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Raising Voices would like you to hear from you! Raising Voices hosts the GBV Prevention Network, we work to prevent…
Raising Voices would like you to hear from you! Raising Voices hosts the GBV Prevention Network, we work to prevent…
As part of the Solidarity Social Media Campaign, we had a blog on Solidarity published. Judicaelle tells her story about…
The GBV Prevention Network seeks four (4) national consultants – one based in each of the four member countries (Malawi,…
The GBV Prevention Network (www.preventgbvafrica.org) is looking for a graphic animation firm or individual animators to develop short (~3 minute)…
“In many of our African societies, decision-making positions in government are held by men, including in institutions where decisions about…
People around the world are experiencing and witnessing a unique and challenging moment in history due to COVID-19. After its…
Raising Voices developed series of Guidance notes on Preventing Violence Against Women during the COVID-19. The 5 Guidance notes focus on…
Tina Musuya, Feminist and Executive Director Uganda’s Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) and an advocate for ending gender-based violence…
Fatou writes about the need for Feminist work to politicize and bring to the frontal lobe of global policy the…
As part of our 16 Days of Activism this year, as the GBV Prevention Network, we have published an article…
Raising Voices would like you to hear from you! Raising Voices hosts the GBV Prevention Network, we work to prevent violence…
Bogaletch, “the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women” commonly known as Boge, dedicated her life to empowering women…
“Feminist leadership, coupled with strengthened investments in programming and policy have shifted the discourse from violence as inevitable to preventable.…
The SVRI Forum 2019 took place in Cape town, South Africa, from the 21st to 25th of October 2019. It…
Ahead of the SVRI Conference in South Africa, Members of the Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), Global Women’s…
Are you curious to know what has been happening and what is in the pipeline with the GBV Prevention Network?…
Abahlali BaseMjondolo is a shack dwellers movement in South Africa that now organises in five provinces. They held their Heritage…
All over the world, gender inequality has been analyzed as one of the major causes of poverty for women. In…
The women of South Africa have had enough, and they are ready to lead. For centuries, under British colonial rule,…
According to Electoral institute for Sustainable Democracy data, more than 15 African countries will be holding elections this year. Both…
Women’s rights movements and social justice movements have long challenged globalized patriarchal power structures. Over time there’s been progress and…
Several women, including long-time community activists, took center stage nationally this past week during the massive marches in Cape Town…
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) and the World Bank Group (WBG) are seeking applications for innovative research and interventions…
A symposium on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender and Climate Change Resilience organized by UNFPA, the United Nations…
The primer on VAW Prevention was launched on August 19th 2019 in a Convening hosted by AWDF in Accra. The…
There is a growing attention on addressing harassment at formal and informal workplaces. Several initiatives are being taken to making…
Wilma Riziki Kazunguis, 23, is a member of Moving the Goalposts, a community-based organization in Kilifi, a coastal town of…
There’s been a $1bn boost in support in the last two years, but only tiny pots of money are trickling…
The Evaluation Fund is launching a Call for Proposals in collaboration with the Global & African Partnerships to End Violence…
Feminism is having its global moment – that heady feeling when a movement’s revolutionary demands are being heard by the…
In 2011, I visited Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That was before all the world attention,…
The GBV Prevention Network is excited for the Self and Collective Care social media campaign happening from June 18th – 20th,…
How is meaningful impact defined in international development? Does it mean reaching “W” number of people? Conducting “X” trainings? Spending…
Local women’s rights organisations (WROs) have been working to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in…
Kenya – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to push for more women in power, keep all girls in school, tackle…
It’s time to end sexual and gender-based violence once and for all, participants of a two-day conference said. In Norway,…
Journal: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Abstract In the past decades, donors and development actors have been increasingly mindful of…
The main objective of the programme is to reduce gender-based violence in Zimbabwe by: Preventing and responding to violence against…
Hivos Southern Africa is seeking proposals for its Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Programme. Grants will be…
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism to end Gender-based violence this year, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is…
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and UNICEF are conducting a research project focused on better understanding the outcomes of GBV…
The OAK Foundation is seeking applications for its Issues Affecting Women Programme with an aim to contribute to a world…
UN: There was a significant rise in reports of sexual exploitation and abuse involving United Nations staff and affiliates last…
South African human rights lawyer Bonita Meyersfeld will be appointed a Knight of the National Order of Merit by France…
Uganda: Bakera excelled in school. As a girl who grew up in a rural, poor community, she had, against all…
Kenya: Most women have experienced sexual harassment or even encountered sexual jokes from those around them. A recent survey released…
Grant: Applications are open for 2019 Mama Cash Grant program to support women, girls, trans people and intersex people who fight for their…
GBV Prevention Network member Zambian National Men’s Network (ZNMN) shares their work on highlighting fatherhood through arts in Zambia. ZNMN…
Uganda is on the hunt to find the next Miss Curvy, as part of a new beauty pageant to attract…
President Julius Bio has upped the maximum punishment for rape of a minor and called on the country to address…
Webinar: Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (GBV) is a global phenomenon that comprises a spectrum of behaviors, including stalking, bullying, sexual harassment,…
