What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls, a program funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) worked in 15 countries across Africa and Asia to build the evidence base on drivers of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and what works to prevent VAWG. This webinar included presenters from the What Works consortium who shared groundbreaking findings from this body of research, discussed the implications for policy and practice, and explored what it all means in the context of COVID-19.Read More
GBV Task Force
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Working in Humanitarian Settings Click here to view a recording of the event. More money, less violence? This event was the second part in the IGWG’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force series on the use of cash transfer approaches to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes. Part II of this series...Read More
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming
The first part focused on sharing the latest evidence on cash transfers as an effective intervention for preventing GBV, specifically intimate partner violence, in developing countries. Other topics covered include how cash transfers can affect violence-related outcomes through casual pathways.Read More
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part I
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part I View presentations and the event recording here. This series, hosted by the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), explored the use of cash transfer approaches (an economic empowerment strategy) to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes. Moving from theory to practice, the event included presentations on results from recent...Read More
Continuing the Dialogue from SVRI: New Developments and Future Directions in GBV Work
The recent Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum (SVRI) Forum in Brazil brought together over 450 gender based-violence (GBV) stakeholders from around the world. In commemoration of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against GBV, please join us for a dialogue on the SVRI forum's impact and steps forward for GBV programs, projects, and practitioners.Read More
Faith-Based Organizations and Gender-Based Violence
On September 25, 2017 the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of USAID's Interagency Gender Working Group hosted an event focused on the role and impact of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV). Click to find out more.Read More