This guide aims to bring together relevant standards, information, and regional experiences to support the planning and operation of gender-based violence hotlines in the Asia-Pacific region. Hotline planning requires thinking through a number of elements from a new perspective, including use of technology, documentation and data protection, and staff training and support. Read More
Gender-based Violence
Hidden Heroes Podcast Series
In this eight-episode podcast series, listeners will travel the globe to meet women and girls taking a stand against gender injustice—and saving lives along the way. Join host Beth Murphy for intimate conversations with these hidden heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each episode is followed by a “deep dive” companion piece, in which experts in equality and public health help listeners better understand the forces driving harmful practices, violence, and other rights violations worldwide. Read More
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Making All Spaces Safe
As the world continues to evolve and expand in the use of technology and platforms, so too does the expansion of spaces through which violence can be perpetrated. This paper serves as an alarm bell for the international community, digital and feminist movements, private technology companies, and national governments to act in unison to end the rising scourge of technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Read More
Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Violence as Part of the Climate Emergency
This expert paper provides an overview of how climate change is exacerbating different types of gender-based violence (GBV). The paper also presents two recommendations to the Commission on the Status of Women community on how to respond to the climate change and GBV crisis: 1) leverage existing international policy frameworks and 2) support cross-sectoral partnerships. Read More
Webinar Recording: Finding the Path Forward: Promoting Equity and Ethics in Research on GBV Among Refugee Populations in the Global South
The GWI’s Building Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Evidence program hosted the first in a four-part webinar series focused on gaps and opportunities around GBV research among conflict-affected displaced populations. The series covers the findings from a year-long process to map out the existing published evidence and illuminate key research gaps to identify those missing, what isn’t yet known, and how to expand approaches to research and evaluation of GBV. Read More
Mental Health Wellness in GBV Prevention and Response: From the Individual to the Systems Level
When health providers are not well themselves, they are less likely to effectively help others. Addressing the mental health of health providers as they provide GBV services to survivors requires approaches that strengthen the mental health wellness and resiliency of both individuals and their communities. This blog provides an overview of the mental health effects of care work and GBV service provision on health providers, approaches to support self-care and improved health systems, and policy recommendations for the future.Read More