Vacancy: Senior Human Resource and Administration Officer Raising Voices (www.raisingvoices.org) is a Uganda-based NGO working to prevent violence against children…
Botswana: The nation is up in ups over the worsening rape culture that has left most women living in constant…
Monrovia — Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our…
14-year-old Fatima sat opposite me, a defiance to her body language, yet a vulnerability that made me want to tell…
This course aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to conduct or commission technically rigorous, ethical and policy- and service-relevant…
Since 1991, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership has coordinated the 16 Days of Activism against Gender- Based Violence Campaign…
The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support practitioners, researchers and others working in humanitarian and development settings to articulate…
The only shelter for women of gender-based violence has opened in Seychelles, a hidden refuge against dangerous situations. The EU-funded…
In a bid to end domestic violence in Kabarole District, nuns of the Holy Cross Sisters family Virika have initiated…
The INSPIRE Working Group, an informal network of some 100 agencies committed to implementing INSPIRE-related programmes, has also launched a…
The Glass Ceilings 2018 findings show the challenge today is not about the numbers game, with almost equal numbers of…
The WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) seeks a junior professional interested in gaining work experience in an…
If all men would act and think like Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, it would be a better world. DW’s Susanne…
In support of the September 28 “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion”, 223 civil society…
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on South African men to change to stop the scourge of gender-based violence in…
GENEVA (5 September 2018) — Rollback and regression on respect for international human rights norms threatens the sexual and reproductive…
Elrha is seeking to support up to five Consortia with grants of up to £50,000 each. Our aim is to generate new contextual perspectives and…
The 16 days of Activism Campaign is here! Center for Women’s Global Leadership has coordinated the campaign since 1991. In…
Despite an influx of funding to prevent violence against women and children over the last decade, the field has reached…
Publication: For a human rights network to emerge in the context of closing civic space, rising religious fundamentalism, and violence…
The GBV Prevention Network run a #SolidarityWins for Stronger VAW Prevention Movements social media campaign. The campaign engaged activists to strive…
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) invites proposals for the 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence. AWDF will fund small sized women’s rights organisations…
New Members: When activists get together more action can be taken against injustice in big and small ways to create…
Zimbabwe:”If we are going to talk about gender inequality, we need to talk about masculinities, ” stated Helena Wahlström Henriksson,…
AWID: Women and girls are speaking out loudly and visibly against violence, harassment, and abuse — from the #MeToo movement…
Uganda: A group of activists marched on the Ugandan police headquarters Tuesday, protesting what they see as a lack of…
NEW YORK, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Women artists, long overlooked and under-respected, are the hot item to watch in…
Eritrea: Menstrual Hygiene day on May 28th aims to help break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role…
Over the past decade, social media have facilitated practices of sexual violence (stalking, doxing, harassment, bullying, revenge porn, genocide, etc.)…
Power is the ability to influence your own or other people’s experiences; it can either be positive or negative and…
Workplaces (Government institutions, Non-governmental organizations and corporate entities) should develop sexual harassment policy and programs to protect workers. Moreover, all…
Kenya: The year 2017 was a watershed for women across the world as the war against sexual misconduct and harassment…
The Feminist Review Trust is seeking applications from eligible entities for the 3rd round of its 2018 grant program that…
Tanzania: MORE than 200 million women around the world have experienced some kind of female genital mutilation (FGM) and more…
Like a baton pass in the most painful relay race ever, revelations that powerful men have – presuming a right…
The Editors of the Agenda Journal seek contributions that deepen understanding of the drivers and impacts of violence against people…
Since its explosion onto the social media landscape at the end of 2017, the #metoo movement has continued to gain global traction.…
Feminism Social Media Campaign: Our March 14th-16th,2018 campaign on African feminism, Shining the Feminist Light Bright and tagged #FeministSparks was…
Twitter chat: The “Shining the Feminist Light Bright” social media campaign culminated in an illuminating conversation with Sisonke Msimang, a…
Join us in welcoming new GBV Prevention Network members who are committed to addressing violence against women and girls. See…
Funding Opportunity: Since 2010, PRM has allocated specific funding to complement ongoing efforts through our regional GBV responses. This funding…
COFEM seeks a dynamic communicator to kick-start the COFEM Advocacy Initiative and to be responsible for working with members of…
If you have ever engaged in feminist discourse you probably heard of the term “rape culture”. It was first used…
Tanzania: Although all the 17 UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are important, “gender equality” coming as high up as item…
About a writer and photographer from Nigeria and the ancestral forces that led to her kind of feminism. The alarm…
The Positive Action Challenges in collaboration with TBA is seeking applications for its #EndFGM Challenge. This challenge is looking for…
The Prevention Collaborative is a new global initiative created to serve practitioners and social movements working to prevent violence against…
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills…
Call for papers: The journal of Reproductive Health Matters invites submissions that explore inequities in relation to sexual and reproductive…
Webinar: Access the discussions from the Webinar on “Reflections on the Family in the Context of Violence against Women” by SVRI and…
South Africa: Partners and families allegedly drugged women and in some cases even physically restrained them as doctors performed the…
