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Gender-Based Violence: How South Sudan is fighting back

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2023
From the first Sudanese civil war in 1955 to cyclical conflicts post-independence, the scarlet cord of violence is inextricably woven into the history of South Sudan.
Nyakomi Adwok
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Storying Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Niue [PDF]

, 2023
The family space is a crucial and under-researched space in published research on Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Niue. The aim of this research is to examine how to work with the family space in Niue to eliminate violence in social relations in Niue and promote healthy relationships.
Thomas, Erin, Tukiuha, Charlene, Underhill-Sem, Yvonne, Talagi, Jamal   +3 more
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Editorial: Ending GBV in South Sudan

South Sudan Medical Journal, 2023
This special issue of the South Sudan Medical Journal is mainly devoted to addressing the problem of gender-based violence especially as it affects women and girls.
Dr Anne Pita Lomole
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Gender-Based Violence and Associated Factors Among Women of Reproductive Age in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Mixed Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Gender‐based violence (GBV) remains a critical global health and human rights issue, with one in three women affected worldwide. Local evidence on its prevalence and determinants is limited in the study area. This study aims to determine the magnitude of GBV, identify and explore associated and aggravating factors among ...
Bitew S, Ejigu AG, Dagnaw TE, Alamineh G, Yadita ZS.   +4 more
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Coping Strategies of Women in the Churches in Dealing With Gender Based Violence [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2023
Gender- based violence (GBV) has reached a level where it is now considered as one of the pandemics in South Africa. This article is written in response to the call of papers from Unisa about Black Theology of Liberation and engages literature reviews ...
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane, Dr Lufuluvhi Maria Mudimeli   +1 more
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights in anticipatory action for disasters. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract An examination of the incorporation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in anticipatory action (AA) reveals the latter's potential to strengthen disaster response by addressing pre‐existing inequalities and marginalised needs.
Shimmin EE, Raju E.
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Gender-based Violence in Ghanaian Parliamentary Discourse: A Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis

Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2022
Studying gender-based violence (GBV) in country-specific parliamentary discourses can provide legislative perspectives and global understanding of the experience of GBV and the fight against it.
Kwabena Sarfo Sarfo-Kantankah
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Partner Characteristics as a Risk Factor for Gender-Based Violence Among Sub-Saharan African Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Social 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, Lucky Norah Katende-Kyenda   +1 more
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Finding Justice in Cyberspace: The Wickedness of Online Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

Jurnal Wanita dan Keluarga, 2022
Gender-Based Violence in Indonesia is generally divided into two categories; kekerasan berdasarkan ranah personal (GBV that takes place in a private setting) and kekerasan berdasarkan komunitas dan negara (GBV that takes place in a public setting). Aside from this, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light an equally concerning form of GBV, online GBV.
Nusaibah Edi Nugraha, Sekarayu Tunggadewi Anugraputri   +1 more
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The scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) on women plaguing South Africa [PDF]

EUREKA: Social and Humanities, 2022
Despite the existence of a constitutional legal framework, criminal sanctions to address violent behaviour by men are not enough. The killing of women by men has reached a disproportionate crescendo in South Africa. It is critical, that as a society we denounce the continuation of this trend and address the underlying causes of violent masculinity and ...
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