International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

New RISE Challenge grantees and guidance launched to address gender-based violence and environment linkages – International Women’s Day 2026

On International Women’s Day, three projects working to mitigate gender-based violence in the context of environmental conservation and climate action have been awarded grants from the Resilient, ...
IFEX

Gender-based violence against journalists in Europe is increasing

In 2025, MFRR partners documented 53 cases of gender-based violence targeting women media workers across EU Member States and candidate countries. These attacks included online smear campaigns, ...
University of Delaware

Addressing gender-based violence

Gender-based violence is preventable and prevention is everyone’s responsibility, regardless of their profession. That’s the message organizers hope attendees will take away from a national conference ...
Centre for European Policy Studies

A Safer ERA: strengthening national frameworks against gender-based violence

This event is organised by the GenderSAFE project team. The EU-funded project GenderSAFE invites you to the launch of its national policy monitoring report on r ...
Psychology Today

Can Faith Leaders Stop Violence Against Women?

When faith leaders leveraged their influence to mitigate violence against women, they found dramatic success by teaching men ...
The Conversation

Gender‑based violence: Teaching about its root causes is necessary to address it

Catherine Vanner receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased ...
ucdavis.edu

Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Relationship Abuse

Welcome to the Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Relationship Abuse page. Here you’ll find resources to address and prevent sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, intimate partner violence ...

Nagaland minister calls for collective action against gender-based violence

Nagaland minister calls for collective action against gender-based violence ...
The Punch on MSN

IWD: Nasarawa raises the alarm over rising gender-based violence

As the world marks International Women’s Day 2026, the Nasarawa State Government has expressed concern over the increasing cases of Gender-Based Violence in the state and called for collective action ...
EurekAlert!

Most of the Spanish population considers prostitution a form of violence against women

Nearly 69% of respondents say they agree or strongly agree that prostitution is a form of violence against women—a figure that rises to 75.1% among women—according to the analysis carried out by ...
International Rescue Committee

What is gender-based violence (GBV)–and how do we prevent it?

Gender-based violence (GBV) disproportionately impacts women and girls, especially in times of crisis. Conflict, displacement, and poverty increase both the risk and severity of GBV. The IRC prevents ...
Human Rights Watch

Gender Based Violence

Italy’s new draft law on sexual violence represents a serious step backward from a consent-based approach to addressing sexual abuse. Rather than consolidating consent as the basis for assessing ...