Background: On December 5, 2023, the Interagency Gender Working Group’s (IGWG) Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force held a virtual event, Examining Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Efforts, bringing together more than 120 participants from 39 countries. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is backed by three decades of empirical and scientific evidence and has been linked to specific health outcomes like increased use...Read More
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Infographic: Intimate Partner Violence and Family Planning—2023 Update
In commemoration of the 2023 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence international campaign, the IGWG has revised its Intimate Partner Violence and Family Planning: Intersections and Opportunities for Action infographic, originally published in 2016. This infographic explores the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on family planning (FP), as well as offers recommendations for addressing IPV and improving FP outcomes.Read More
Men’s Engagement in Parenting and Caregiving: Assuming New Roles and Responsibilities for Stronger Families and Communities
Event Overview: On September 12, 2023, the Interagency Gender Working Group’s Male Engagement Task Force (METF) hosted the webinar Men’s Engagement in Parenting and Caregiving: Assuming New Roles and Responsibilities for Stronger Families and Communities, which drew more than 190 live participants and 385 registrants. METF Co-Chair Dominick Shattuck (Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Breakthrough ACTION) opened the meeting by emphasizing the importance of...Read More
Learning Event: Harnessing FP Insight as a Tool to Support Knowledge Exchange in GBV Prevention
This IGWG GBV Task Force event brought together IGWG members and those who use GBV-related information to explore the FP insight platform—a knowledge management tool that can help gender experts and practitioners find and share GBV response and prevention knowledge and resources to a broader audience of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) and gender professionals.Read More
Exploring the Links Between Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health
This blog post was written for the Interagency Gender Working Group’s (IGWG) Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force by Sophie Read-Hamilton, with support from Alyssa Bovell, Emily Clark, Joy Cunningham, and Francesca Alvarez. Digital technology is an essential tool for global development, with tremendous potential for accelerating gender equality, women’s rights, and health outcomes, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH). There are numerous examples of information...Read More
The 2023 IGWG Plenary: Breaking Barriers: Addressing Gender Inequities Facing Global Health Workers
The 2023 Plenary highlighted research examining gender inequities faced by health workers and showcased promising practices and lessons learned from innovative programs working to address gender barriers in the health system workplace. The Plenary aimed to better equip IGWG members to examine gender inequity in their own organizations and to promote more equitable and inclusive workplaces—both within and outside the health system.Read More
