Via SVRI – Sexual Violence Research Initiative
The Role of Faith Based Organizations in Preventing and Responding to Sexual, Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Settings: A Modified Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Introduction: Sexual, intimate partner and other forms of gender-based violence (SIGBV) are a violation of human rights and a cause of morbidity and mortality in conflict settings. Faith based organisations often have access and influence in communities that few others have and may be in a unique position to respond to SIGBV. There is a need, however, to better understand the nature of interventions involving Faith Based Organizations (FBO), the extent to which they have been evaluated been found effective and the ways in which FBOs can positively affect change and improve outcomes for survivors of SIGBV in conflict settings.
Direct Link to Full 32-Page 2015 Publication:
http://www.svri.org/FBOreview.pdf
Извор: WUNRN – 25.11.2015
END FGM EUROPEAN NETWORK POSTPONED 2-3 DECEMBER EVENTS – BELGIUM SECURITY ISSUES – EVENTS TO BE RESCHEDULED IN JANUARY 2016
Due to the decision taken by the Belgian government to maintain the security level to its highest level, the END FGM European Network has decided to postpone the Knowledge sharing seminar on the best interests of the child and the "Launch party" on the 2nd of December 2015 and the General Assembly on 3rd December. These events will now be planned for the third or fourth week of January 2016 and we will be in touch with you very soon to confirm this new date. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this change in plans, but we hope you will appreciate that the safety and well being of all our members, participants and guests must come first. We look forward to working with you towards a successful and celebratory event in 2016.
Ten years of measuring the global gender gap has helped us understand how lack of progress is damaging to global economic growth, and given us insights into how practical measures can support growth and improve the quality of life for women worldwide
On Universal Children’s Day, UN says world remains ‘deeply unfair’ place for children
Marking Universal Children’s Day, the United Nations today highlighted that the world remains a “deeply unfair” place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 years ago today.
Giving a fair chance in life to every child, everywhere – especially the most disadvantaged – offers the greatest hope of breaking intergenerational cycles of inequity and poverty in every society. That is the central proposition underlying UNICEF’s ‘equity agenda’.
The principle of equity guides UNICEF’s work with a sharp focus on the world’s most vulnerable children: those from the poorest households, girls, children with disabilities, migrant and refugee children, those living in remote areas, and children from ethnic or religious groups facing discrimination. The following pages build on evidence and experience from this work to make two main arguments for closing persistent gaps in equity.
First, the cycle of inequity is neither inevitable nor insurmountable. UNICEF works to break that cycle by tackling inequities in opportunity for children who have been marginalized. That means supporting interventions to give these children a good start in life and continuing to intervene at key points during their early childhood and adolescence. Making such investments not only changes the future of the most disadvantaged children but also charts a new course for their children.
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Across the world, violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious—and the most tolerated—human rights violations, both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality and discrimination.
Its continued presence is one of the clearest markers of societies out of balance and we are determined to change that.
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women we say again:
It is not acceptable.
It is not inevitable.
It can be prevented.
