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
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Translating Gender-Based Violence Policies Into Practice: Lessons Learned From Uganda
Translating Gender-Based Violence Policies Into Practice: Lessons Learned From Uganda How can governments, international nongovernmental organizations, and multilateral organizations effectively collaborate to strengthen a country’s response to gender-based violence in policy and practice? View presentations and video from the event held May 19, 2019 Join the IGWG’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force and representatives from the Uganda Ministry of Health, the Uganda Ministry of Gender,...Read More
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II
Part II: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Working in Humanitarian Settings 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 delved more deeply into the specifics of cash transfers for addressing GBV. What are the strengths...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
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 evidence reviews, as well as promising programmatic examples of cash transfer interventions and their impacts. Part...Read More
A Fireside Chat on Gender-based Violence with Mary Ellsberg and Lori Heise
In celebration of International Women’s Day, please join us for an intimate conversation with renowned experts, Mary Ellsberg and Lori Heise, who each bring more than 25 years of experience working on gender-based violence (GBV).Read More
