGAs) executed by UN ... more
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Addressing Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Organisations: Good Practices for Improved Prevention Measures, Policies, and Procedures

Report the Abuse (2017) C1
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Where women have no doctor: Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women

Hesperian (2014) C1
Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women: Flight and Arrival, Basic Needs, Reproductive Health, Mental Health, Women as Leaders
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Women speak out: understanding women who inject drugs in Indonesia

Indonesian Drug Users Network (2016) C1
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Senegal: Findings on the worst forms of child labour - minimal advancement

Bureau of international labor affairs (2016) C2
In 2016, Senegal made a minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. In June, the Government launched an initiative to remove tailbés from the street and prosecute marabouts that perpetrate crimes against their studen ... more
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Ethical Decision-Making in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence. Report and Recommendations

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Syrian American Medical Society, et al. (2019) C1
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Prevailing against pandemic by putting people at the centre
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UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on the momentum created in the first decade of the twenty-first century by front-loading investment and accelerating HIV service provision has been fulfilled by too fe ... more
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Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the centre — World AIDS Day report 2020

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on the momentum created in the first decade of the twenty-first century by front-loading investment and accelerating HIV service provision has been fulfilled by too fe ... more