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A scoping review of interventions addressing gender-based violence in West Africa: examining typologies, delivery mechanisms, outcomes, and stakeholder involvement

open access: yesConflict and Health
Background Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a significant public health and human rights concern globally, with interventions in West Africa designed to address prevention, response, and survivor support.
Ifunanya Clara Agu   +4 more
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Economic Challenges on Motherhood and Womanhood and the Issue of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the South African Society

open access: yesOvidius University Annals. Economic Sciences Series
This paper illustrates economic challenges on motherhood, womanhood, children, and the issue of GBV. It has become evident in numerous families that societal role of mothers has shifted immensely. As a result, many scholars decided to study the various components of motherhood.
Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Partner Characteristics as a Risk Factor for Gender-Based Violence Among Sub-Saharan African Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This study examined how partner characteristics contribute to gender-based violence (GBV) risk among women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Guided by two research questions—how partner characteristics influence GBV, and which characteristics are the strongest ...
Judith Ifunanya Ani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Trajectory of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Impacts to Zimbabwean Children and Pathways for Child Safeguarding

open access: yesSocial Work and Society, 2018
The inability of economic growth to meet the needs of a ballooning urban population which has 64% between the age of 18 and 35 and mostly unemployed has given rise to social pathology. This has been one Gender Based Violence (GBV) key driver. Consequently, GBV pervasiveness has been due to socio economic factors historically embedded in Zimbabwean way ...
Tatenda Nhapi, Takudzwa Mathende
openaire   +2 more sources

Gender-Based Violence is a growing problem in India

open access: yes, 2018
This paper uses Indian household surveys and crime data, to study Gender-Based Violence (GBV): husband's domestic violence, to control wife/partner. Different types of violence are examined separately, using 2005-6 Demographic and Health Survey & other ...
John Simister (23875758)
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Gender equality and violence against women: what’s the connection? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A lack of gender equality is consistently cited as an underlying determinant of violence against women. The United Nations General Assembly, in its 1993 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, noted that this violence is a manifestation
Liz Wall
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New peer learning course: Introduction to gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation

open access: yes
The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) is pleased to announce the launch of its new peer learning course "Introduction to gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation". The Geneva Learning Foundation is opening EQUITY-EN-004 Mitigating GBV in practice: a feminist and decolonial primer for health and humanitarian responders.
openaire   +1 more source

Women, gender roles and gender-based violence after war

open access: yes
Mainstream postwar studies on violence exclusively focus on violence between previously warring factions and provide less attention to how gender-based violence (GBV) is a barrier to gender equality and women's empowerment.
Luna K.C., Whetstone, Crystal
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