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Centering women’s safety while navigating through COVID -19 Pandemic
People around the world are experiencing and witnessing a unique and challenging moment in history due to COVID-19. After its…
Guidance Notes on Prevention Violence Against Women during the COVID-19.
Raising Voices developed series of Guidance notes on Preventing Violence Against Women during the COVID-19. The 5 Guidance notes focus on…
I am Generation Equality: Tina Musuya, feminist and advocate for ending gender-based violence.
Tina Musuya, Feminist and Executive Director Uganda’s Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) and an advocate for ending gender-based violence…
Re-Prioritizing Violence Against Women in Sierra Leone.
Fatou writes about the need for Feminist work to politicize and bring to the frontal lobe of global policy the…
Beyond Nigeria’s Untouchable Sexual Predators: Imagining Safe Workspaces for Women
As part of our 16 Days of Activism this year, as the GBV Prevention Network, we have published an article…
Job Opportunities – Join our exciting team!
Raising Voices would like you to hear from you! Raising Voices hosts the GBV Prevention Network, we work to prevent violence…
Celebrating the life of Bogaletch Gebre; The Ethiopian women’s rights activist who fought to end female genital mutilation.
Bogaletch, “the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women” commonly known as Boge, dedicated her life to empowering women…
Building Feminist Momentum to Prevent VAW in Africa.
“Feminist leadership, coupled with strengthened investments in programming and policy have shifted the discourse from violence as inevitable to preventable.…
The SVRI Forum Spotlight: Raising Voices revises SASA! Together
The SVRI Forum 2019 took place in Cape town, South Africa, from the 21st to 25th of October 2019. It…
What Will It Take to Ensure That Women’s Lives Are Valued?
Ahead of the SVRI Conference in South Africa, Members of the Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), Global Women’s…
The 16 Days are almost here!
Are you curious to know what has been happening and what is in the pipeline with the GBV Prevention Network?…
Abahlali’s Heritage Day rally condemns violence.
Abahlali BaseMjondolo is a shack dwellers movement in South Africa that now organises in five provinces. They held their Heritage…
Nigeria Must Mind The Wide Gap
All over the world, gender inequality has been analyzed as one of the major causes of poverty for women. In…
Let the Women Lead Us Into A Better Future
The women of South Africa have had enough, and they are ready to lead. For centuries, under British colonial rule,…
Make the Women’s Vote Count.
According to Electoral institute for Sustainable Democracy data, more than 15 African countries will be holding elections this year. Both…
The Place of Men In Women’s Rights? Accountability Must Be on The Table
Women’s rights movements and social justice movements have long challenged globalized patriarchal power structures. Over time there’s been progress and…
Activists In RSA Urge All Of Us To Act: We All Have A Role To Play.
Several women, including long-time community activists, took center stage nationally this past week during the massive marches in Cape Town…
Call for Proposals: SVRI and World Bank Group Development Marketplace Award for Innovation in the Prevention and Response of Gender Based Violence 2020.
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) and the World Bank Group (WBG) are seeking applications for innovative research and interventions…
Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women And Young Girls – And Here’s Why.
A symposium on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender and Climate Change Resilience organized by UNFPA, the United Nations…
Preventing Violence Against Women: A Primer for African Women’s Organizations
The primer on VAW Prevention was launched on August 19th 2019 in a Convening hosted by AWDF in Accra. The…
Kampala’s Market Women Unite Against Harassment
There is a growing attention on addressing harassment at formal and informal workplaces. Several initiatives are being taken to making…
From where I stand: “Girls need to believe in themselves”
Wilma Riziki Kazunguis, 23, is a member of Moving the Goalposts, a community-based organization in Kilifi, a coastal town of…
Only 1% of Gender Equality Funding is Going to Women’s Organisations – Why?
There’s been a $1bn boost in support in the last two years, but only tiny pots of money are trickling…
Call for Proposals: Evaluation Projects in Tanzania and Uganda
The Evaluation Fund is launching a Call for Proposals in collaboration with the Global & African Partnerships to End Violence…
On Africa’s Feminist Frontlines, we Need Accessible Care Practices to Sustain our Movements
Feminism is having its global moment – that heady feeling when a movement’s revolutionary demands are being heard by the…
Emotional Burden in the Rights Struggle; Self-care Not Optional But a Priority
In 2011, I visited Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That was before all the world attention,…
Self and collective care social media campaign – June 18th – 20th, 2019.
The GBV Prevention Network is excited for the Self and Collective Care social media campaign happening from June 18th – 20th,…
The Politics and Possibilities of Scale
How is meaningful impact defined in international development? Does it mean reaching “W” number of people? Conducting “X” trainings? Spending…
Feminist practice: local women’s rights organisations set out new ways of working in humanitarian settings
Local women’s rights organisations (WROs) have been working to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in…
Kenya’s President Vows to Push for More Women in Power and End FGM
Kenya – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to push for more women in power, keep all girls in school, tackle…
The Time Is Now – End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
It’s time to end sexual and gender-based violence once and for all, participants of a two-day conference said. In Norway,…
On the CUSP: the politics and prospects of scaling social norms change programming
Journal: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Abstract In the past decades, donors and development actors have been increasingly mindful of…
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is Seeking Applications for its Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE) Programme
The main objective of the programme is to reduce gender-based violence in Zimbabwe by: Preventing and responding to violence against…
Hivos Southern Africa: Call for Proposals for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Programme
Hivos Southern Africa is seeking proposals for its Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) Programme. Grants will be…
Call for applications: 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence and World Aids Day
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism to end Gender-based violence this year, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is…
Call for Information and Materials: Understanding and Measuring the Effectiveness of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Risk Mitigation in Emergencies
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and UNICEF are conducting a research project focused on better understanding the outcomes of GBV…
OAK Foundation Grant: Issues Affecting Women Programme
The OAK Foundation is seeking applications for its Issues Affecting Women Programme with an aim to contribute to a world…
Africa: UN Discloses Rise in Sex Abuse Cases, Ascribes It to Better Reporting
UN: There was a significant rise in reports of sexual exploitation and abuse involving United Nations staff and affiliates last…
South Africa: SA Human Rights Lawyer to Receive French Award for Work On Gender-Based Violence
South African human rights lawyer Bonita Meyersfeld will be appointed a Knight of the National Order of Merit by France…
The Future Women Want: Free of Violence
Uganda: Bakera excelled in school. As a girl who grew up in a rural, poor community, she had, against all…
Kenya: New Kind of Sexual Harassment Young Women and Girls Are Battling
Kenya: Most women have experienced sexual harassment or even encountered sexual jokes from those around them. A recent survey released…
Call for Applications: 2019 Mama Cash Grant Program
Grant: Applications are open for 2019 Mama Cash Grant program to support women, girls, trans people and intersex people who fight for their…
Member Spotlight: Zambian National Men’s Network
GBV Prevention Network member Zambian National Men’s Network (ZNMN) shares their work on highlighting fatherhood through arts in Zambia. ZNMN…
Uganda: ‘Curvy’ Tourism Campaign Rattles Feminists
Uganda is on the hunt to find the next Miss Curvy, as part of a new beauty pageant to attract…
Sierra Leone Declares National Rape Emergency
President Julius Bio has upped the maximum punishment for rape of a minor and called on the country to address…
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: Disrupting its impact on our public & private lives
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
Vacancy: Senior Human Resource and Administration Officer Raising Voices (www.raisingvoices.org) is a Uganda-based NGO working to prevent violence against children…
Up in Arms Against Rape Culture
Botswana: The nation is up in ups over the worsening rape culture that has left most women living in constant…
Liberia’s Thursdays in Black Campaign Amplifies Efforts to End Gender-Based Violence
Monrovia — Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence Lutheran Bishop Seyenkulo sees “potential to change our…
Sexual Harassment in Schools: The Urgency Of Revolutionized Sex Education
14-year-old Fatima sat opposite me, a defiance to her body language, yet a vulnerability that made me want to tell…
Researching Gender-Based Violence: Methods and Meaning
This course aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to conduct or commission technically rigorous, ethical and policy- and service-relevant…
Join us today in the 16 days of activism against GBV campaign
Since 1991, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership has coordinated the 16 Days of Activism against Gender- Based Violence Campaign…
COFEM Feminist Pocketbook
The Feminist Pocketbook is a resource to support practitioners, researchers and others working in humanitarian and development settings to articulate…
Seychelles: Shelter for Women Victims of Violence Opens in Seychelles
The only shelter for women of gender-based violence has opened in Seychelles, a hidden refuge against dangerous situations. The EU-funded…
Uganda: Nuns Launch Campaign Against Domestic Violence
In a bid to end domestic violence in Kabarole District, nuns of the Holy Cross Sisters family Virika have initiated…
Call for Proposals: INSPIRE Awareness-Raising and Engagement Activities in Low and Middle Income Countries
The INSPIRE Working Group, an informal network of some 100 agencies committed to implementing INSPIRE-related programmes, has also launched a…
South Africa: With Sexism Alive and Well in SA Media, Cyber Bullying Is the New Trend to Watch
The Glass Ceilings 2018 findings show the challenge today is not about the numbers game, with almost equal numbers of…
Job Opportunity: Junior Professional – Violence Against Women Data and Research
The WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) seeks a junior professional interested in gaining work experience in an…
Congo-Kinshasa: Mukwege – ‘Do Not Treat Sexual Violence As Taboo’
If all men would act and think like Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, it would be a better world. DW’s Susanne…
The Human Rights Council must condemn attacks on abortion rights defenders
In support of the September 28 “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion”, 223 civil society…
South Africa: Gender-Based Violence – Mabuza Says ‘Men Must Change’
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on South African men to change to stop the scourge of gender-based violence in…
Stop Regression on Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls, UN Experts Urge
GENEVA (5 September 2018) — Rollback and regression on respect for international human rights norms threatens the sexual and reproductive…
Call for Funding: Taking a Local Perspective on Measuring the Impact of GBV Programmes in Emergencies
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…
APPLY TODAY! To Receive this Year’s GBV Prevention Network’s Regional 16 Days of Action and Advocacy Toolkit!
