The UNFPA in Myanmar commissioned this study to gain an initial insight into the sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence prevention and response, and mental health and psychosocial support needs of persons with disabilities in the program’s target states in Myanmar. The findings of this assessment informed the formulation of practical recommendations for improving the delivery of services to persons with disabilities in the country. Read More
Gender-based Violence
A Participatory Comic Book Workshop to Improve Youth-Friendly Post-Rape Care in a Humanitarian Context in Uganda: A Case Study
Graphic medicine formats, such as comic books in which health information is presented alongside images, may be a useful learning tool to improve post-rape care and youth-friendly service provision among health care providers in humanitarian contexts. This article describes the development and pilot-testing of a workshop using a comic book to improve youth-friendly post-rape care with providers in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda. Read More
Women’s and Girls’ Vulnerability to Gender-Based Violence in the Aftermath of Disasters
In the last decade, the problem of gender-based violence (GBV) in displacement settings and its devastating consequences on the lives of emergency-affected persons has been documented extensively. This blog highlights the World Bank’s Strengthening Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience Project’s efforts in Haiti to reduce GBV risks during emergency evacuation and displacement by expanding the network of resilient and safe emergency shelters in high-risk areas. Read More
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Young Men’s Gambling and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Mwanza, Tanzania
The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Tanzania is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. This study analyzed the co-occurrence of gambling and IPV and found that more research is needed to understand how current IPV prevention efforts can be expanded to include problem gambling treatment. Read More
Breaking the Silence on Gendered Harassment and Assault of Community Health Workers: An Analysis of Ethnographic Studies
Female Community Health Workers (CHWs) are often preferred because they can more easily access mothers and children. At the same time, gender norms are at the heart of many of the challenges and inequities that these workers encounter. This article explores how these gender roles and a lack of formal worker protections leave CHWs vulnerable to violence and sexual harassment, common occurrences that are frequently downplayed or silenced. Read More
Gender-Based Violence Services Mapping in Ebonyi and Sokoto States in Nigeria
As part of MOMENTUM’s efforts to prevent and mitigate the consequences of violence against women and girls and possible drivers of child, early, and forced marriage, this mapping exercise aimed to identify, enumerate, and map existing survivor-centered gender-based violence (GBV) services, determine the readiness of facilities to provide quality services across sectors, and assess capacities of service providers. Read More
