A shadow pandemic lurks in homes, workplaces, and communities worldwide: gender-based violence. It affects nearly one billion women and girls globally. While looking at this figure as simply a ...
The needs of survivors seeking services are skyrocketing in BC. New research shows frontline workers need better support.
Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women and girls the most, especially during times of crisis or emergency. War, being forced to leave home and poverty make gender-based violence more likely and ...
Across the world, it marks a day where we celebrate extraordinary acts of resistance in organising, unsilencing, building ...
As a sexual and domestic violence victim advocate, years ago, I supported women during invasive forensic exams, while they filed police reports, and when they dialed into our crisis hotline. I'll ...
Across the world, healthcare workers experience workplace violence, which can differ by gender, seniority, and the type of workplace, according to a recent study. An analysis found that men were more ...
Stephanie Lusby is Research Manager with Respect Victoria. The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based ...
The U.S. has been waffling for decades over whether women have a right to refugee protection when fleeing gender-based violence. Under different administrations, the Department of Justice has ...
GENDER-based violence refers to harmful acts committed against individuals because of their gender. It is often attributed to well-entrenched power imbalances between genders, commonly men exploiting ...
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is an expanding and developing form of violence against women. The scale of TFGBV in Tajikistan is expected to grow as more women gain access to ...
Gender-based violence and harassment are high in some Nigerian workplaces due to non-ratification, adoption and domestication of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 190 on ...