The 16 days of Activism Campaign is here! Center for Women’s Global Leadership has coordinated the campaign since 1991. In…
Donors want Data and Rapid Scaling. It’s Stifling Innovation in the Aid Sector
Despite an influx of funding to prevent violence against women and children over the last decade, the field has reached…
Solidarity, Safety and Power: Young Women Organizing In Indonesia
Publication: For a human rights network to emerge in the context of closing civic space, rising religious fundamentalism, and violence…
Twitter Chat on Solidarity with Feminist Goddiva Akullo
The GBV Prevention Network run a #SolidarityWins for Stronger VAW Prevention Movements social media campaign. The campaign engaged activists to strive…
Call for Proposals: 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence 2018 – African Women’s Development Fund
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…
Welcome! New GBV Prevention Network Members
New Members: When activists get together more action can be taken against injustice in big and small ways to create…
In Zimbabwe, Men and Boys Are Involved in Gender Equality
Zimbabwe:”If we are going to talk about gender inequality, we need to talk about masculinities, ” stated Helena Wahlström Henriksson,…
Me Too didn’t start with a hashtag – Hakima Abbas’ remarks at EDD 2018
AWID: Women and girls are speaking out loudly and visibly against violence, harassment, and abuse — from the #MeToo movement…
Women Demand Police Action on Alleged Kidnappings
Uganda: A group of activists marched on the Ugandan police headquarters Tuesday, protesting what they see as a lack of…
#Metoo, feminism sparking demand for art by women, data shows
NEW YORK, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Women artists, long overlooked and under-respected, are the hot item to watch in…
Breaking the Silence On Menstruation
Eritrea: Menstrual Hygiene day on May 28th aims to help break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role…
Call for papers: Sexual violence, social movements, and social media
Over the past decade, social media have facilitated practices of sexual violence (stalking, doxing, harassment, bullying, revenge porn, genocide, etc.)…
Power in Relationships
Power is the ability to influence your own or other people’s experiences; it can either be positive or negative and…
Sexual Harrassment at the Work Place
Workplaces (Government institutions, Non-governmental organizations and corporate entities) should develop sexual harassment policy and programs to protect workers. Moreover, all…
Kenya: Where Rape Survivors Fight for Justice, Amid Social Stigma and Personal Trauma
Kenya: The year 2017 was a watershed for women across the world as the war against sexual misconduct and harassment…
Call for applications: 2018 Feminist Review Trust Fund Round 3
The Feminist Review Trust is seeking applications from eligible entities for the 3rd round of its 2018 grant program that…
Tanzania: ‘No Time to Waste’ in Ending FGM
Tanzania: MORE than 200 million women around the world have experienced some kind of female genital mutilation (FGM) and more…
Anti-sexual harassment message resounds in Africa
Like a baton pass in the most painful relay race ever, revelations that powerful men have – presuming a right…
Call for abstracts: LGBTIQ+ rights and increased gender-based violence in Africa
The Editors of the Agenda Journal seek contributions that deepen understanding of the drivers and impacts of violence against people…
Time to Connect the Dots: #MeToo in the Global Workplace
Since its explosion onto the social media landscape at the end of 2017, the #metoo movement has continued to gain global traction.…
Shining the Feminist Light Bright
Feminism Social Media Campaign: Our March 14th-16th,2018 campaign on African feminism, Shining the Feminist Light Bright and tagged #FeministSparks was…
@GBVNet Twitter Chat with Sisonke Msimang
Twitter chat: The “Shining the Feminist Light Bright” social media campaign culminated in an illuminating conversation with Sisonke Msimang, a…
New GBV Prevention Network Members
Join us in welcoming new GBV Prevention Network members who are committed to addressing violence against women and girls. See…
Funding Opportunity for Global Programming to Further Innovation in Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Conflict-Affected Humanitarian Emergencies
Funding Opportunity: Since 2010, PRM has allocated specific funding to complement ongoing efforts through our regional GBV responses. This funding…
Job Opportunity: Advocacy Consultancy with COFEM
COFEM seeks a dynamic communicator to kick-start the COFEM Advocacy Initiative and to be responsible for working with members of…
Blame the Rapist, Not the Victim
If you have ever engaged in feminist discourse you probably heard of the term “rape culture”. It was first used…
Tanzania: More Needs to Be Done to Achieve Gender Equality
Tanzania: Although all the 17 UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are important, “gender equality” coming as high up as item…
Adebisi’s Feminism: Shaped by the past, sustained by the present
About a writer and photographer from Nigeria and the ancestral forces that led to her kind of feminism. The alarm…
Call for applications: #EndFGM challenge
The Positive Action Challenges in collaboration with TBA is seeking applications for its #EndFGM Challenge. This challenge is looking for…
Apply to become a Prevention Mentor with the Prevention Collaborative
The Prevention Collaborative is a new global initiative created to serve practitioners and social movements working to prevent violence against…
Call for Applications – Sister to Sister
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills…
Call for Papers: Exploring Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Inequities within Countries
Call for papers: The journal of Reproductive Health Matters invites submissions that explore inequities in relation to sexual and reproductive…
Critical Reflections on the Family in the Context of Violence against Women
Webinar: Access the discussions from the Webinar on “Reflections on the Family in the Context of Violence against Women” by SVRI and…
South Africa: Forced Abortions – a New Frontier in the War On Women’s Bodies?
South Africa: Partners and families allegedly drugged women and in some cases even physically restrained them as doctors performed the…
Can women’s economic empowerment drive gender-based violence?