Women’s economic empowerment is often touted as the magic bullet — one that can respond to and mitigate violence by…
The SVRI, University of South Australia, and Raising Voices invites you to join this interactive webinar to reflect on the…
Raising Voices seeks a dynamic critical thinker with in-depth experience on violence against women (VAW) prevention programming. This full-time position…
South Africa — Nearly three-quarters of public health facilities in South Africa designated to provide services to survivors of sexual violence…
End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) is inviting abstracts for presentations to be given at our international conference which promotes…
The manual is based on the WHO clinical and policy guidelines for “Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence…
Consultancy: The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) is an advocacy collective of thought leaders, activists, practitioners and academics…
Consultancy: The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) is an advocacy collective of thought leaders, activists, practitioners and academics…
#16 days campaign: The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from November 25th – December 10th, 2017…
Globally, young feminists are leading activist movements and driving efforts for sustainable change across diverse social justice issues. This comic…
Africa — When the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA’s) Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd, detailed an incident involving the Hollywood mogul Harvey…
16 Days: We are counting down to the 2017 16 days of activism campaign this month and are happy to share with…
The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week have crowded social…
Consultancy: UNDP is seeking individuals with VAW project design and evaluation experienced to support an exciting new global project focused…
Short Course: The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is accepting applications for a one week highly rated short course on…
“you can’t effectively resist domination when you’re all messed up” Bell Hooks One thing I have learnt is that gender…
The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed “Activists Disrupting Injustice”.…
About the Campaign The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed…
SVRI 2017 Forum: South Africa | A diverse assembly of global stakeholders will engage on possible interventions to prevent and…
SASA!: Since the SASA! research study showed to be effective in Uganda, organizations from over 20 countries and 60 organizations have approached Raising…
Luanda — The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, last Monday congratulated African women on the celebration of…
Nigeria, Abuja: Worried by all forms of discrimination and violence against women, the Senate has waded into the ugly thriving trend,…
DRC Congo: Recurrent fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will always negate efforts made in the fight against…
Dar es Salaam — Civil society organisations (CSOs) say they will not be silenced in the current debate on whether…
Zanzibar — Zanzibar government plans to amend some of its laws to strengthen the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in the…
Pretoria — Victims of sexual assault offences dating back more than 20 years might now feel encouraged to report their…
This exploratory study by International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Raising Voices aims to inform the nascent conversation…
In an analysis of gender based violence, Paula Akugizibwe shows how through actions or inactions, society is either reinforcing, or…
Article: Groups fighting violence against women must be mindful and watchful of drivers of oppression and violence within their own…
On my way from Zimbabwe to Amsterdam I shared a seat with a man called Musi. He was curious about…
Social Media Campaign: The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from May 22nd – 26th, 2017 focusing…
Call for Applications: Raising Voices and CEDOVIP would like to thank all organizations that have expressed interest in becoming SASA! partners. We…
Apply! 1 June 2016 is the last day for Non-Governmental Organizations to apply for consultative status with the Economic and…
“It’s not about the gender binary, it’s about the gender hierarchy” International Review of the Red Cross, Issue No. 901,…
United Nations — The U.S. has withdrawn all of its funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that…
Learning Paper: The GBV Prevention Network set out to engage with members working on VAW (prevention, advocacy and response) to…
Apply Now! Would you like your organization to “walk in the shoes” of women and girls experiencing violence? Feel the…
Power: We seldom talk about personal power—how we use it or how it’s used against us. Could it be because…
United Nations — Physical injuries are some of the more visible, and at times most deadly, consequences of gender-based violence…
Apply Now! Are you interested in enriching your violence against women prevention skills as you build relations with a GBV…
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills…
The Malawi Parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark bill to amend the Constitution and harmonise the age of a child…
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative is undertaking a process to recruit 10 young researchers between the ages of 18-24 to…
Tanzania: Action Plan, a non-governmental organisation, has come up with a project aimed at safeguarding the welfare of schoolgirls in…
SASA! Faith Course: Are you looking for ways to strengthen your engagement with a faith community (Muslim and Christian) to…
South Africa: The Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality has placed the…
Women’s March: On Jan. 21, the Women’s March on Washington served as the point of trade between the hands of…
Call for Proposals: AWDF is one of four Women’s Funds from the Global South managing Leading from the South –…
Wellbeing: The revolution is in the making. Thousands of people march everyday in almost every country in the world to…
Africa: “He did it in a classroom, the staff room and in his house”. 12-year-old Mary and 13-year-old Mercy (not…
Africa: The 2016 Africa Human Development Report: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa is especially timely now during…
Theme: Break the Silence, Break the Barriers! How Will You Make Education Safe for Girls? 16 Days of Activism: This…
The GBV Prevention Network’s #VAWFree social media campaign involved organisations and individuals working towards ending gender-based violence using strategies rooted in rethinking relationships…
