November 2018

Designing ZonaSegura: a mobile solution to combat teen dating violence in Honduras

Fri, 2018/11/30 13:14

Foto cortesía de la Asociación GOJoven Honduras

#16DaysofActivism 2018 Blog Series

Written by Jaclyn Shea, MPH

Young people in Honduras experience some of the highest rates of teen dating violence in the world. Almost one-third of the 15-19 year-olds who are or have been married report experiencing psychological, physical or sexual abuse at the hands of their partner in the past year[1].

ZonaSegura

Innovative Research Has an Impact Against GBV

Mon, 2018/11/26 12:54

WBG/SVRI Development Marketplace 2018 winner Equal Access International aims to minimize the gap in evidence on the diffusion of gender norms in low-income settings in Nepal. Photo © Nirmal Rijal/Equal Access International
 

#16DaysofActivism 2018 Blog Series

Diana J. Arango 1 and  Elizabeth Dartnall 2

World Bank Group1; Sexual Violence Research Initiative  2

Thimphu’s new journey to reduce violence against women and children begins with innovation

Wed, 2018/11/14 14:33

Written by Anik Gevers, Koh Miyaoi, Sangay Wangmo and Tashi Choden  

Stakeholders Commit to Partnerships to Address GBV

Experiences and scenes of domestic violence are often accepted as a regular feature of everyday life in a household. Increasingly, national prevalence data are being collected in different countries and the extent of this and other types of gender-based violence is coming to light.