Women’s economic empowerment is often touted as the magic bullet — one that can respond to and mitigate violence by…
Webinar: Critical Reflections on the Family in the Context of Violence against Women
The SVRI, University of South Australia, and Raising Voices invites you to join this interactive webinar to reflect on the…
Job Opportunity: Senior Program Officer Violence against Women Prevention
Raising Voices seeks a dynamic critical thinker with in-depth experience on violence against women (VAW) prevention programming. This full-time position…
Report Finds Disturbing Gaps in Services for Sexual Violence Survivors in South Africa
South Africa — Nearly three-quarters of public health facilities in South Africa designated to provide services to survivors of sexual violence…
2018 International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender Bias
End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) is inviting abstracts for presentations to be given at our international conference which promotes…
WHO launches new manual to strengthen health systems to better respond to women survivors of violence
The manual is based on the WHO clinical and policy guidelines for “Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence…
Design, Development and Maintenance of COFEM website
Consultancy: The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) is an advocacy collective of thought leaders, activists, practitioners and academics…
Consultancy to develop COFEM’s Feminist Pocketbook
Consultancy: The Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) is an advocacy collective of thought leaders, activists, practitioners and academics…
Every girl counts! What action will you take to keep girls in school?
#16 days campaign: The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from November 25th – December 10th, 2017…
How Young Feminists Resist: A Comic Book
Globally, young feminists are leading activist movements and driving efforts for sustainable change across diverse social justice issues. This comic…
The Weinstein Effect – the Global Scourge of Sexual Harassment & Exploitation
Africa — When the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA’s) Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd, detailed an incident involving the Hollywood mogul Harvey…
2017 Regional 16 Days of Activism Campaign
16 Days: We are counting down to the 2017 16 days of activism campaign this month and are happy to share with…
Good Men Should Not Be Quiet Spectators: Is Shared Outcry Bringing an End to the Cruel Privilege of Impunity?
The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week have crowded social…
Consultancy – Researchers for GBV project design, monitoring and evaluation
Consultancy: UNDP is seeking individuals with VAW project design and evaluation experienced to support an exciting new global project focused…
Short Course on Researching Gender Based Violence: Methods and Meaning
Short Course: The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is accepting applications for a one week highly rated short course on…
Embracing Diversity for Revolutionary Activism
“you can’t effectively resist domination when you’re all messed up” Bell Hooks One thing I have learnt is that gender…
Social Media Campaign – “Activists Disrupting Injustice” from October 3rd -5th, 2017
The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed “Activists Disrupting Injustice”.…
Social Media Campaign – “Activists Disrupting Injustice” October 3rd -5th, 2017
About the Campaign The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed…
Rio, Brazil: A convergence to place sexual violence, intimate partner violence, child abuse and maltreatment at the heart of resolve
SVRI 2017 Forum: South Africa | A diverse assembly of global stakeholders will engage on possible interventions to prevent and…
SASA!’s Voice Carries around the World
SASA!: Since the SASA! research study showed to be effective in Uganda, organizations from over 20 countries and 60 organizations have approached Raising…
Angolan Head of State Salutes African Women
Luanda — The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, last Monday congratulated African women on the celebration of…
Senate to End Violence Against Women, Gender Inequality
Nigeria, Abuja: Worried by all forms of discrimination and violence against women, the Senate has waded into the ugly thriving trend,…
Ending Rape and Sexual Violence Impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC Congo: Recurrent fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will always negate efforts made in the fight against…
CSOs Vow No Surrender in Teen Mothers Debate
Dar es Salaam — Civil society organisations (CSOs) say they will not be silenced in the current debate on whether…
Tanzania: Zanzibar to Amend Laws to Fight Gender-Based Violence
Zanzibar — Zanzibar government plans to amend some of its laws to strengthen the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in the…
South Africa: Victory for Sexual Assault Victims
Pretoria — Victims of sexual assault offences dating back more than 20 years might now feel encouraged to report their…
New Publication: Revising the Script: Taking Community Mobilization to Scale for Gender Equality
This exploratory study by International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Raising Voices aims to inform the nascent conversation…
Living Out Our Values
In an analysis of gender based violence, Paula Akugizibwe shows how through actions or inactions, society is either reinforcing, or…
Fighting Violence against Women: What Happens when an Organisation Fails to Follow its Values
Article: Groups fighting violence against women must be mindful and watchful of drivers of oppression and violence within their own…
Hope’s song: my companion in life’s journey
On my way from Zimbabwe to Amsterdam I shared a seat with a man called Musi. He was curious about…
“Leading with Values” Social Media Campaign – May 22nd -26th,2017
Social Media Campaign: The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from May 22nd – 26th, 2017 focusing…
Applications Extended for SASA! Course
Call for Applications: Raising Voices and CEDOVIP would like to thank all organizations that have expressed interest in becoming SASA! partners. We…
Apply for ECOSOC Consultative Status for the 2017 NGO Committee
Apply! 1 June 2016 is the last day for Non-Governmental Organizations to apply for consultative status with the Economic and…
Social Media Toolkit to Build Feminist Support for Article on Gender-based Violence
“It’s not about the gender binary, it’s about the gender hierarchy” International Review of the Red Cross, Issue No. 901,…
‘Devastating Consequences’ for Women, Girls As U.S. Defunds UN Agency
United Nations — The U.S. has withdrawn all of its funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that…
Get Moving! Transforming Individuals and Organisations
Learning Paper: The GBV Prevention Network set out to engage with members working on VAW (prevention, advocacy and response) to…
Call for Applications for In Her Shoes Partners
Apply Now! Would you like your organization to “walk in the shoes” of women and girls experiencing violence? Feel the…
Let’s Talk about Power
Power: We seldom talk about personal power—how we use it or how it’s used against us. Could it be because…
Africa: Ending Gender-Based Violence Key to Health and Well-Being
United Nations — Physical injuries are some of the more visible, and at times most deadly, consequences of gender-based violence…
Call of Applications: Sister to Sister
Apply Now! Are you interested in enriching your violence against women prevention skills as you build relations with a GBV…
Call for Applications – Sister to Sister
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills…
Landmark Bill On Marriage Age Passed
The Malawi Parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark bill to amend the Constitution and harmonise the age of a child…
Call for Applications: Young Researcher’s Participation in SVRI Forum 2017
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative is undertaking a process to recruit 10 young researchers between the ages of 18-24 to…
We Need Strategies to Safeguard Schoolgirls
Tanzania: Action Plan, a non-governmental organisation, has come up with a project aimed at safeguarding the welfare of schoolgirls in…
Two slots left for the SASA! Faith course
SASA! Faith Course: Are you looking for ways to strengthen your engagement with a faith community (Muslim and Christian) to…
Ad Hoc Committee On Gender Equality Calls for Comments From Civil Society
South Africa: The Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality has placed the…
Generations Lead the March in Washington
Women’s March: On Jan. 21, the Women’s March on Washington served as the point of trade between the hands of…
Leading From the South: Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals: AWDF is one of four Women’s Funds from the Global South managing Leading from the South –…
Donor Ethics and the Revolution in the Making: Understanding the Role of Wellbeing in Human Rights Funding
Wellbeing: The revolution is in the making. Thousands of people march everyday in almost every country in the world to…
Shuffling Paedophiles is not the answer to making Education Safe for all Girls
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: Zero Tolerance for Gender Inequality and Gender-Based Violence
Africa: The 2016 Africa Human Development Report: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa is especially timely now during…
