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Sexual and gender-based violence

From evidence to action: six investment priorities for governments to end violence against women and girls

Cover of 'From Evidence to Action: Six investment priorities for governments to end violence against women and girls', with the title on a deep green background framed by illustrated tropical leaves, red and pink flowers and a hummingbird, above the logos of SVRI, the World Bank Group and UN Women.

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SVRI, World Bank, UN Women

Gendered violence and insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: new insights and ways forward

Cover of the XCEPT policy brief 'Gendered violence and insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh - new insights and ways forward' by Syeda Rozana Rashid, Benjamin Etzold and Anas Ansar, January 2025.

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Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT)

Gender-based violence in fisheries in the Pacific Islands region

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Pacific Community

Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy

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Localisation of gender-based violence prevention and response in Jordan

Cover of the Violence Against Women and Children Helpdesk report 'Localisation of GBV prevention and response in Jordan' by Clare Hollowell, June 2024, showing hands arranging stones on the ground.

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Violence Against Women and Children Helpdesk

Policy brief on violence in and around schools and its direct and indirect impacts on educational outcomes of children

Cover of the What Works to Prevent Violence policy brief on violence in and around schools, with the title in white and yellow type on a magenta and purple background, and the Safe to Learn and What Works logos.

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What Works to Prevent Violence

Gender-based violence: overcoming an unseen barrier to effective climate action

Cover of the November 2024 policy brief 'Gender Based Violence: Overcoming an unseen barrier to effective climate action', showing an illustration of diverse women planting seedlings, with the UK aid, Australian Government and What Works logos.

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Ending Violence Against Women and Children Helpdesk

Eliminating violence against all women and girls

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How to confront gender-based violence in a warming world

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Policy lessons on reducing gender-based violence

Cover of Gender Innovation Lab Federation Evidence Series note 1, 'Policy Lessons on Reducing Gender-based Violence', with the title in white on a dark blue banner.

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Gender Innovation Lab Federation, World Bank

What difference are feminist foreign policies making to ending violence against women and girls?

Cover of the What Works policy brief 'What difference are Feminist Foreign Policies making to ending Violence Against Women and Girls?', showing a group of women in a meeting, with the UK aid and What Works logos.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: preliminary landscape analysis

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Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse

Practice-based lessons for feminist, ethical and evidence-based violence against women and girls prevention at scale

Cover of the What Works to Prevent Violence report 'Practice-based lessons for feminist, ethical, and evidence-based violence against women and girls prevention at scale', showing women working together at a loom.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Guidance for the development of a prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment policy

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Murad Code: the global code of conduct for gathering and using information about systematic and conflict-related sexual violence

First page of the Murad Code, the global code of conduct for gathering and using information about systematic and conflict-related sexual violence, dated 13 April 2022, showing the foreword and the scope of the code.

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Nadia's Initiative and the Institute for International Criminal Investigations

Preventing violence against women and girls in 2022: listening and learning from the sector

Cover of the What Works report 'Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in 2022: Listening and learning from the sector', showing two women in patterned dress holding hands, with the What Works and UK aid logos.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Societal-level impacts of online violence against women and girls

Cover of the Violence Against Women and Children Helpdesk report 'Societal-level impacts of online violence against women and girls' by Naomi Clugston and Erika Fraser, November 2022, showing hands sorting stones on the ground.

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Violence Against Women and Children Helpdesk

Ending violence against LGBTQI+ people: global evidence and emerging insights into what works

Cover of the What Works report 'Ending Violence Against LGBTQI+ People: global evidence and emerging insights into what works', September 2022, with bold illustrated portraits of diverse people in orange, pink and purple.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Building effective funding structures for prevention of violence against women and girls: aspirations and barriers among women's rights organisations

Cover of the What Works to Prevent Violence report 'Building effective funding structures for prevention of violence against women and girls', showing women working together on an embroidered textile, with the What Works and UK aid logos.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Gender-based violence guidance for development programs

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Women and young people with disabilities: a needs assessment for sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, and access to essential services - Fiji

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Women Enabled International, Pacific Disability Forum

Global evidence on the prevalence and impact of online gender-based violence

Cover of the K4D helpdesk report 'Global evidence on the prevalence and impact of online gender-based violence (OGBV)' by Jacqueline Hicks, with a magenta header bar, the research questions and a contents list.

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Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development

A research agenda to strengthen evidence generation and utilisation to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation

Cover of 'A research agenda to strengthen evidence generation and utilisation to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation', showing a smiling young woman in a pink top and orange scarf beside the title in white capitals on a blue panel.

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UNICEF and UNFPA

Guidance Note: Preventing violence against women in politics

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Making progress in prevention - a monitoring framework for the prevention of violence against women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region

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Equality Institute

'Do No Harm' for inclusive WASH: working towards a shared understanding

Cover of the Water for Women and SNV learning brief "'Do No Harm' for inclusive WASH: working towards a shared understanding".

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Water for Women Fund

Do No Harm for women's empowerment in WASH: pilot

Cover of the Water for Women resource 'Do No Harm for Women's empowerment in WASH', a July 2019 pilot.

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Water for Women Fund

Violence against women and girls and intersectionality

First page of VAWG Helpdesk Research Report No. 178, 'VAWG and Intersectionality' by Erika Fraser, Maria Vlahakis and Jenny Holden, 29 May 2018, showing the query box and the introduction.

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Disability and violence against women and girls: emerging evidence

Cover of the What Works evidence brief 'Disability and Violence against Women and Girls', showing two young women from the Shosta project in Tajikistan embracing, with key findings listed alongside.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Guidance on disability inclusion for GBV (gender-based violence) partners in Lebanon: Outreach, safe identification, and referral of women, children and youth with disabilities

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Women's Refugee Commission & UNICEF

What Works evidence review: the relationship between poverty and intimate partner violence

Cover of the What Works Evidence Review 'The relationship between poverty and intimate partner violence' by Andrew Gibbs, Nata Duvvury and Stacey Scriver, September 2017, with a magenta header band and a pathways diagram.

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What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

Preventing violence against women in elections: a programming guide

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IASC guidelines for integrating gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian action

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Southeast Asia Gender-based Violence Prevention Platform: Knowledge Hub

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Southeast Asia Gender-based Violence Prevention Platform

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