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Last updated: 02 Dec 2020
Gender-based violence includes any harmful act—physical, sexual, emotional—perpetrated against a person's will that is based on socially ascribed gender differences between males and females.
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How climate finance can address violence against women and girls
Commonwealth Secretariat
27 November 2020
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Why should local disaster-risk-reduction-strategies wear gender lens for girls’ safety?
Plan International
13 October 2020
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2020
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2020
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Centre for Humanitarian Leadership
2020
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Rapid gender analysis cyclone Amphan
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women; CARE Bangladesh
2020
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Preliminary rapid gender analysis of monsoon flood 2020
United Nations Population Fund; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2020
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Six months later: Women at the forefront of COVID-19 response in Europe and Central Asia
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2020
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women: Lessons from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding
2020
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International Centre for Climate Change and Development
14 September 2020
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In Kyrgyzstan, pandemic-related domestic violence increases vulnerabilities
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
13 August 2020
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In CAR, violence against women is surging amid COVID-19 pandemic, study finds
United Nations Development Programme
14 July 2020
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A crisis within a crisis; when a pandemic creates violence
United Nations Development Programme - Albania
02 June 2020
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Women confront pandemic-related violence against women across Europe and Central Asia
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
01 June 2020
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Gender-based violence and COVID-19
United Nations Development Programme
2020
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How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?
Conversation Media Group, the
28 April 2020
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Conversation Media Group, the
24 April 2020
DRR Voices Blog
How to reduce gender violence during the pandemic and beyond
Veronica Collins
15 April 2020
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COVID-19: Gender-based violence prevention, risk mitigation and response during COVID-19
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2020
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Domestic violence growing in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Conversation Media Group, the
08 April 2020
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What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus
Conversation Media Group, the
08 April 2020
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UN agency calls for inclusion of domestic violence risk in disaster response to COVID-19
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
07 April 2020
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COVID-19 makes domestic violence a disaster management issue
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
03 April 2020
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Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown
Conversation Media Group, the
31 March 2020
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Europe braces for domestic abuse 'perfect storm' amid coronavirus lockdown
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
26 March 2020
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Marriage of survival: Will climate change mean more child brides?
Al Jazeera Satellite Network
19 February 2020
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Gender-based violence and environment linkages
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
2020
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Interpersonal violence and mental health outcomes following disaster
Cambridge University Press
2020
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2019
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Climate change increases the risk of violence against women
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
25 November 2019
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Conversation Media Group, the
17 November 2019
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Pre-positioning life-saving supplies to improve disaster preparedness
Australian Agency for International Development; United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) - Asia-Pacific Regional Office
2019
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Minimum standards for protection, gender and inclusion in emergencies
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2018
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Bangladesh: 'I did it only for the money' - Climate displacement pushes girls into prostitution
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
17 October 2018
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Sexist climate change? Women and girls hit hardest by extreme weather
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
24 July 2018
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State Government of Victoria; Gender & Disaster Pod
2018
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Efforts to build climate resilience in Chad turn up a surprising barrier: Violence against women
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
21 June 2018
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Oxfam - Australia
2018
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Overseas Development Institute; Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters
2018
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Helping men, women and children
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
2017
DRR Voices Blog
Protecting women and girls from violence in disasters
Jennifer First
24 November 2017
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2017
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2017
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2017
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2017
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Addressing domestic violence should be part of recovery plan during natural disasters
Disaster and Community Crisis Center, the; University of Missouri
31 August 2017
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With climate change driving child marriage risks, Bangladesh fights back
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
20 July 2017
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United Nations Population Fund
2016
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Unseen, unheard: Gender-based violence in disasters (Asia-Pacific case studies)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2016
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Preparing for AMCDRR: A Strategic Agenda
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute
2016
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Unseen, unheard – the need to tackle gender-based violence in disasters
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
13 October 2016
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National Gender and Emergency Management guidelines (Australia)
Australia - government; Monash University; Women's Health Goulburn North East
2016
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Migration and women: the lives and tragedies
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2015
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Unseen, unheard: Gender-based violence in disasters (Global study)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2015
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Minimum standards for prevention and response to gender-based violence in emergencies
United Nations Population Fund
2015
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United Nations Population Fund
2015
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2015
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Violence against women and girls resource guide: disaster risk management brief
World Bank, the; Inter-American Development Bank; Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University
2015
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Normative frameworks’ role in addressing gender-based violence in disaster settings
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2015
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UNFPA: Count in vulnerable populations in disaster preparedness and response
United Nations Population Fund
10 July 2015
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What works in addressing violence against women and girls? Lessons from the Typhoon Haiyan response
Department for International Development
2015
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Climate change, disasters and gender-based violence
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
2014
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The hidden disaster: Violence in the aftermath of natural disaster
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
2013
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Plan International
2013
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The 2012 Fiji floods - Gender sensitivity in disaster management
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
2012
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Disasters fuel forced marriages
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
11 October 2012
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Drought drives rural Indian women into city sex trade
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
03 July 2012
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A numbers game: Lack of gendered data impedes prevention of disaster-related family violence
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2011
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End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes
2006
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Guidelines for gender-based violence intervations in humanitarian settings
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2006