16 Days of Activism Campaign Count Down is on!
Theme: Break the Silence, Break the Barriers! How Will You Make Education Safe for Girls? 16 Days of Activism: This…
#VAWFree Social Media Campaign Wrap-Up
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…
#VAWFree GBV Prevention Social Media Campaign on Violence against Women
The GBV Prevention Network embarked on a social media campaign to raise awareness about violence against women from October 31st…
Protect women – at all cost
Kenya: In May 2015, the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act was assented to in Kenya and came into effect on…
Powerful Photo Collages Tell the Devastating Stories of Teen Mothers in Senegal
Senegal: A new photo series is shedding light on gender inequality around the world by focusing on the harrowing stories…
Not all men commit abuse against women. But all must condemn it
VAW: The failure of men to speak out about male violence against women and girls renders us all complicit. Male…
Civil Society Pushes for EAC Gender Equality Bill
East Africa: The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), together with affiliated regional civil society…
New GBV Prevention Network Members
Join us in welcoming new GBV Prevention Network members who are working to create a safer world for all. See new members…
Mozn Hassan, Nazra Receive ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’
Egypt: Nazra for Feminist Studies, along with its Founder and Executive Director of Mozn Hassan, received the 2016 Right Livelihood…
Respecting Women’s Rights
Tanzania: Women have suffered a great deal at the hands of some men. Some only gather the courage to speak…
Tanzania: Gender Based Violence Escalating
Tanzania: A RECENT survey has shown that gender based violence is spiraling with pronounced cases occurring in Kagera, Mara, Mwanza…
Zero Tolerance to Domestic Violence Critical
Zimbabwe: Domestic violence is a social vice that Zimbabwe is grappling with as cases involving both male and female victims…
Woman Speaks About Sexual Abuse By Stepdad
Namibia: At the tender age of two, Lucy Witts was sexually molested by her Serbian-born stepfather Dragan Vujicin. Opening up…
Activists Oppose Govt Appeal On Marriage Act
Tanzania — Child rights activists say they will oppose the move by the government to appeal against the High Court ruling…
Tackling Violence Against Women In Africa
Africa: When one of Africa’s biggest music superstar, Kofi Olumide was recently caught on camera angrily kicking one of his…
New GBV Prevention Network Members
Welcome Our New Members: The GBV Prevention Network exists for and because of its members! Members shape the work and…
Activism: When Small Changes Lead The Path To Transforming Lives
Member’s Story: Lucy Mitei, a GBV Prevention Network member, participated in the Get Moving! powerful internal process that strengthens organisations…
Breaking negative attitudes to women is key to tackling HIV – here’s how to do it
HIV/AIDS: “Women are supposed to be under men’s superiority in everything … you cannot respond when he says anything. You…
Why I’m Determined to Champion an Equal World With No Exceptions
Imagine a world where every woman and girl is strong, safe, powerful, and heard. No exceptions. Can you imagine it?…
Kigali Braces up Ahead of the 27th African Union Summit
Rwanda: The Republic of Rwanda will host from 10 to 18 July 2016, the 27th Assembly of Heads of State…
Why we need to talk more about patriarchy, privilege and violence against African women?
Patriarchy and privilege: A friend and I begin a Twitter chat. I have picked up from her most recent tweets that…
Stripping the layers of patriarchy bit by bit for a violence free world
Patriarchy: The first time my daughter came home and insisted to me that she was a girl as if that…
#WithoutPatriarchy Social Media Campaign
The GBV Prevention Network is holding a social media campaign on patriarchy from July 4th – 8th, 2016 on the…
Fight against Female Circumcision Intensifies in Ebonyi
Nigeria: Students in all the secondary schools in Ebonyi state have joined hands to fight the “barbaric” culture of female genital…
Call for Applications: SASA! Faith
SASA! Faith: Are you interested to strengthen your engagement with a faith community in preventing violence against women and HIV?…
Pregnant Women Face Violence
Tanzania: An Interdisciplinary research project has come out with preliminary findings that in Northern Tanzania one in every three women…
Insufficiency of forensic evidence stymies fight against GBV offenders
Tanzania: Insufficient collection of forensic evidence and poor management of scenes of crime are a stumbling block in cracking the…
Young Girls Having Sex With Older Men for Sanitary Pads
Uganda – In a desperate move to cope with menstruation, hundreds of girls in Uganda are forced to trade their…
How Are Women Portrayed in Ethiopian Films?
Ethiopia: Film is a category or genre of art that has high impact on society. It is an artistic tool…
Mobilising communities to end violence against women: Findings from the SASA! study – Learning Lab, 24 May 2016
Webinar: Efforts to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) against women have for the most part aimed to reduce violence among…
Call for Applications
Apply Now! to become an In Her Shoes Thematic Action Group Partner. In Her Shoes is an interactive group activity designed…
Gender Based Violence Science Fair
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…
FGM Rituals Remain Dangerous
Tanzania: Early marriage is a serious social problem in this country. Underage marriage is one of the principal causes of…
As Internet Access Expands in Africa, so does Cyber Harassment
Africa: As internet access increases across Africa, it is giving our citizens new development opportunities and freedom of expression. But there’s a dark…
Addressing Cultural Values, Solution to Sexual Assault – Inspector-General
Nigeria: The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has called on all stakeholders to take proactive measures to address cultural…
Call for Applications – Sister to Sister
Call for Applications: The GBV Prevention Network is calling for members interested in enriching their violence against women prevention skills to…
Learning from Practice: Creating an organizational culture for social justice activism
Raising Voices has worked for the prevention of violence against women and children by catalyzing change in the nature of relationships…
Gambia: On Domestic Violence – the Need for Positive Change
Gambia: We are proud of The Gambia’s record in women’s empowerment and the progress registered by our sisters and mothers…
Repeal Law Permitting Men to Beat Wives, CSOs Tell National Assembly
Nigeria — A coalition of over sixty Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, has urged the National Assembly to repeal section 55…
Ghomeshi Trial Shows That Violence Against Women Knows No Borders
Canada: We’ll leave it to the courts to decide the fate of former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi, whose trial on…
New Algerian law punishes violence against women
Algeria — A new Algerian law came into effect this week punishing violence against women and sexual harassment, in a…
Sierra Leone’s president urged to sign safe abortion bill
Sierra Leone: Women’s rights groups have joined UN and African human rights leaders in urging the president of Sierra Leone to support…
Efforts to Ensure the Rights of Women
Ethiopia: The fundamental of promoting Human Rights and Woman’s Right (especially gender equality and ending violence against women) in achieving…
Namibia’s Apathy With Violence
Namibia seems to have become desensitised about violence against women. For a while social media used to cry foul every time…
Feminism needs global voices – here are eight books we should all be reading
Feminism: If there was one country in the world that was going to be the first to make a feminist…
Zimbabwe: Court Outlaws Child Marriages
Zimbabwe: The Constitutional Court has outlawed child marriages by ruling that no child in Zimbabwe should marry before attaining 18…
Engaging Men and Boys Against GBV
On December 15, Peace Corps hosted a panel discussion in D.C. titled, Engaging Men and Boys: A Call to Action Against…
Join the GBV Prevention Network tweetathon on December 18th, 2015 at 5pm EAT
Gender Equality Tweetathon: What does gender equality look like to you? What would an equitable world for women and all…
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/11/ed-message-intl-day-for-elimination-of-violence-against-women#sthash.ufvpJPSe.dpuf
16 Days: UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka kicks off the official commemoration activities of the International Day for the…
Violence against women and girls: how far have we come?
Lancet: A year ago, The Lancet published a Series on violence against women and girls ahead of the International Day…
CEDOVIP Launches 16 Days of Activism Campaign
Uganda: GBV Prevention Network member, Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention in Uganda launches their 16 Days of Activism campaign under…
Through education, youth act to prevent violence against women
Dina Hossam, from Cairo, Egypt, dreams of a world without violence against women. “It’s a world where I don’t have…
Prevent Violence Against Women
UN WOMEN: A staggering one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime—a pandemic of global…
Somalia: UN-Supported Toll-Free Hotline to Tackle Gender-Based Violence
Somalia: A United Nations-backed toll free hotline has been launched for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia to tackle sexual…
Why do the police still tell women that they should avoid getting raped?
