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"There is evidence of successful efforts to constructively respond to conflict and to undertake transformation, reconstruction and reconciliation in Africa. The inclusion of women as a strategic constituency is central to sustaining and consolidatin…
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"Efforts to build lasting peace at regional level involve multiple strata of actors, institutions and processes. Regional organisations that are in search of shared peace and security must take cognisance of the various layers of political and socia…
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This paper argues for the need to develop psychosocial approaches that focus on combining preventative and healing work through community-led interventions with risk groups, their families, their neighbours and wider communities, and finally the aut…
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GBV is still the least talked about violation of (mainly women’s and girls’) human rights and remains either largely unreported. The results of this study have shown the magnitude and forms of prevalence of SRGBV among primary school students as wel…
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Although the number of sexual gender based violence cases has declined during the past five years, prosecution and sanctioning of these cases remain very low. Worse still, cases that make it to the courts of law are characterised by high rates of di…
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[The translated English title of this document: Exploratory study on prevention and the elimination of on gender-based violence in Senegal: Regions of Kolda, Kedougou and Tambacounda]. This investigative study targeted three regions, namely, Tambac…
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[Translated English title for this document: Exploratory study on the prevention and elimination of gender based violence in Mali: Bamako, Mopti and Koulikoro.] This exploratory study on prevention and the elimination of gender-based violence in Mal…
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Domestic violence which may also be referred to as domestic abuse or family violence is a very disastrous habit in families. Globally, domestic violence is a very big challenge among married partners more so in developing countries including Uganda.…
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The conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions grinds on, with 2021 proving an especially violent year. Clashes between separatists and security forces have displaced hundreds of thousands, the majority of whom are women and children. The role of wom…
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n 2021, Namibia ranked sixth-best among 156 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index, tops for an African country. Namibia also ranks third among African states (after Rwanda and South Africa) for women in representative positions, including 44% of …
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This report presents findings from an evidence review of interventions in South Africa to prevent violence against women and violence against children, that were documented between 1999 and 2021. It identifies and distils principles, approaches and …
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In June 2020, the body of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule, who was eight months pregnant, was found stabbed and hanging from a tree outside Johannesburg. The brutality of the murder shocked the nation. But the crime was one of many. South Africa suffer…
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