Gender-based Violence (GBV) is the most egregious manifestation of gender inequality and an alarming global public health, human rights and development challenge. It is most often perpetrated against women...
La Violencia de Género (VG) es la manifestación más grave de la desigualdad de género y constituye un reto alarmante en materia de salud pública, derechos humanos y desarrollo a nivel mundial. La mayoría...
Effectively addressing gender-based violence (GBV) contributes to the achievement of the World Bank’s twin goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity by increasing the ability of women and girls...
The Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) Mitigating Gender-Based Violence Risks and Expanding the gender-based violence (GBV) portfolio in Central America carried out in FY21 aimed to develop and apply...
This aims to review Latin America and Caribbean (LC2) projects both in preparation and implementation phases to identify key entry points to address Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). This review...
The outputs summarized in this Terms of Reference (TOR) will bring the gender lens into World Bank’s Investment Project. Financing (IPF) project process in a consistent manner, with the potential to positively...
Violence against women (VAW) prevents their full participation in society, limits their access to education and economic participation, and hinders efforts to achieve gender equality overall. Thus, VAW...
Many studies have assessed the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and social isolation policies on various forms of domestic violence, but very few have sought to study the effects on femicides. In 2017...
Violence against women (VAW) is a major social and public health issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). VAW tends to disproportionally affect women of disadvantaged backgrounds...
Violence against women (VAW) is a major social and public health issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). VAW tends to disproportionally affect women of disadvantaged backgrounds...
This note provides key entry points of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention and response actions in the World Bank (WB) projects by Global Practice/sector.
This how-to note provides guiding principles and practical strategies for integrating Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention and response into sectoral World Bank projects. The note addresses...
Intimate partner violence is among the most common forms of violence against women. In Chile, one in four women who have been in a partner relationship report having experienced some type of partner violence...
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This brief address older age as a risk factor for gender-motivated violence by providing attention to women survivors aged 50 and older, looking at this specific age group due to the paucity of global...