The GBV Prevention Network embarked on a social media campaign to raise awareness about violence against women from October 31st…
Kenya: In May 2015, the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act was assented to in Kenya and came into effect on…
Senegal: A new photo series is shedding light on gender inequality around the world by focusing on the harrowing stories…
VAW: The failure of men to speak out about male violence against women and girls renders us all complicit. Male…
East Africa: The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), together with affiliated regional civil society…
Join us in welcoming new GBV Prevention Network members who are working to create a safer world for all. See new members…
Egypt: Nazra for Feminist Studies, along with its Founder and Executive Director of Mozn Hassan, received the 2016 Right Livelihood…
Tanzania: Women have suffered a great deal at the hands of some men. Some only gather the courage to speak…
Tanzania: A RECENT survey has shown that gender based violence is spiraling with pronounced cases occurring in Kagera, Mara, Mwanza…
Zimbabwe: Domestic violence is a social vice that Zimbabwe is grappling with as cases involving both male and female victims…
Namibia: At the tender age of two, Lucy Witts was sexually molested by her Serbian-born stepfather Dragan Vujicin. Opening up…
Tanzania — Child rights activists say they will oppose the move by the government to appeal against the High Court ruling…
Africa: When one of Africa’s biggest music superstar, Kofi Olumide was recently caught on camera angrily kicking one of his…
Welcome Our New Members: The GBV Prevention Network exists for and because of its members! Members shape the work and…
Member’s Story: Lucy Mitei, a GBV Prevention Network member, participated in the Get Moving! powerful internal process that strengthens organisations…
HIV/AIDS: “Women are supposed to be under men’s superiority in everything … you cannot respond when he says anything. You…
Imagine a world where every woman and girl is strong, safe, powerful, and heard. No exceptions. Can you imagine it?…
Rwanda: The Republic of Rwanda will host from 10 to 18 July 2016, the 27th Assembly of Heads of State…
Patriarchy and privilege: A friend and I begin a Twitter chat. I have picked up from her most recent tweets that…
Patriarchy: The first time my daughter came home and insisted to me that she was a girl as if that…
The GBV Prevention Network is holding a social media campaign on patriarchy from July 4th – 8th, 2016 on the…
Nigeria: Students in all the secondary schools in Ebonyi state have joined hands to fight the “barbaric” culture of female genital…
SASA! Faith: Are you interested to strengthen your engagement with a faith community in preventing violence against women and HIV?…
Tanzania: An Interdisciplinary research project has come out with preliminary findings that in Northern Tanzania one in every three women…
Tanzania: Insufficient collection of forensic evidence and poor management of scenes of crime are a stumbling block in cracking the…
Uganda – In a desperate move to cope with menstruation, hundreds of girls in Uganda are forced to trade their…
Ethiopia: Film is a category or genre of art that has high impact on society. It is an artistic tool…
Webinar: Efforts to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) against women have for the most part aimed to reduce violence among…
Apply Now! to become an In Her Shoes Thematic Action Group Partner. In Her Shoes is an interactive group activity designed…
South Africa: The Sexual Violence Research Initiative and the Global Women’s Institute are partnering to promote safe and ethical Gender-Based Violence research. The GBV…
Tanzania: Early marriage is a serious social problem in this country. Underage marriage is one of the principal causes of…
Africa: As internet access increases across Africa, it is giving our citizens new development opportunities and freedom of expression. But there’s a dark…
Nigeria: The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has called on all stakeholders to take proactive measures to address cultural…
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills to…
Raising Voices has worked for the prevention of violence against women and children by catalyzing change in the nature of relationships…
Gambia: We are proud of The Gambia’s record in women’s empowerment and the progress registered by our sisters and mothers…
Nigeria — A coalition of over sixty Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, has urged the National Assembly to repeal section 55…
Canada: We’ll leave it to the courts to decide the fate of former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi, whose trial on…
Algeria — A new Algerian law came into effect this week punishing violence against women and sexual harassment, in a…
Sierra Leone: Women’s rights groups have joined UN and African human rights leaders in urging the president of Sierra Leone to support…
Ethiopia: The fundamental of promoting Human Rights and Woman’s Right (especially gender equality and ending violence against women) in achieving…
Namibia seems to have become desensitised about violence against women. For a while social media used to cry foul every time…
Feminism: If there was one country in the world that was going to be the first to make a feminist…
Zimbabwe: The Constitutional Court has outlawed child marriages by ruling that no child in Zimbabwe should marry before attaining 18…
On December 15, Peace Corps hosted a panel discussion in D.C. titled, Engaging Men and Boys: A Call to Action Against…
Gender Equality Tweetathon: What does gender equality look like to you? What would an equitable world for women and all…
16 Days: UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka kicks off the official commemoration activities of the International Day for the…
Lancet: A year ago, The Lancet published a Series on violence against women and girls ahead of the International Day…
Uganda: GBV Prevention Network member, Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention in Uganda launches their 16 Days of Activism campaign under…
Dina Hossam, from Cairo, Egypt, dreams of a world without violence against women. “It’s a world where I don’t have…
UN WOMEN: A staggering one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime—a pandemic of global…
Somalia: A United Nations-backed toll free hotline has been launched for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia to tackle sexual…
UK: “Women warned after Gainsborough assault.” “Police warn women walking alone after riverside incident.” “Serial sex attacker strikes again as ninth victim…
Women are underrepresented in clinical trials of HIV treatments, although the virus affects men and women almost equally. A systematic review published…
