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Safe Cities programming and campaigning in the ActionAid Federation

27/03/2015

13 pages long

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Safe Cities programming and campaigning in the ActionAid Federation

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In 2011, ActionAid International embarked on an ambitious new programme to prevent violence against women in urban public spaces. By the end of 2014, 13 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America were operating dedicated Safe Cities for Women programming. This article discusses the development of the Safe Cities Programme approach, highlighting how ActionAid has […]

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Community mentors as coaches: transforming gender norms through cricket among adolescent males in urban India

27/03/2015

14 pages long

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Community mentors as coaches: transforming gender norms through cricket among adolescent males in urban India

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Addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) through the medium of male team sport may be a promising strategy for addressing interpersonal violence and gender norms transformation in urban communities. Parivartan is a violence prevention programme in a large slum community in Mumbai, India, which works with men and boys to reduce violence and promote […]

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Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

09/07/2014

18 pages long

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Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

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There are a number of technical, conceptual, and institutional challenges in monitoring and evaluating programme work and advocacy on women’s rights. Measuring progress and change is difficult because of the complexity and variety of the work involved in women’s rights projects and programmes, and their limited time-frames. In order to capture change, to promote learning […]

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A survivor behind every number: using programme data on violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo to influence policy and practice

09/07/2014

15 pages long

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A survivor behind every number: using programme data on violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo to influence policy and practice

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Designing and implementing programmes that seek to respond to, and prevent, violence against women and girls (VAWG) saves lives and mitigates the consequences of such violence for survivors. With the right evidence about the scale and nature of VAWG, practitioners, donors, and policymakers can improve programming, support VAWG services where they are needed, and develop […]

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Campaign report

Indians Demand Equality for Women

23/09/2013

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28 pages long

Languages: English

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CLOSETHEGAP is Oxfam India’s innovative new campaign for equality. It challenges manifestations of inequality in all areas, such as property rights, health, education, the right tofood and nutrition, and budgetary allocations for marginalised groups. The campaign began by focusing on gender inequality, asking the general public the ways in which they would close the gap between men […]

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Domestic violence prevention through the Constructing Violence-free Masculinities programme: an experience from Peru

14/03/2013

13 pages long

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Domestic violence prevention through the Constructing Violence-free Masculinities programme: an experience from Peru

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This paper examines work undertaken with male perpetrators of violence in the Construction of Violence-free Masculinities, a project run by the Centro Mujer Teresa de Jesu´ s, a Women’s Centre located in a poor peri-urban district of Lima, Peru´, in conjunction with Oxfam-Quebec. Centre staff faced the challenge of how to work with men who […]

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Briefing note

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan

22/02/2013

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10 pages long

Languages: English

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What progress has been made towards ending violence against women worldwide? Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a barrier to women’s active citizenship, and a fundamental constraint to the eradication of poverty. When governments meet at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2013 their commitment is urgently needed […]

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Safe Cities programming and campaigning in the ActionAid Federation

Community mentors as coaches: transforming gender norms through cricket among adolescent males in urban India

Reflections on Womankind Worldwide’s experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women’s rights programming

A survivor behind every number: using programme data on violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo to influence policy and practice

Indians Demand Equality for Women

Domestic violence prevention through the Constructing Violence-free Masculinities programme: an experience from Peru

Ending Violence Against Women: The case for a comprehensive international action plan