Gender-Based Violence

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Environment
A woman kneels in front of the remains of her home after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria.

Gender-Based Violence: The Unseen Toll of Hurricanes

by Mira Cheng

The number of women killed in domestic violence incidents doubled after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017

Environment
The tennis shoes rest on a fountain during a heat wave.

Extreme Heat and Domestic Violence in Mexico

by Ricardo Regules-García, Jessie Pinchoff, Ana Ruth Escoto Castillo, Ana Cristina Gómez-Ugarte

Currently, no gender or climate policy addresses the links between climate events and risk of violence

Data visualization that shows the flow of violence to peace.
Governance

Health Equity and Gender Equality in a More Violent World

by Valerie Percival

The impact of conflict on civilian health and well-being is both tragic and dangerous to prospects for sustained peace

Sudanese women, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, look on while crossing the border between Sudan and Chad.
Gender

Bodies into Battlefields: Gender-Based Violence in Sudan

by Nahid Widaatalla

Amid Sudan's deadly war, women face a triple threat of death, displacement, and gender-based assault

A woman holds signs as she attends a rally to commemorate International Women's Day at Union Square Park.
Gender

Count Her In: The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment

by Janani Shanthosh, Emma Feeny

Targeting gender-based violence and promoting economic empowerment should be global concerns

A child attends a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India, on April 15, 2018.
Gender

Silent Suffering

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

Unveiling the culture of child sexual abuse in Indian families

A family member holds a photograph of Rosivel Elisabeth Grande in Quezaltepeque, Honduras, on July 2, 2013. Grande was killed by an unidentified man who shot her five times when she was going to work
Gender

When Love Becomes Violence

Countries in Central America should build resilient institutions capable of implementing programs that support women