GBV in emergencies thematic action group: 8 local and national non-governmental organizations in the Great Lakes, East and Horn of Africa built capacity…
73,000 people interacted with the Let’s Talk About Power social media campaign from October 5th – 27th, 2015. The GBV…
Successful strategies in ending violence against women: What is gender-based violence? Who experiences it? What and who gets left out…
The power chat with Saida Ali was another exciting part of the Let’s Talk About Power campaign. Friends, partners and…
What an exciting power twitter chat we had with Minna Salami! Thank you all for participating and sharing your thoughts…
Power Twitter Chat: Save the date! On 16th October at 9:00am EAT, (9:00am GMT) join the Gender Based Violence Prevention…
Proposals: The SVRI and the World Bank Group are requesting proposals for research and interventions or related activities that will…
Power Tweetathon: Ready? Set? Tweet! On 7th October at 15:00 CAT, (12:00 GMT, 8:00 EST) join the Gender Based Violence…
Power Campaign The Gender Based Violence Prevention Network invites you to join our online conversation with the hashtag #Power101. Let’s…
Africa: As world leaders continued their Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women and China co-hosted a landmark event…
SDGs: A warning often repeated since the Rio+20 summit is that lessons learned from the millennium development goals (MDGs) should not be forgotten when…
Washington: The Aspen Institute seeks nominations for one-year non-resident media skills and coaching program for next generation of global development…
SDGs: The issue: She walks for hours to fetch water and toils in drought-prone fields to feed her family… She…
Malawi: In June 2015, Senior Chief Inkosi Kachindamoto annulled 330 customary marriages – of which 175 were girl wives and…
Zambia: First Lady Esther Lungu says Zambia needs much stiffer laws to punish defilers and perpetrators of Gender Based Violence…
SDGs: In 2015, countries agreed on the need for comprehensive financing for development; they will adopt a new sustainable development agenda;…
Gambia: The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports…
Kenya: A compelling story of a rape survivor and how she turned this experience to help Kenyan women. She spent years…
Congo: The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday banned a documentary on a gynaecologist helping women raped…
Raising Voices and Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) with support from Musasa, are calling for applications for a short…
Nigeria: A coalition of NGOs and other stakeholders on Tuesday identified sexual harassment, intimidation and lack of support as some…
South Africa: On 9 August each year, South Africans commemorate National Women’s Day to honour the 20,000 women who marched…
The harmful effects of violence against women and girls on health have been well documented and include increased maternal morbidity…
Global: Evidence is clear that, although an important part of the puzzle, engaging men and boys is not the silver…
Africa: In the Post- 2015 agenda, GBV must be treated as a cross-cutting issue deserving urgent attention. Until recently, it has…
Feminist Donor list: Responding to one of the key demands, AWID offers a searchable donor list to make it easier…
Somalia, the country with the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation in the world, has given its strongest signal yet…
Kenya – Umoja (“unity in Swahili) is a women-only village of 48 women & their children in Samburu Country, Kenya.…
Course on Understanding & Addressing Gender Based Violence (GBV) – 17 October – 12 December, 2015 Kimmage Open and Distance…
In Botswana, there was no organized system to address if referrals to outside services were made, if they were taken…
Uganda: After years of a protracted battle against Uganda’s “bride price” practice, the country’s Supreme Court this week ruled that…
Apply! Today to Receive This year’s GBV Prevention Network Regional 16 Days of Activism Campaign Kit. Hundreds of organizations and millions…
Sudan: Has created a special unit in the Ministry of Justice to address GBV. The government enacted law reforms to…
As part of our African Women’s Decade 2010-2020 Campaign, Make Every Woman Count is pleased to present our African Women’s…
Raising Voices and CEDOVIP are currently accepting applications for the SASA! Start Phase 5-day course in Kampala from September 7…
Nigeria – Traditional circumcision practitioners and medical practitioners in Osun State have resolved to work together with a view to…
Nigeria: Edo State Government, in conjunction with Edo Women’s Development Initiative (EWDI), have decried all forms of violence against women.…
16 Days of Activism, Call for Statements of Interest. Apply! Today to Receive This year’s GBV Prevention Network Regional 16…
Nigeria: Two radio soap operas designed to increase knowledge around family planning, HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, women’s education, and gender-based…
Somalia: The first time Zainab Hassan voted, the experience was “near and dear to my heart,” she said. “It was exciting,”…
Ethiopia: The Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs is advocating for a strong focus on gender equality in financing…
Zambia’s Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for her…
Swaziland: Gender Links Swaziland Barometer Researcher says that although gender equality is enshrined in Swaziland’s Constitution, women still face cultural…
In Kenya FGM happens quite a lot. As many as 140 million women around the world are cut, more than 101 million…
Zimbabwe: The United Nations has added its voice to ongoing calls to end child marriages in Zimbabwe, saying Child marriages…
Rwanda: Deputy Chief Justice Sylvie Zainabu Kayitesi has commended women’s contribution to national development. She noted that Rwandan women are…
South Africa: Gender Protocol@Work Summit came to a jubilant and celebratory close at the Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, after…
Gender Inequalities in Science Community: Africa should rigorously introduce policies that favour the inclusion of women as decision-makers in the…
Egypt: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released a statement commenting on the cabinet’s national strategy for combating violence against…
Nigeria: A proposed law circumscribes the rights of women, from birth. A closer look at the last laws the previous National…
South Africa: The ‘superior’ role men assume in relationships is at the core of gender-based violence bedevilling the Bredasdorp community, a…
DRC: After hearing 65 cases of alleged sexual violence, an innovative mobile civilian court system has concluded its proceedings last…
