This digital storytelling video series by the Menstruation Shouts project aims to explore the menstrual health experiences and challenges of healthcare workers working the frontlines of the COVID-19 response in Kenya and Egypt. These videos seek to break the silence on menstruation among adolescent girls and healthcare workers while creating empathy among the general public and motivating program designers and implementers to take immediate action...Read More
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The Shadow Pandemic in Latin America: The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence
As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Wilson Center’s “Accessing Justice” Project explores the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted gender-based violence in Latin America, and how governments and organizations are responding to this crisis.Read More
Our Gorongosa
This film follows Dominique Gonçalves, a Mozambican ecologist who runs the Gorongosa elephant ecology project at Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, which redefines the identity and purpose of an African national park. From her work mitigating human/elephant conflict; to community clubs and school programs that empower girls to avoid teen marriage and pregnancy; to health clinics and nutrition training for expectant mothers and families, viewers understanding...Read More
Raising Kind Boys and Amazing Girls
This five-minute video, cut down from a longer documentary, explores the work of two South African researchers, Rebecca Helman and Kopano Ratele. They have conducted interviews, ethnographic observations, and a survey into gender inequality, equality, and violence. Their work seeks to not only grasp and show how inequality is thought of and manifests in homes, but how egalitarian families understand equality and inequality, do equality,...Read More
Strengthening health systems response to violence against women in Indian hospitals.
WHO partners with Center for Enquiry into Health and Allied Theme (CEHAT) and Directorate for Medical Education and Research (DMER) Maharashtra, India to do implementation research for rolling out WHO guidelines for health systems research to respond to Violence Against Women in 2 tertiary hospitals in Maharashtra, India.Read More
Progress of the World’s Women 2019–2020: Families in a Changing World
At a critical juncture for women’s rights, this landmark report proposes a comprehensive family-friendly policy agenda to advance gender equality in diverse families. It assesses the reality of families today in the context of sweeping economic, demographic, political, and social transformation, featuring global, regional, and national data, and analyzing key issues such as family laws, employment, unpaid care work, violence against women, and families and...Read More
