All published articles with the tag "Gender Based Violence".
"Ni una menos" (not one less) is the name of the ongoing feminist movement in Latin America. Photo: Annika Engwall
Of: Annika Engwall
On International Women's Day, Mexican women gathered to march the central streets of Mexico City. This is their response to the widespread daily gender-based violence. FUF's correspondent reports from the march.
Schoolboys attend sensitization classes on sexual education at a school in Bangui, Central African Republic. The classes are meant to prevent gender-based violence. Photo: UN / Flickr.
Of: Siobhán Coskeran and Yvonne Jila
The fight against gender-based violence has often been cast as a women's issue. However, successful programs in Africa show the importance of engaging men and boys in the discussion.
The White House in Moscow that serves as the seat of the Russian parliament. Photo: Kirill Vinokurov, Flickr.
Of: Lisa Elamson and Maria Ricksten
The Istanbul Convention is a legal framework that seeks to prevent and combat violence against women. In Russia, where it is estimated that 14,000 women die every year as a result of domestic violence, the signing and ratification of the Convention is an urgent matter. But instead, last year Russia chose to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence.
Demonstrations for the full decriminalization of sex work. Photo: WeArePlanC, 2018.
Of: Kathrin Hegger and Tessa Stockburger
Laws that prohibit the sex industry perpetuate gender-based violence. That is the opinion of Chantell Martin and Cameron Cox from the Sex Workers Outreach Project, SWOP, Australia.
The civil society organization Partenariat Recherches Environnement Médias (PREM) is providing rural women with new opportunities to generate income and improve community life in the Katfoura village, Guinea. Photo: Joe Saade / UN Women, Flickr.
Of: Carolina Yang
Gender-based violence (GBV) refers to the denial of resources aside from physical or emotional abuse, according to the UN. Women in agriculture face GBV with regards to both disproportionate workload and limited access to land and resources compared to their male counterparts. It is therefore essential to recognize the contribution of female farmers, and to end the unequal access to resources.
UN Women and partners led a global “Orange the World” campaign to end violence against women and girls last year, which sparked activist movements around the world, like this group composed of civil society, UN and general public members in Rabbat, Morocco, to speak up about violence against women. Photo: Younes El Moumine / UN Women
Of: Lou Darriet
Women throughout history have faced sexual violence in conflict environments, but the recent allegations against humanitarian workers' sexual misconduct might be the beginning of a shift towards fighting gender-based violence worldwide more proactively. Development and humanitarian actors worldwide are stepping up to ensure the safety and security of women and girls in conflict and post […]