Nigeria: The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has appealed to governments at all levels to ensure fair representation of…
South Africa: One of Africa’s Agenda 2063’s aspiration is to have an Africa in which development is people driven and…
Washington DC: The Gender 360 Summit is scheduled to take place on June 11th, 2015. The focus of the second annual…
Mauritius: Congratulations to H.E. Ameenah Gurib Fakim – the First Woman President in Mauritius who was sworn in as the…
Africa: More Female board members and directors are needed to sharpen the continent’s competitive edge and inclusive growth. As part…
South Africa: The 25th Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU) will be held from…
Mauritius: On thursday may have its First Woman President after the Parliament approves Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. The government of Mauritius today designated her…
Namibia: Ranked 3rd out of 52 African countries for improvements on gender equality. African Development Bank Group’s special envoy on gender…
Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation outlawed after a decade of campaigning by advocates. Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, signed a bill banning…
Tunisia: The new constitution’s promised decentralisation of power offers a chance for women to enter politics, but will the devolution be…
Nigeria: Boko Haram Survivor’s healing begins after being captured from their homes, violently abused and, in many cases, starved almost…
Liberia: Twenty seven journalists, mainly females, have issued a declaration in Monrovia, calling on media managers and the Press Union…
Somalia: When Fadumo Dayib announced her bid to run for President of Somalia on national TV last year, people thought she…
South Sudan: Almost two years since the eruption of the conflict in South Sudan, the situation continues to deteriorate with women…
A decade ago, African women had reason to expect change following a much-heralded global conference that set ambitious targets to…
Kenya: Women MPs may move to court to challenge the publication of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill that seeks…
Zimbabwe: LOCAL women’s groups have come out in full support of newly crowned Miss World Zimbabwe Emily Kachote, whose modelling career…
Nigeria: The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it received 275 women and children that were rescued from Sambisa…
An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard…
Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast have rescued no fewer than 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa…
Tanzania has warned its public officials that using positions of power to extort sexual favours from women will no longer…
Global: Since its founding 70 years ago, the United Nations has been led by men, a tradition that some women’s…
Africa: The World Health Organisation estimates HPV infections cause approximately 68 000 cases of cervical cancer each year in Africa. However,…
Tanzania: A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign…
Nigeria/Global: In September 2014, a 19-year-old woman whom I will call Aisha was celebrating a friend’s wedding in a small…
Africa: Gender equality implications of globalisation and trade liberalisation arise because these phenomena do not eliminate existing inequalities in access to…
Zimbabwe: The female condom is known as a ‘life-saving device’ that is initiated by females. Zimbabwe was among the first countries…
Ethiopia: Here is what life is like for a woman with no bank account in a developing country. She keeps her…
Kenya: “As a child, my sister was often sick and under a myriad of strong prescription drugs, which unfortunately triggered…
Kenya: More than 50 women parliamentarians on Wednesday urged the Director of Public Prosecutions to investigate claims of sexual harassment against…
Global: The third millennium development goal focused on percentages but ignored the real issues, such as classroom gender stereotypes and…
Rwanda: Working women have reason to celebrate following the approval of a draft law that will allow mothers to earn…
Egypt: Sisa Abu Daooh took on male identity after her husband’s death in order to find employment to support her daughter.…
Tanzania: The ongoing campaigns on family planning in Zanzibar have not been doing well because of little support from men still…
Africa: The Global Fund’s efforts to put women and girls at the center of its work on HIV, TB and…
New York: The Avon Foundation for Women announced the finalists for the fourth annual Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About…
Global: There is a plethora of data which demonstrates that women’s economic participation grows economies, creates jobs and builds inclusive…
Nigeria: The Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Bill, first introduced in 2003 and re-introduced in 2007 and 2011, seeks among…
Global: Managing director of the International Monetary Fund says too many countries still restrict the right of women to contribute to…
Gender stereotypes: That young people might be deeply influenced by the gender stereotypes thrust upon them should give us all…
South Sudan: I recently travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the summit of the African Union to talk about peace…
Global: In 1999, Jessica Lenahan-Gonzales’s estranged husband took her three girls in violation of a permanent restraining order requiring him to…
Global: Once in a while in the U.S. we hear about a bill or a law that seems like it…
United Kingdom: A campaign group hopes to prompt the government to take action to stem the rise of violence against…
Muslim leaders in Guinea have called on families to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to prevent the…
Geneva, Switzerland: The first Party to take the floor, the Government of Mexico called for “Parties to respect human rights and…
The United Nations has designated Friday a worldwide day of zero tolerance on FGM, and called for concrete action to be taken…
South Sudan: As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I visited South Sudan in May 2012, less than…
Egypt: Dozens of women have rallied in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, to denounce the killing of a female protester and blame the…
Ethiopia: The low social status of Ethiopian women lies at the root of violence against them and the tragic cases…
Spanish health professionals will step up scrutiny of families from countries where female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised and in…
Global: When violence is inflicted upon women and girls, we rightly think of it as a crime and a tragedy.…