UK: “Women warned after Gainsborough assault.” “Police warn women walking alone after riverside incident.” “Serial sex attacker strikes again as ninth victim…
Africa: HIV Studies Overlook Women
Women are underrepresented in clinical trials of HIV treatments, although the virus affects men and women almost equally. A systematic review published…
Responding to and Preventing Violence against Women in Conflict and Other Emergencies
GBV in emergencies thematic action group: 8 local and national non-governmental organizations in the Great Lakes, East and Horn of Africa built capacity…
5 Asks on the Let’s Talk Power Campaign
73,000 people interacted with the Let’s Talk About Power social media campaign from October 5th – 27th, 2015. The GBV…
An Inclusive Vision for Ending Gender Based Violence
Successful strategies in ending violence against women: What is gender-based violence? Who experiences it? What and who gets left out…
Let’s Talk About Power with Saida Ali
The power chat with Saida Ali was another exciting part of the Let’s Talk About Power campaign. Friends, partners and…
Power Twitter Chat with Minna Salami
What an exciting power twitter chat we had with Minna Salami! Thank you all for participating and sharing your thoughts…
Join our Twitter Chat: Let’s talk about Power
Power Twitter Chat: Save the date! On 16th October at 9:00am EAT, (9:00am GMT) join the Gender Based Violence Prevention…
Request for Proposals: SVRI and World Bank Development Marketplace on Innovations to Prevent GBV in Low and Middle Income Settings (in memory of Hannah Graham)
Proposals: The SVRI and the World Bank Group are requesting proposals for research and interventions or related activities that will…
Join our Tweetathon: Let’s talk about Power
Power Tweetathon: Ready? Set? Tweet! On 7th October at 15:00 CAT, (12:00 GMT, 8:00 EST) join the Gender Based Violence…
Let’s Talk About Power on Social Media October 5th – 27th,2015
Power Campaign The Gender Based Violence Prevention Network invites you to join our online conversation with the hashtag #Power101. Let’s…
Global Goals Cannot Be Achieved Without Ensuring Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Africa: As world leaders continued their Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women and China co-hosted a landmark event…
Measuring Discrimination Will Bring the Gender Equality Global Goal a Step Closer
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…
Aspen New Voices Fellowship Announces Call for 2016 Nominations
Washington: The Aspen Institute seeks nominations for one-year non-resident media skills and coaching program for next generation of global development…
“A Commitment to Action”: Women and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDGs: The issue: She walks for hours to fetch water and toils in drought-prone fields to feed her family… She…
Malawi Chief annuls 330 child marriages
Malawi: In June 2015, Senior Chief Inkosi Kachindamoto annulled 330 customary marriages – of which 175 were girl wives and…
Punish defilers and GBV perpetrators – Zambia’s First Lady
Zambia: First Lady Esther Lungu says Zambia needs much stiffer laws to punish defilers and perpetrators of Gender Based Violence…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
SDGs: In 2015, countries agreed on the need for comprehensive financing for development; they will adopt a new sustainable development agenda;…
CEDAW Concluding Observations Highlight Issues Affecting Women in the Gambia
Gambia: The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports…
Only Rape Survivors Can Truly Understand What Other Victims Have Gone Through
Kenya: A compelling story of a rape survivor and how she turned this experience to help Kenyan women. She spent years…
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Bans Documentary On Rape By Militia, Army
Congo: The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday banned a documentary on a gynaecologist helping women raped…
Exciting Course: Using a Power Analysis to Prevent Violence against Women
Raising Voices and Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) with support from Musasa, are calling for applications for a short…
Sexual harassment, intimidation hinder women’s participation in elections
Nigeria: A coalition of NGOs and other stakeholders on Tuesday identified sexual harassment, intimidation and lack of support as some…
Women’s Month: Reflection, Revival and Regeneration in the GBV Sector
South Africa: On 9 August each year, South Africans commemorate National Women’s Day to honour the 20,000 women who marched…
What are the macro-level predictors of violence against women?
The harmful effects of violence against women and girls on health have been well documented and include increased maternal morbidity…
We need to transform societies to end violence; not reinforce male privilege
Global: Evidence is clear that, although an important part of the puzzle, engaging men and boys is not the silver…
Ending Gender Violence Key to the Post 2015 Agenda
Africa: In the Post- 2015 agenda, GBV must be treated as a cross-cutting issue deserving urgent attention. Until recently, it has…
Who can fund my women’s rights organizing?
Feminist Donor list: Responding to one of the key demands, AWID offers a searchable donor list to make it easier…
Somali minister hints at move to ban FGM
Somalia, the country with the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation in the world, has given its strongest signal yet…
Women only Sanctuary for violence against women
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)
Course on Understanding & Addressing Gender Based Violence (GBV) – 17 October – 12 December, 2015 Kimmage Open and Distance…
An Information System for Gender-Based Violence Care and Support: Botswana
In Botswana, there was no organized system to address if referrals to outside services were made, if they were taken…
Ugandan Women Hail Partial Success Over “Bride Price” System
Uganda: After years of a protracted battle against Uganda’s “bride price” practice, the country’s Supreme Court this week ruled that…
16 Days of Activism, Call for Statements of Interest.
Apply! Today to Receive This year’s GBV Prevention Network Regional 16 Days of Activism Campaign Kit. Hundreds of organizations and millions…
Law Reforms to Combat Gender Based Violence
Sudan: Has created a special unit in the Ministry of Justice to address GBV. The government enacted law reforms to…
African Women’s Day 2015
As part of our African Women’s Decade 2010-2020 Campaign, Make Every Woman Count is pleased to present our African Women’s…
Upcoming Course: SASA! Start Phase
Raising Voices and CEDOVIP are currently accepting applications for the SASA! Start Phase 5-day course in Kampala from September 7…
Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation – Practitioners Promise to Stop in Osun
Nigeria – Traditional circumcision practitioners and medical practitioners in Osun State have resolved to work together with a view to…
Nigeria: Campaign Against Violence On Women Kicks Off in the Edo State
Nigeria: Edo State Government, in conjunction with Edo Women’s Development Initiative (EWDI), have decried all forms of violence against women.…
Call for Statements of Interest, 16 Days of Activism Campaign Kit
16 Days of Activism, Call for Statements of Interest. Apply! Today to Receive This year’s GBV Prevention Network Regional 16…
Nigeria: Radio Dramas to Tackle Women Issues, Domestic Violence Hit Airwaves
Nigeria: Two radio soap operas designed to increase knowledge around family planning, HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, women’s education, and gender-based…
Somalia: Former Minnesotan works to improve equality for women in Somalia
Somalia: The first time Zainab Hassan voted, the experience was “near and dear to my heart,” she said. “It was exciting,”…
Ethiopia: Placing Women At Centre of SDGs Said Decisive
Ethiopia: The Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs is advocating for a strong focus on gender equality in financing…
Zambia:Namwali Serpell Wins Sixteenth Caine Prize for African Writing
Zambia’s Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for her…
Swaziland: Women Still Face Discriminatory Cultural Practices
Swaziland: Gender Links Swaziland Barometer Researcher says that although gender equality is enshrined in Swaziland’s Constitution, women still face cultural…
Kenya: 10 Things You Need to Know About FGM
In Kenya FGM happens quite a lot. As many as 140 million women around the world are cut, more than 101 million…
Zimbabwe: UN Urges Country to End Child Marriages
Zimbabwe: The United Nations has added its voice to ongoing calls to end child marriages in Zimbabwe, saying Child marriages…
Rwanda: Women’s Contribution to National Development
Rwanda: Deputy Chief Justice Sylvie Zainabu Kayitesi has commended women’s contribution to national development. She noted that Rwandan women are…
South Africa: Awards Encourage Gender Champions to Keep Fighting
South Africa: Gender Protocol@Work Summit came to a jubilant and celebratory close at the Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, after…
Africa: Focus On Gender – Sex, Power and Scientific Influence
Gender Inequalities in Science Community: Africa should rigorously introduce policies that favour the inclusion of women as decision-makers in the…
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights calls for reviews on strategy to combat violence against women
Egypt: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released a statement commenting on the cabinet’s national strategy for combating violence against…
Nigeria: Contradictory laws on Rape and Infant Marriage
Nigeria: A proposed law circumscribes the rights of women, from birth. A closer look at the last laws the previous National…
South Africa: Study Reveals Core of Gender-Based Violence in Bredasdorp
South Africa: The ‘superior’ role men assume in relationships is at the core of gender-based violence bedevilling the Bredasdorp community, a…
Congo-Kinshasa: Mobile Court Delivers Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in DRC
DRC: After hearing 65 cases of alleged sexual violence, an innovative mobile civilian court system has concluded its proceedings last…
Nigeria: Buhari’s wife urges fair representation of women in appointments
Nigeria: The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has appealed to governments at all levels to ensure fair representation of…
South Africa: Women at centre of African Union summit
South Africa: One of Africa’s Agenda 2063’s aspiration is to have an Africa in which development is people driven and…
Gender 360 Summit for 2015 to target gender equality
Washington DC: The Gender 360 Summit is scheduled to take place on June 11th, 2015. The focus of the second annual…
A conversation with the first female president of Mauritius
Mauritius: Congratulations to H.E. Ameenah Gurib Fakim – the First Woman President in Mauritius who was sworn in as the…
Africa: Corporate Africa Needs More Women As Company Directors
Africa: More Female board members and directors are needed to sharpen the continent’s competitive edge and inclusive growth. As part…
Africa: 25th African Union Summit to be held in South Africa
South Africa: The 25th Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU) will be held from…
Mauritius designates its first woman president
Mauritius: On thursday may have its First Woman President after the Parliament approves Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. The government of Mauritius today designated her…
Namibia Third on Africa’s Gender Index
Namibia: Ranked 3rd out of 52 African countries for improvements on gender equality. African Development Bank Group’s special envoy on gender…
Nigerian President Bans Female Genital Mutilation
Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation outlawed after a decade of campaigning by advocates. Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president, signed a bill banning…
Tunisia’s female politicians prepare to seize their chance in local polls
Tunisia: The new constitution’s promised decentralisation of power offers a chance for women to enter politics, but will the devolution be…
Nigeria: Survivors of Boko Haram Abduction Begin Healing Process
Nigeria: Boko Haram Survivor’s healing begins after being captured from their homes, violently abused and, in many cases, starved almost…
Liberia: Female Journalists Declaration On Media Gender Policy
Liberia: Twenty seven journalists, mainly females, have issued a declaration in Monrovia, calling on media managers and the Press Union…
Somalia; Fadumo Dayib Reveals Her Candidacy for Somalia’s 2016 Elections
Somalia: When Fadumo Dayib announced her bid to run for President of Somalia on national TV last year, people thought she…
South Sudan: Unicef Warns Women and Children Being Victimized ‘With Frightening Regularity’
South Sudan: Almost two years since the eruption of the conflict in South Sudan, the situation continues to deteriorate with women…
African Women Battle for Equality
A decade ago, African women had reason to expect change following a much-heralded global conference that set ambitious targets to…
Kenya: Women MPs Threaten Suit Over Gender Rule
Kenya: Women MPs may move to court to challenge the publication of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill that seeks…
Zimbabwe: Feminist Groups Back Disgraced Miss Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: LOCAL women’s groups have come out in full support of newly crowned Miss World Zimbabwe Emily Kachote, whose modelling career…
Nigeria: Nema Receives 275 Rescued Women, Children
Nigeria: The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it received 275 women and children that were rescued from Sambisa…
Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments
An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard…
Nigeria: Troops Rescue 293 Girls, Women From Sambisa Forest
Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast have rescued no fewer than 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa…
Tanzania cracks down on “sextortion” by public officials
Tanzania has warned its public officials that using positions of power to extort sexual favours from women will no longer…
Campaign launches to elect first female U.N. Secretary-General
Global: Since its founding 70 years ago, the United Nations has been led by men, a tradition that some women’s…
Cervical Cancer Common Among African Women
Africa: The World Health Organisation estimates HPV infections cause approximately 68 000 cases of cervical cancer each year in Africa. However,…
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women spark plan against witch hunters
Tanzania: A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign…
The Menace of Boko Haram
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: An Examination of the Gender Implications of Trade Liberalisation in Southern Africa
Africa: Gender equality implications of globalisation and trade liberalisation arise because these phenomena do not eliminate existing inequalities in access to…
Zimbabwe: Female Condom Success Story Takes New Form
Zimbabwe: The female condom is known as a ‘life-saving device’ that is initiated by females. Zimbabwe was among the first countries…
Ethiopia: Banking Women Is Smart Economics
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: Women MPs Wants DPP to Probe Sexual Harassment in Parliament
Kenya: More than 50 women parliamentarians on Wednesday urged the Director of Public Prosecutions to investigate claims of sexual harassment against…
Why gender equality by numbers will never measure up
Global: The third millennium development goal focused on percentages but ignored the real issues, such as classroom gender stereotypes and…
Rwanda: New Maternity Leave Law Will Enhance Women Empowerment
Rwanda: Working women have reason to celebrate following the approval of a draft law that will allow mothers to earn…
Egyptian woman who has lived as man for 40 years voted ‘best mum’
Egypt: Sisa Abu Daooh took on male identity after her husband’s death in order to find employment to support her daughter.…
Tanzania: Men Blamed for Discouraging Family Planning
Tanzania: The ongoing campaigns on family planning in Zanzibar have not been doing well because of little support from men still…
Africa: Global Fund Work Falling Short On Gender-Related Issues
Africa: The Global Fund’s efforts to put women and girls at the center of its work on HIV, TB and…
Avon Foundation for Women Announces Finalists of the Fourth Annual Avon Global Communications Awards
New York: The Avon Foundation for Women announced the finalists for the fourth annual Avon Communications Awards: Speaking Out About…
Women’s equality isn’t a zero sum game. It’s vital for peace and prosperity
Global: There is a plethora of data which demonstrates that women’s economic participation grows economies, creates jobs and builds inclusive…
Nigeria: Violence Against Women – Time to Pass Bill
Nigeria: The Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Bill, first introduced in 2003 and re-introduced in 2007 and 2011, seeks among…
Christine Lagarde says ‘conspiracy’ against women makes the world poorer
Global: Managing director of the International Monetary Fund says too many countries still restrict the right of women to contribute to…
Young children must be protected from ingrained gender stereotypes
Gender stereotypes: That young people might be deeply influenced by the gender stereotypes thrust upon them should give us all…
The voice of South Sudan’s women must be heard to give peace a chance
South Sudan: I recently travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the summit of the African Union to talk about peace…
How laws around the world do and do not protect women from violence
Global: In 1999, Jessica Lenahan-Gonzales’s estranged husband took her three girls in violation of a permanent restraining order requiring him to…
10 Ridiculously Sexist and Dangerous Laws From Around the World
Global: Once in a while in the U.S. we hear about a bill or a law that seems like it…
UK Launch of Femicide Census: Profiles of Women Killed by Men
United Kingdom: A campaign group hopes to prompt the government to take action to stem the rise of violence against…
Guinea’s Muslim clerics call for end to FGM to help stop Ebola
Muslim leaders in Guinea have called on families to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to prevent the…
Parties call for Gender Equality and Human Rights in Geneva Climate Talks
Geneva, Switzerland: The first Party to take the floor, the Government of Mexico called for “Parties to respect human rights and…
UN calls for FGM zero tolerance after a year in which the world woke up
The United Nations has designated Friday a worldwide day of zero tolerance on FGM, and called for concrete action to be taken…
AU Report Into Sexual Violence in South Sudan: Vital to Stop Women’s Bodies Being Used in War
South Sudan: As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I visited South Sudan in May 2012, less than…
Crowds of women rally in Cairo to denounce death of female protester
Egypt: Dozens of women have rallied in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, to denounce the killing of a female protester and blame the…
Ethiopia’s women vow to turn tide of violence, rape and murder
Ethiopia: The low social status of Ethiopian women lies at the root of violence against them and the tragic cases…
Spain asks parents to sign declaration to protect daughters from FGM
Spanish health professionals will step up scrutiny of families from countries where female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised and in…
How to cure the pandemic that women face
Global: When violence is inflicted upon women and girls, we rightly think of it as a crime and a tragedy.…
Why Aren’t World Leaders Angrier About Violence Against Women?
Global: On this cold and rainy Tuesday, Bafana Khumalo stood in front of the White House with a controversial demand…
Church of England’s first female bishop named as Libby Lane
UK/Global: The Rev Libby Lane, a parish priest from Crewe, is the surprise choice for the Church of England’s first…
When is violence against girls going to stop?
Global: Tuesday 25 November marked the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, another awareness day on…
Read Joe Biden’s Powerful Speech About Combating Violence Against Women
US/Global: Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, says violence against women is an epidemic – “Look, let me…
Tanzania sees surge in girls reporting rape and kidnapping
Tanzania: A surge in reports of rape, torture and kidnapping of girls in Tanzania shows that the introduction of specialist…
The Hidden Link Between Women and War
Domestic violence against women may actually be a cause of war—so how do we disrupt the vicious cycle that propels…
Is Egypt ready to join growing global movement to end FGM?
FGM: With the first prosecutions under way in the UK and Guinea-Bissau, an increased focus on strengthening the law in…
Kenya: Stripping Women Is a Violent Crime That Must Be Punished
Kenya: Gender violence, especially sexual violence like stripping and rape, against women in Kenya is not new. It has been around…
South Africa: Women’s Empowerment ‘Key to Stopping Violence’
South Africa: Only a radical shift in approaches to end gender violence will bring about change, says Gender Links, a…
Kenyan police arrest suspects after woman stripped in public
Kenyan police have arrested dozens of men suspected of stripping naked a woman in public on the grounds that she…
It’s not ‘anti sex’ to want to expose pornography’s complicit role in child abuse and trafficking
Global: The growing number of internet users stumbling upon images of child sex abuse indicate that child sex abuse is not so…
Uganda Has Widest Gender Gap in East Africa
Uganda is the least gender-equal society in East Africa, the 2014 Global Gender Gap Index has revealed. Read this story…
Why Africa’s economies continue to grapple with ‘statistical tragedy’
Economic data in Africa has been under sharp focus for its inaccuracies. Without a statistical revolution, economists argue, Africa’s renaissance…
‘Sweeping change’ narrows global gender gap
Global: Increased access for women to politics and the workforce has narrowed the global gender gap in the past 10…
Congolese doctor who helps rape victims wins top EU human rights prize
Congo DRC: Dr. Denis Mukwege founder of Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been awarded Europe’s top human…
The tragic case of Nigeria’s ‘bird’ woman
Nigeria: The film begins in a blur. An angry mob and a policewoman can just be made out, gathered in…
We can no longer ignore Ebola’s wider impact – particularly on women
Ebola: Women are not only more likely to be infected; their education, healthcare, food security and livelihoods are also suffering.…
Nigeria: Women Entrepreneurs – Knowing the Terrain and Overcoming Challenges
TODAY, women have become central in discussions that have to do with development. Efforts are being made therefore, in and…
South Africa: Gender Based Violence Costs R40-Billion
A recent report states that gender-based violence costs the South African economy up to R40-billion a year or more than…
Tanzania: ‘New Constitution Honours Gender Equality in Land Ownership’
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
Caesarean section rates in South Africa ‘recklessly high’, warn experts. Figures released by South Africa’s Council for Medical Schemes showed…
Report: African Children Face “Extremely high levels” of Violence
African children are facing disproportionately high levels of violence, according to a new report by the African Child Policy Forum. The…
Teenage girls in southern Malawi reject ‘sexual cleansing’
Memory Banda beat the odds. In Malawi, five out of every 10 girls marry before the age of 18. Her…
Women in South Sudan: ‘They attack us at toilets or where we collect water’
Julie Francis’s self-imposed curfew starts when the sun sets. The widowed mother of four has been living at the UN…
Kenya launches FGM and child marriage hotline
Kenya has launched a hotline to rescue girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage and to help prosecute…
One in 10 girls worldwide face serious sexual violence
About one in 10 girls around the world experiences serious sexual violence, the UN children’s agency has said in a…
Fighting Against Forced Marriages in Niger
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?
Why have women been excluded from peace-building in Sudan? The 22-year-conflict in Sudan, which consumed so much of the country’s…
Gender violence still hinders women’s freedom
It seems incongruous that we celebrate Women’s Month [August in South Africa], yet stories of conflict and gender based violence…
Britain’s opposition party, Labour, appoints shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls
Ed Miliband has signalled Labour‘s commitment to tackling domestic violence and related issues by appointing a shadow minister for preventing…
SADC Unlikely to Achieve Gender Targets
The Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance has called on gender ministers to craft a strong rights-based approach to gender equality…
Domestic Violence Act Coalition in Uganda Lobby’s the Speaker of Parliament for Implementation of the Law
On August 19th 2014, 20 representatives of the Domestic Violence Act Coalition reached out to the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Hon. Rebecca…
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity. Picture it!
Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women. There, 189 governments adopted…
New Classes Offered from KODE
KODE (Kimmage Open & Distance Education) offers two courses: Understanding & Addressing Gender Based Violence in Development Context Start Date:…
Kenya’s Own ‘Erin Brokovich’ Changes Lives of Girl Survivors of Sexual Abuse
The Equality Effect brought together legal experts to pursue a class action lawsuit, which came to be known as the 160…
Distinguished Woman of African Cinema Award Nomination for Yaba Badoe
AWDF would like to extend big congratulations to Yaba Badoe who has been nominated for the ‘Distinguished Woman of African Cinema…
Call for Women to Claim their Place
Madonsela says it is time for women in Africa to claim their place where Africa’s fate is being decided Public…
Regional Campaign to Address VAW and Health Starts Now!
Have you been part of the GBV Prevention Network’s annual 16 Days of Activism Campaign before? Now is the time…
Secure Land Rights for Rwanda’s Women are Critical for Families and the Nation
Beginning in 2007, the government of Rwanda embarked on the Land Tenure Regularization Program (LTRP) – a national land registration…
Namibia’s Gender Zebra
A quiet gender revolution the like of which has been unseen in Southern Africa and perhaps anywhere in the world,…
Somalia: Somali Ministry of Women Launches Training on Gender-Based Violence
Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund…
Request for applications: What Works to Prevent Violence
This announcement is a formal call for Innovation Grant applications. All Innovation Grant applications must be submitted via the Proposal Central website…
Bank Project Will Help Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$107 million in financial grants to the countries of Burundi, the…
Kampala Civil Society Position on Post 2015
From the 21st – the 25th of June, representatives of women’s rights, faith and community-based, civil society organizations, media and…
The Post 2015 Development Agenda. Feminist Response and Recommendations
On June 2, 2014, the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) released a zero draft of the first list of Proposed…
Egypt faces its first FGM trial
In a country where 90 per cent of women face FGM, villagers are rallying round the doctor who performed the…
New Partners Get Moving!
From the 23rd to 26th of June, 10 member organizations from Namibia, Tanzania, Sudan, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda…
Closure of Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre in Sudan
On 24 June 2014 the director of Salmmah Women’s Resource Center, Ms. Fahima Hashim was presented with a decree signed…
Protests against Sexual Harassment in Cairo
Tens of thousands of activists gathered in Cairo to protest against the recurring sexual harassment cases in Egypt and demand…
The International Day for Action on Women`s Health 2014 in Mombasa, Kenya
Network member Coast Women in Development with the Pwani GBV Network, celebrated the occasion by mobilizing 280 people from the…
Kenyan MPs Question Colleague as they Discuss FGM
The issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was the center of discussion in the Kenyan Parliament on Wednesday as legislators…
It IS #TimeToAct but what do we do?
