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The role of the Global Observatory in addressing Gender Based Violence in Sport+

Current Issues in Sport Science
Introduction: Gender-based violence, including violence against women and girls, in all their diversity, is a pervasive human rights abuse and a public health crisis of epidemic proportions that has garnered considerable attention in political dialogues
Hayley Truskewycz, Lombe Mwambwa
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“I don’t know if we’ll ever live in harmony”: a mixed-methods exploration of the unmet needs of Syrian adolescent girls in protracted displacement in Lebanon

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Background The current crisis in Syria has led to unprecedented displacement, with neighbouring Lebanon now hosting more than 1.5 million conflict-affected migrants from Syria.
Colleen M. Davison, Hayley Watt, Saja Michael, Susan A. Bartels   +3 more
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GENDER EQUALITY-THE NEED OF THE HOUR

, 2020
Gender Equality is a very important thing needed for the development of a country. Gender equality has been convincingly appeared to invigorate economic growth, which is crucial for low-income countries. Gender equality among women and men alludes to the
Mrs.S.Shanthi, Kakarla Sai Mitravinda
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Ten years on: a comparative study of women-led civic participation and sustainable sanitation in rural India

Frontiers in Water
ObjectivesDespite the wide use of community-led sanitation programs in low- and middle-income countries, there is still limited evidence on whether behavioral gains remain embedded over long periods and what helps sustain them.
Srividya Sheshadri, Srividya Sheshadri, Sharanya Shriram, Radhika Radhakrishnan, Krishna R. Pillai, T. S. Shyamkumar, T. M. Megha, Sooraj Nair, Anagha Karuvallil, Rao R. Bhavani   +9 more
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Gender Barriers to Immunization: A Synthesis of UNICEF’s Analyses to Advance Equity and Coverage

Vaccines
Background/objectives: Despite global efforts to improve childhood immunization rates, gender-related barriers continue to hinder equitable access to vaccines worldwide.
Cristián Mansilla, Alinane Kamlongera, Ibrahim Dadari   +2 more
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Gender equality in marine sciences in Kiel, Germany: how project-funded measures can urge institutions to act [PDF]

Advances in Geosciences, 2020
In Kiel, in the north of Germany, marine research is rooted in a lively research community hosted mainly at Kiel University and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre. While the ratio of women and men is more or less balanced on all qualification levels with mainly
R. Kamm, C. K. Schelten, G. Braker
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Quantification of Gender Bias and Sentiment Toward Political Leaders Over 20 Years of Kenyan News Using Natural Language Processing

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background: Despite a 2010 Kenyan constitutional amendment limiting members of elected public bodies to < two-thirds of the same gender, only 22 percent of the 12th Parliament members inaugurated in 2017 were women.
Emma Pair, Nikitha Vicas, Ann M. Weber, Valerie Meausoone, James Zou, Amos Njuguna, Gary L. Darmstadt   +6 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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Of Money and Men: A Scoping Review to Map Gender Barriers to Immunization Coverage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Vaccines
Among the multiple factors impeding equitable childhood immunization coverage in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), gender barriers stand out as perhaps the most universal.
Anna Kalbarczyk, Natasha Brownlee, Elizabeth Katz   +2 more
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Can social protection promote women’s and girls’ climate resilience?

, 2023
After two weeks of debate at COP28, the message is clear that climate change is hitting hardest some of those already most vulnerable and rapidly exacerbating inequalities, including gender inequality.
CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative
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