Global: On this cold and rainy Tuesday, Bafana Khumalo stood in front of the White House with a controversial demand…
UK/Global: The Rev Libby Lane, a parish priest from Crewe, is the surprise choice for the Church of England’s first…
Global: Tuesday 25 November marked the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, another awareness day on…
US/Global: Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, says violence against women is an epidemic – “Look, let me…
Tanzania: A surge in reports of rape, torture and kidnapping of girls in Tanzania shows that the introduction of specialist…
Domestic violence against women may actually be a cause of war—so how do we disrupt the vicious cycle that propels…
FGM: With the first prosecutions under way in the UK and Guinea-Bissau, an increased focus on strengthening the law in…
Kenya: Gender violence, especially sexual violence like stripping and rape, against women in Kenya is not new. It has been around…
South Africa: Only a radical shift in approaches to end gender violence will bring about change, says Gender Links, a…
Kenyan police have arrested dozens of men suspected of stripping naked a woman in public on the grounds that she…
Global: The growing number of internet users stumbling upon images of child sex abuse indicate that child sex abuse is not so…
Uganda is the least gender-equal society in East Africa, the 2014 Global Gender Gap Index has revealed. Read this story…
Economic data in Africa has been under sharp focus for its inaccuracies. Without a statistical revolution, economists argue, Africa’s renaissance…
Global: Increased access for women to politics and the workforce has narrowed the global gender gap in the past 10…
Congo DRC: Dr. Denis Mukwege founder of Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been awarded Europe’s top human…
Nigeria: The film begins in a blur. An angry mob and a policewoman can just be made out, gathered in…
Ebola: Women are not only more likely to be infected; their education, healthcare, food security and livelihoods are also suffering.…
TODAY, women have become central in discussions that have to do with development. Efforts are being made therefore, in and…
A recent report states that gender-based violence costs the South African economy up to R40-billion a year or more than…
There is jubilation among women in different regions, after the Draft constitution decided to include a section that gives women…
Caesarean section rates in South Africa ‘recklessly high’, warn experts. Figures released by South Africa’s Council for Medical Schemes showed…
African children are facing disproportionately high levels of violence, according to a new report by the African Child Policy Forum. The…
Memory Banda beat the odds. In Malawi, five out of every 10 girls marry before the age of 18. Her…
Julie Francis’s self-imposed curfew starts when the sun sets. The widowed mother of four has been living at the UN…
Kenya has launched a hotline to rescue girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage and to help prosecute…
About one in 10 girls around the world experiences serious sexual violence, the UN children’s agency has said in a…
Niger has the one of the highest rates of child marriages in the world. In some rural areas, girls are…
Why have women been excluded from peace-building in Sudan? The 22-year-conflict in Sudan, which consumed so much of the country’s…
It seems incongruous that we celebrate Women’s Month [August in South Africa], yet stories of conflict and gender based violence…
Ed Miliband has signalled Labour‘s commitment to tackling domestic violence and related issues by appointing a shadow minister for preventing…
The Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance has called on gender ministers to craft a strong rights-based approach to gender equality…
On August 19th 2014, 20 representatives of the Domestic Violence Act Coalition reached out to the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Hon. Rebecca…
Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women. There, 189 governments adopted…
KODE (Kimmage Open & Distance Education) offers two courses: Understanding & Addressing Gender Based Violence in Development Context Start Date:…
The Equality Effect brought together legal experts to pursue a class action lawsuit, which came to be known as the 160…
AWDF would like to extend big congratulations to Yaba Badoe who has been nominated for the ‘Distinguished Woman of African Cinema…
Madonsela says it is time for women in Africa to claim their place where Africa’s fate is being decided Public…
Have you been part of the GBV Prevention Network’s annual 16 Days of Activism Campaign before? Now is the time…
Beginning in 2007, the government of Rwanda embarked on the Land Tenure Regularization Program (LTRP) – a national land registration…
A quiet gender revolution the like of which has been unseen in Southern Africa and perhaps anywhere in the world,…
Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund…
This announcement is a formal call for Innovation Grant applications. All Innovation Grant applications must be submitted via the Proposal Central website…
World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$107 million in financial grants to the countries of Burundi, the…
From the 21st – the 25th of June, representatives of women’s rights, faith and community-based, civil society organizations, media and…
On June 2, 2014, the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) released a zero draft of the first list of Proposed…
In a country where 90 per cent of women face FGM, villagers are rallying round the doctor who performed the…
From the 23rd to 26th of June, 10 member organizations from Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda…
On 24 June 2014 the director of Salmmah Women’s Resource Center, Ms. Fahima Hashim was presented with a decree signed…
Tens of thousands of activists gathered in Cairo to protest against the recurring sexual harassment cases in Egypt and demand…
Network member Coast Women in Development with the Pwani GBV Network, celebrated the occasion by mobilizing 280 people from the…
The issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was the center of discussion in the Kenyan Parliament on Wednesday as legislators…
On 11th June 2014, Emma Fulu, lead researcher Medical Research Council SA addressed this question to a packed room at…
Network member Chitani Community Sustainable Development Organization – Malawi in partnership with SAFAIDS, as the leading HIV and AIDS information…
From the 10th – 13th June 2014 several activists and practitioners gathered in London at the Global Summit to End…
More than 200 West African elected officials and civil society leaders have converged on Dakar this week for a conference…