On 11th June 2014, Emma Fulu, lead researcher Medical Research Council SA addressed this question to a packed room at…
Chitani Makes Strides in Malawian Women’s Lives
Network member Chitani Community Sustainable Development Organization – Malawi in partnership with SAFAIDS, as the leading HIV and AIDS information…
Global Symposium to End SV in Conflict
From the 10th – 13th June 2014 several activists and practitioners gathered in London at the Global Summit to End…
West Africa: Female Politicians Express Need for Greater Political Voice in West Africa
More than 200 West African elected officials and civil society leaders have converged on Dakar this week for a conference…
Post 2015 briefing, bridging SRHR, HIV, and GBV
In March 2013, Salamander Trust collaborated with long-term partners the ATHENA Network, the International Women’s Health Coalition and GESTOS to…
GBV Prevention Network Receives Resources from Reproductive Health Matters (RHM)
As contribution to capacity building for Network members, Reproductive Health Matters contributed free resources for participants of the recently concluded…
Women embrace digital media to address SRHR issues in their community
GBV Prevention Network member organization the Creative Centre for Communication and Development (CCCD) in Zimbabwe has since January 2013 engaged…
AUC Chair Launches Common African Position on the Post-2015 Agenda
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
The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict will take place at ExCel London on 10 – 13 June…
Gender Violence Recovery Centre Raises Concerns Over Rising Gender-Based Violence
A new report by GBV Prevention Network member Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre, has raised concerns over the…
Marriage a Barrier to ARV Treatment for Swazi Women
In a study conducted by MarxART, a project by the Swaziland National AIDS Programme (SNAP), it has been found that distinct…
Domestic violence is biggest threat to West Africa’s women
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict West Africa, according to a…
CSO Forum on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – Sudan
On 15th May, the first general assembly meeting of the CSO forum on ending violence against women and girls in…
South Sudan: Women Needed to Kickstart Peace Process, Conference Told
With South Sudan’s peace process floundering, members of the diaspora and their American supporters have come up with a possible…
ISIS – WICCE Celebrating 40 Years of Amplifying Women’s Voice and Power
Network Member Organization ISIS-WICCE, hosted a celebration to mark forty years of amplifying women’s voice and power. Since its inception…
Two Year Continental Campaign to End Child Marriage is Launched
The African Union launched a two year Continental Campaign to End Child Marriage on 29 May 2014 during the fourth…
Uganda Women’s Network officially breaks ground on the gender based violence shelter
Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) officially broke ground on the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Shelter in Kamuli District at a ceremony…
Human Rights Advancements
OHCHR, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO have published an interagency statement on “Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise…
Sexual Violence Soars in South Sudan
Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the current crisis and the near…
VAW Emergency Response and Preparedness Skills Building Event Completed
Twenty-five Network members from eleven countries throughout the region (Nigeria, Cameroon, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda,…
African Women’s Learning on Malawi Elections
The African Women’s Observer Mission, an initiative of FEMNET (The African Women’s Development & Communication Network), NGOGCN (NGO Gender Coordination…
The Africa We Want – Statement on Women’s Role
At the African Development Bank Annual Meetings – “The Next 50 Years: The Africa We Want” – UN Under-Secretary General…
UN Women Launches a Year Long Campaign
UN Women is launching a year-long campaign to re-energize the vision laid out at the Beijing Women’s Conference. The campaign’s…
FEMENT and African Women’s Rights organizations take part in the global day of action to #BringBackOurGirls
May 15th, Solidarity Day of Action in Africa, marked one month since over 300 girls were abducted in Chibok, Nigeria. Actions…
Sexual and Reproductive Health Survey
The World Health Organization (WHO) is updating its 2006 Guideline on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights of…
WOUGNET Bridging the Gender Gap in Uganda by Using ICT
Network member Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) focuses on empowering rural and urban based women…
Thuli’s Time: SA’s Protector, Sentinel, Makhadzi – Thuli Madonsela Gets Global Recognition
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is definitely not defined by the Nkandla investigation report, now the most common reference to her…
Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Taken as Brides by Militants
For two weeks, retired teacher Samson Dawah prayed for news of his niece Saratu, who was among more than 230…
Rwanda: Ending Special Status for Women – Too Early to Contemplate?
Recently one of our local radio stations aired a story I found rather interesting. What made it interesting is that…
Nigeria: Women and Unemployment – Way Forward
“But women face greater vulnerabilities in the labour market because of their relative lack of education and training, the tendency…
Lesotho: Dark Day for Women’s Rights in Lesotho
Johannesburg — Lesotho’s highest court struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section…
President Uhuru Kenyatta Signs Kenya’s Marriage Law
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has signed into law a marriage bill. It brings civil law, where a man was only allowed…
Does Kenya have the courage to lead on women’s rights in Africa?
News of the death of a 13-year-old girl from Kajiado in southern Kenya after she underwent female genital mutilation (FGM)…
Namibia: Will Longer Prison Sentences for GBV Help?
People convicted of gender-based violence should certainly be severely punished, and in general it seems that they are. However, harsher…
Am I a feminist? Four women reply (and they’re not from the left)
Penny Wong has exhorted all Australian women to be proud to call themselves feminists. We asked women from the centre…
Gender-based violence: stop looking for ‘proof’ and put survivors first
Time is a luxury and those without money, safety and security don’t have it. What the current situation in Central…
Kenyan women want justice over post-election sexual violence
Six years after being gang-raped and beaten in front of her husband and four-year-old child during a wave of post-election…
African women making progress in battle for equal rights
For those who follow women’s rights across Africa, the past 12 months have often been discouraging. But behind the headlines,…
CSW58 – Commission on the Status of Women
CSW58: The fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is currently taking place at United Nations Headquarters…
Girls, not guns: The promise of progress for South Sudan
During the first year of independence for the world’s newest nation, women of South Sudan united to amplify their voices…
Tanzania – How Equal Rights Boost Food Security
Eliminating the gender gap in agriculture is widely seen as crucial to alleviating poverty and improving food security, and the…
Zambia – Women’s Economic Empowerment Key to Fighting GBV
Zambia Federation of Associations of Women in Business has observed that Women’s Economic Empowerment is key in fighting Gender Based…
GBV is not just a women’s issue
There is a powerful, persistent and malignant idea still out there in many communities that this violence is a marginal…
Women pay a high price for unpaid care work
As the debate about a future global development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 gathers pace, there…
FGM and Child Marriage Still Big Challenges in sub-Saharan Africa
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!
Raising Voices and the Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) announce the launch of the Violence Prevention Learning Center! The…
International AIDS Conference 2014
Scholarship applications are being accepted for individuals from around the globe to participate in 20th International AIDS Conference being held…
African Feminists Rock!
African Feminists Rock! is an exciting new blog that seeks in its own words to “amplify the transgressive brilliance of…
UN Resolution Recognizes Women Human Rights Defenders
The first-ever resolution on women human rights defenders was adopted by the United Nations in the same week as the…
The Global Women’s Institute and SVRI GBV Research Science Fair: Deadline extended!
Please note that the deadline for video submissions and voting for your favourite research videos has been extended to the…
Wangechi Mutu at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London
Artist Wangechi Mutu was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1972. She studied in Kenya, the United States and Great Britain. Much…
New Global Data on Violence Against Women
The Global Health Observatory releases data on violence against women around the world, reaffirming that VAW is a global public health…
Connecting Activism and the Law
As activists it is vital for us to understand the contexts in which we do our work and that includes…
Abortion Pills: Safe and ethical for women?
The Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts says abortion pills are safe and recognised by the World Health Organization as life-saving medicines.…
New and exciting website on gender and social movements from the team at Eldis and IDS!
The BRIDGE Gender and Social Movements website is a great new online resource that provides innovative multimedia platforms and materials…
Social Media Campaign – “Activists Disrupting Injustice” October 3rd -5th, 2017
About the Campaign The GBV Prevention Network will hold a social media campaign from October 3rd – 5th, 2017 dubbed…