On March 24, 2021 the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), in collaboration with the ABAAD Resource Center for Gender Equality in Lebanon, hosted its first Gender Knowledge Exchange to share the challenges, best practices, and lessons learned as a result of ABAAD’s experiences working to address gender-based violence (GBV) survivors’ health and well-being needs and to prevent future violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this event,...Read More
Gender-based Violence
Strengthening Safeguards: Strategies for Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Environmental Projects
This tool was originally developed for a set of fisheries project partners in Southeast Asia at their request, following the results of a gender analysis process, to better understand and prioritize resources and action to tackle gender-based violence (GBV). Now modified for broader awareness-raising, this tool provides an array of specific interventions that environment programs, donors, and practitioners could consider to strengthen attention to addressing...Read More
Preventing Violence Against Women: Dispatches From the Frontiers of Research and Practice
In this webinar recording, Lori Heise, Professor of Gender, Violence and Health at JHSPH, gives an account of her career and the emergence of violence against women on the global health agenda. “In trying to create social change, it’s important that we don’t forget our history because it so often gets lost or even rewritten,” says Heise.Read More
COVID-19 and Violence Against Women: The Evidence Behind the Talk
This study, conducted in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore, conducted an analysis of big data to better understand pre- and post-COVID perceptions and concerns around violence against women. The webinar recording from the launch can be found here (passcode: i!Ci2MH4), the slides from the presentation can be found here, and a three-page fact sheet on the study can be found here.Read More
Our Year to Roar
The events of 2020 were especially hard on women and girls, leading to increased rates of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teen pregnancy. This blog explores the possibility of 2021 creating a window of opportunity for women to renegotiate their rights. According to the author, two things can make a fundamental difference in the lives of women and girls everywhere: an education and the ability...Read More
School-Related Gender-Based Violence: Data and Solutions to Prevent Violence in Schools
In commemoration of the International Day of Education (January 24), Together for Girls has released a new education portal, which profiles several school-based interventions that prevent violence inside the classroom and throughout entire communities. With proper practices, schools can serve as protective spaces for children, as well as important arenas for broader social change.Read More