In March 2013, Salamander Trust collaborated with long-term partners the ATHENA Network, the International Women’s Health Coalition and GESTOS to…
As contribution to capacity building for Network members, Reproductive Health Matters contributed free resources for participants of the recently concluded…
GBV Prevention Network member organization the Creative Centre for Communication and Development (CCCD) in Zimbabwe has since January 2013 engaged…
The African Union Commission (AUC) Chair Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma officially launched the Common African Position (CAP) on the Post-2015 Development…
The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict will take place at ExCel London on 10 – 13 June…
A new report by GBV Prevention Network member Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre, has raised concerns over the…
In a study conducted by MarxART, a project by the Swaziland National AIDS Programme (SNAP), it has been found that distinct…
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict West Africa, according to a…
On 15th May, the first general assembly meeting of the CSO forum on ending violence against women and girls in…
With South Sudan’s peace process floundering, members of the diaspora and their American supporters have come up with a possible…
Network Member Organization ISIS-WICCE, hosted a celebration to mark forty years of amplifying women’s voice and power. Since its inception…
The African Union launched a two year Continental Campaign to End Child Marriage on 29 May 2014 during the fourth…
Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) officially broke ground on the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Shelter in Kamuli District at a ceremony…
OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO have published an interagency statement on “Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise…
Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the current crisis and the near…
Twenty-five Network members from eleven countries throughout the region (Nigeria, Cameroon, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda,…
The African Women’s Observer Mission, an initiative of FEMNET (The African Women’s Development & Communication Network), NGOGCN (NGO Gender Coordination…
At the African Development Bank Annual Meetings – “The Next 50 Years: The Africa We Want” – UN Under-Secretary General…
UN Women is launching a year-long campaign to re-energize the vision laid out at the Beijing Women’s Conference. The campaign’s…
May 15th, Solidarity Day of Action in Africa, marked one month since over 300 girls were abducted in Chibok, Nigeria. Actions…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is updating its 2006 Guideline on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights of…
Network member Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) focuses on empowering rural and urban based women…
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is definitely not defined by the Nkandla investigation report, now the most common reference to her…
For two weeks, retired teacher Samson Dawah prayed for news of his niece Saratu, who was among more than 230…
Recently one of our local radio stations aired a story I found rather interesting. What made it interesting is that…
“But women face greater vulnerabilities in the labour market because of their relative lack of education and training, the tendency…
Johannesburg — Lesotho’s highest court struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section…
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has signed into law a marriage bill. It brings civil law, where a man was only allowed…
News of the death of a 13-year-old girl from Kajiado in southern Kenya after she underwent female genital mutilation (FGM)…
People convicted of gender-based violence should certainly be severely punished, and in general it seems that they are. However, harsher…
Penny Wong has exhorted all Australian women to be proud to call themselves feminists. We asked women from the centre…
Time is a luxury and those without money, safety and security don’t have it. What the current situation in Central…
Six years after being gang-raped and beaten in front of her husband and four-year-old child during a wave of post-election…
For those who follow women’s rights across Africa, the past 12 months have often been discouraging. But behind the headlines,…
CSW58: The fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is currently taking place at United Nations Headquarters…
During the first year of independence for the world’s newest nation, women of South Sudan united to amplify their voices…
Eliminating the gender gap in agriculture is widely seen as crucial to alleviating poverty and improving food security, and the…
Zambia Federation of Associations of Women in Business has observed that Women’s Economic Empowerment is key in fighting Gender Based…
There is a powerful, persistent and malignant idea still out there in many communities that this violence is a marginal…
As the debate about a future global development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 gathers pace, there…
Statistics released by Unicef, the UN agency for children, in Every Child Counts: Revealing Disparities, Advancing Children’s Rights, shows problems…
Raising Voices and the Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) announce the launch of the Violence Prevention Learning Center! The…
Scholarship applications are being accepted for individuals from around the globe to participate in 20th International AIDS Conference being held…
African Feminists Rock! is an exciting new blog that seeks in its own words to “amplify the transgressive brilliance of…
The first-ever resolution on women human rights defenders was adopted by the United Nations in the same week as the…
Please note that the deadline for video submissions and voting for your favourite research videos has been extended to the…
Artist Wangechi Mutu was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1972. She studied in Kenya, the United States and Great Britain. Much…
The Global Health Observatory releases data on violence against women around the world, reaffirming that VAW is a global public health…
As activists it is vital for us to understand the contexts in which we do our work and that includes…
The Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts says abortion pills are safe and recognised by the World Health Organization as life-saving medicines.…
The BRIDGE Gender and Social Movements website is a great new online resource that provides innovative multimedia platforms and materials…
About the Campaign The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed…