UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasised that eliminating violence against women is essential to achieving broader ...

There are several kinds of gender-based violence, spanning emotional, psychological, sexual, and physical dimensions. Examples include female genital mutilation (FGM), honor-based murders, forced and ...

In 2025, MFRR partners documented 53 cases of gender-based violence targeting women media workers across EU Member States and candidate countries. These attacks included online smear campaigns, ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women and girls the most, especially during times of crisis or emergency. War, being forced to leave home and poverty make gender-based violence more likely and ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a public health issue that encompasses acts of violence based on individuals' sex or gender, such as intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and violence ...

Catherine Vanner receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased ...

Conflicts in Ethiopia have devastated communities, and the resulting loss of services and breakdown in social support systems have made it harder to access lifesaving gender-based violence response ...

In Uzbekistan’s patriarchal society, violence against women, especially within family settings, is an everyday affair. Fathers are justified for their “efforts” to raise their daughters right and ...

Lisa Boucher receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Women and Gender Equality Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic brought renewed attention to the rising ...

Allyship to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) is following survivors’ lead, not re-creating the wheel. Survivors and community organizations have built the blueprint for meaningful action for ...