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A Moment For Hope in the DRC?

Posted by Alex Thier, AA, Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID on Thursday, December 19th 2013

Walking into the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Congo (DRC), one is immediately struck by a sense of purposefulness. The hospital, led by the legendary Dr. Denis Mukwege, has treated nearly 20,000 survivors of sexual violence since 1999.

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Critical Mass? How the Mobile Revolution Could Help End Gender-Based Violence

Posted by Christopher Burns, Senior Advisor and Team Lead for Mobile Access, Office of on Tuesday, December 17th 2013

The past three years – and more pointedly the past 12 months – have laid witness to monumental, if not heartbreaking, incidents of gender-based violence. In the aftermath of each of these, mobile technology solutions and internet-based advocacy campaigns surged.

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Women are Women: Responding to the Health Needs of Female Sex Workers

Posted by Andrea Vazzano and the Research to Prevention (R2P) Project team, John Hopkins University and Tisha Wheeler and Diana Prieto, USAID Global Health, Office of HIV/AIDS on Tuesday, December 10th 2013

Thank you for following our #16Days campaign.

Mpiluka’s story is not uncommon, and reveals the complex intersection of violence, reproductive health, and HIV faced by sex workers around the world

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Masculinity and Violence in Conflict

Posted by Daniel Sheehy, Office of the Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, USAID on Monday, December 9th 2013

Why does masculinity devolve into madness in the face of violence? Why is it that we time and time again see a marked increase in the horrific misdeeds committed by men toward women when conflict arises?

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Transforming Gender Norms and Ending Child Marriage: The Role of Boys

Posted by Diana Santillan, USAID Gender Advisor, Bureau for Global Health on Friday, December 6th 2013

A young girl. Photo Credit: Kendra Helmer/USAID

The international community has increasingly recognized child marriage as a violation of girls’ rights, health, and well-being, and efforts to prevent and respond to child marriage have prioritized critical “hot spots” where the practice is particularly grave and widespread.

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Freeing Women from Violence Leads to Healthier Lives

Posted by Scott Radloff, Director of the Office of Population and Reproductive Health on Wednesday, March 6th 2013

The health sector can play a vital role in preventing gender-based violence. Read more >>

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Raising the Bar: Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies

Posted by Anita Malley, Acting Senior Displacement and Protection Policy Advisor for USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance on Monday, March 4th 2013

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”. Read more >>

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Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence Globally

Posted by Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg on Tuesday, August 14th 2012

On Friday, I had the privilege to participate in a White House event to release the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally. Read more >>

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