A survey conducted in 2016 by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt indicates that the economic cost of “intimate partner violence” has amounted to 2.17 billion Egyptian Pounds, with around 2.4 million women sustaining at least one type of injury...
In recent years, several manuals and guidelines have been developed in the field of trauma. Some of these have addressed gender-based violence (GBV), its consequences, and ways to prevent it and protect against it. This manual focuses on the mental health of survivors of trauma, especia...
Trafficking for sexual exploitation is the most commonly reported form of human trafficking in the European Union. It is a form of gender-based violence that disproportionately affects women. 95% of registered victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in the EU are women or girls. ...
There is growing recognition that populations affected by conflict and natural disaster experience various forms of GBV during crisis and displacement, and during and following return. In particular, intimate partner violence is increasingly recognized as a critical concern in humanitar...
On September 2011, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which included measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at the workplace, in public spaces, and in political life in the EU. The resolution underlines the urgent need for member states, local authoriti...
Gender based violence is a complex, destructive and universal phenomenon that contemporary societies are facing. In the case of Spain, the author reviews the different steps and efforts to combat violence in the country, while stressing the importance of considering gender equality and ...
This report presents the results of a research conducted with female refugees living in North Jordan and South Lebanon who are Syrian Nationals and Palestinian Refugees from Syria, as well as gender based violence (GBV) case workers who provide services to refugee women and girls who ex...
Humanitarian action provides lifesaving services and facilitates recovery for communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies. The responsibility of humanitarian actors to promote gender equality is supported by a normative framework validated by ...
On 1 August 2018, the French Parliament adopted this law, which will now make it possible to better prevent violence, better support victims and better punish aggressors. The main articles of the law against sexual and gender-based violence provide for: a 30-year limitation period for ...
This news qualitative, global research provides an analysis on the situation of young persons with disabilities concerning discrimination and gender-based violence, including the impact on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also provides an assessment of legal, policy a...
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