Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)

FEATURE

Data on Gender-Based Violence: What's New and What's Not

To commemorate the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), PAHO, and USAID held an event entitled "Data on Gender-Based Violence: What's New and What's Not" on Dec. 6, 2011. The event featured four presentations from leading voices in the field of combating gender-based violence focusing on the importance of ethical, comprehensive, and accurate data.

GENDER NEWS

Global Health Initiative Supplemental Guidance on Women, Girls, and Gender Equality Principle
The Global Health Initiative has issued new guidance on the women, girls, and gender equality principle to address the gender-related inequalities and disparities.
What Is Gender? And Why Is It Important?
What exactly do gender and gender equality mean, and how can a gender-based perspective help achieve health and development goals?
Gender-Based Violence Against the Transgender Community Is Underreported
The Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20, 2011, and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence from Nov. 25 to Dec. 10, 2011, are important opportunities to address the serious but often-ignored issue of gender-based violence (GBV) against transgender persons. The status of the transgender population has important implications for the progress toward gender equality and other human rights.
Gender-Based Violence: Impediment to Health
Gender-based violence is violence involving men and women, in which the female is usually the victim. Often viewed as a protection or legal rights issue, it is equally important that it be recognized as a public health concern. Two policy briefs outline clearly and succinctly how gender-based violence impacts many reproductive health outcomes—unintended pregnancy, maternal and child health, and STIs/HIV—and make the case that health services have a crucial role to play in responding to GBV.

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