Many health workers experience violence in their personal lives or in the workplace. They’re often the first to identify, treat, and refer GBV survivors who seek health care. This blog post highlights the strategies IntraHeatlh International has utilized for the past 40 years to address gender-based discrimination, violence, and barriers to health care.Read More
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Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention
This brief includes new results from eight research studies conducted by members of the What Works consortium in various conflict-affected and humanitarian settings. It synthesizes key results and findings, and aims to provide an up-to-date resource for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers on the state of evidence on VAWG in conflict and humanitarian settings.Read More
Recommendations of the Gender Equality Advisory Council for Advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Girls and Women, and Call to Action
The G7’s Gender Equality Advisory Council urges G7 and other world leaders to financially support women’s rights organizations, and conduct meaningful consultation with girls and women, including feminist and grassroots organizations. This set of recommendations presents a package of laws fundamental to advancing the rights of girls and women around the world.Read More
Gender Inequality and Rigid Norms Linked With Poor Health, Global Research Shows
Listen to Stanford Medicine’s 1:2:1 podcast host, Paul Costello, and Stanford global health expert, Gary Darmstdat, discuss a new series of papers published in The Lancet that address the health-damaging effects of gender inequality, and the harms caused by norms restricting acceptable behaviors of men, women, and gender minorities. The papers encompass the entire lifespan, draw on data from many regions of the world, and...Read More
New Interactive Reports on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Two new interactive reports, the "Women's Workplace Equity Index" and "Growing Economies Through Gender Parity," highlight barriers to closing the gender gap in the workforce and how removing these barriers could lead to global economic growth. Read More
As Practitioner and Mother, Empowerment is the Goal
This blog reflects the thoughts of an advocate, professional, and a mother. "Two key lessons I learned through this experience were that (1) we mustn’t underestimate young people and (2) getting results out of policies is hard work."Read More
