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Foreword to The Dyke Special Issue 4, Gender

open access: yesThe Dyke, 2023
The Midlands State University Gender Institute hosted a Conference from the 5th to the 6th of October 2022, themed Combating Gender-Based Violence in Tertiary Institutions resulting in the production of this special issue of The Dyke Journal. Herein are
Umali Saidi
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of gender-based violence among high school female students in Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia: an institutionally based cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Gender-based violence (GBV) often occurs in resource-limited settings such as Ethiopia. It could result in psychological and physical adverse outcomes such as stress, anxiety, depression, unsafe abortion, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually ...
Temesgen Tantu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys' and girls' dropouts.
Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine A.
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An assessment of gender inequitable norms and gender-based violence in South Sudan: a community-based participatory research approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Following decades of conflict, South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. Prolonged conflict, which included gender-based violence (GBV), exacerbated gender disparities. This study aimed to assess attitudes towards gender inequitable
Averbach, Sarah Helene   +7 more
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A call to action against gender-based violence and discrimination from the Emergency Departments

open access: yesEmergency Care Journal, 2023
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global issue deeply rooted that grows from gender inequality and represents one of the most severe human rights violations. GBV is violence directed against a person because of their gender.
Erika Poggiali   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

1575 Gender based violence (gbv) and occupational safety and health culture [PDF]

open access: yesVibration and Noise, 2018
Introduction Global evidence increasingly acknowledges the costs to GBV survivors and employers alike and the need for strategies to improve employees’ safety at work and to reduce economic losses associated with employee’s GBV perpetration or victimisation (Heise , et al., 2008).
openaire   +1 more source

Representative bureaucracy: does female police leadership affect gender-based violence arrests? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Representative bureaucracy theory postulates that passive representation leads to active representation of minority groups. This article investigates the passive representation of female police officers at leadership levels and the active representation ...
Baltagi BH   +13 more
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Gamification as a Tool for Social Change: A Case of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2022
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is one of the most significant social issues affecting the world, and just as in many other countries, GBV is pervasive in South Africa, where cultural norms and gender-based customs and traditions serve to condone and ...
Folasayo Enoch Olalere
doaj   +1 more source

Family-tree Mapping and Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Niue: Research Method and Intervention

open access: yesPacific Health Dialog, 2021
Introduction: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a product and manifestation of gender relations that inflicts harm disproportionately on those who identify as women and girls. In the Pacific island country of Niue, there is a lack of research and attention on the issue.
Erin Thomas   +3 more
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