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Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: a qualitative evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
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B Bellows, Ben Bellows, C Garcia-Moreno, C Garcia-Moreno, C Steuerle, C Warren, C Watts, Charlotte E Warren, Chi-Chi Undie, CJ McCannon, CP Janisch, D Finkelhor, E Emenike, EJ Letourneau, F Obare, F Richard, Francis Obare, Ian Askew, J Renju, JA Schellenberg, Jerry Okal, JO Schmidt, K Åsling-Monemi, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), L Heise, LE Meuwissen, Lucy Kanya, MA Koenig, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MOPHS) [Kenya], MJ Hindin, MR Bhatia, N Muhajarine, N Prata, ND Reppucci, NM Bellows, P Ir, R Jewkes, R Jewkes, Rebecca Njuki, RL Fischbach, S Bott, S Kishor, S Maman, T Türmen, Timothy Abuya, V Lisa   +45 more
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A balancing act: Agency and constraints in university students’ understanding of and responses to sexual violence in the night-time economy [PDF]

, 2019
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Open Access articleThis paper extends our understanding of how university students make sense of, and ...
Anitha, Sundari, Davy, Zowie, Jameson, Jill, Jordan, Ana   +3 more
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Gender-based violence among female youths in educational institutions of Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background Gender-based violence is a public health issue. The prevalence of gender-based violence is high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, this study aims to produce an overall summary estimate on the prevalence of gender-based violence according to ...
Addisu Shunu Beyene, Catherine Chojenta, Hirbo Shore Roba, Alemu Sufa Melka, Deborah Loxton   +4 more
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Gender-based violence in South Africa: A narrative reflection

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
The pervasiveness of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and children constitutes the most severe expression of discrimination and dehumanisation of women and children in South Africa.
Wonke Buqa
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Medical curricula on intimate partner violence in Mozambique [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: The aim of the study described in this paper is to screen medical curricula in relation to the attention paid to intimate partner violence, by applying a framework derived from the international literature. Material and Methods: We screened
Keygnaert, Ines, Manuel, Beatriz, Roelens, Kristien, Tiago, Armindo, Valcke, Martin   +4 more
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Forms of Violence and Discrimination against Women in Papua New Guinea [PDF]

Pacific Geographies, 2018
Gender-based violence (GBV) is pervasive and enduring in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Women and girls in this country are to a large extent exposed to sexual assault, rape and domestic violence in urban and rural areas.
Garbe, Mats, Struck-Garbe, Marion
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Prevalence and Contributing Factors of Gender-based Violence in SAARC Territories from 2010 to 2020: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: Gender-based violence is a key global concern due to the high prevalence and increased socio-economic burden for survivors. However, estimation of the prevalence of gender-based violence is difficult due to differences in study design and ...
Ganesh Dangal, Niki Shrestha, Gayatri Khanal, Subarna Giri, Anup Ghimire , Shiva Aryal, Barun Babu Aryal, Anurag Adhikari, Ayusha Paudel, Pravash Budhathoki, Dhan Bahadur Shrestha   +10 more
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Vulnerability to violence against women or girls during COVID-19 in Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2023
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender-based violence (GBV) was reported to have increased worldwide. We build on existing literature to examine the factors that increased vulnerability to GBV during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
Paul Bukuluki, Peter Kisaakye, Grace Bulenzi-Gulere, Beatrice Mulindwa, Dan Bazira, Evelyn Letiyo, Hellen Nviiri Laetitia Namirembe, Isabella Schmidt, Pamela Nabukhonzo Kakande, Simon Nissling   +9 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of gender based violence among Baso high school female students, 2020

Reproductive Health, 2021
Plain Language summary Gender-based violence (GBV) has been defined as any harmful act that is perpetrated against a person’s will and that is based on socially ascribed (gender) differences between males and females.
Alemu Basazin Mingude, Tadesse Mamo Dejene   +1 more
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Agenda setting and framing of gender-based violence in Nepal: how it became a health issue. [PDF]

, 2015
: Gender-based violence (GBV) has been addressed as a policy issue in Nepal since the mid 1990s, yet it was only in 2010 that Nepal developed a legal and policy framework to combat GBV.
ADVANCE Study Team, Bista, M, Bjørngaard, JH, Campbell, JC, COLLABORATORS, Colombini, M, Colombini, M, Darj, E, Hawkins, B, Infanti, JJ, Joshi, SK, Joshi, SK, Koju, R, Lukasse, M, Lund, R, Mayhew, S, Mayhew, SH, Muzrif, MM, Perera, DC, Pun, KD, Rishal, P, Schei, B, Schei, B, Swahnberg, K, Watts, C, Watts, C, Wijewardene, K   +26 more
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