Strengthening Understanding of Femicide
22/06/2010
This publication provides an overview of a conference on femicide convened jointly by PATH, the Inter-American Alliance for the Prevention of Gender-based Violence (InterCambios), the Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Washington, DC, April 14–16, 2008. The conference brought together activists, researchers, and forensic professionals from 13 countries, with the aim of identifying common ground for strengthening research and galvanizing global action to prevent femicide and end the impunity so often granted to perpetrators.
Violence against women in images - audiovisual
21/11/2008
Alianza Intercambios presents a collection of videos on violence against women and its various expressions. We invite you to work, send your productions to info@alianzaintercambios.org
Violence Against Women and Girls: A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators (Measure Evaluation, 2008)
17/11/2008
MEASURE Evaluation developed a compendium of monitoring and evaluation indicators on violence against women and girls at the request of the USAID East Africa Regional Mission, and in collaboration with the USAID’s Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG).
Amnesty urges Nicaragua to repeal its total ban
Amnesty International has called on Nicaragua to repeal a law introduced last year criminalising abortion in all circumstances.
After a fact-finding mission, Amnesty says in its report that the total ban on abortion "marks a grave departure from the government's commitment to improving social equality and has severe consequences for the protection of human rights for women and girls". Amnesty points out that the ban allows no exceptions - even when continuing a pregnancy risks the life or health of the woman or girl or when the pregnancy is the result of rape. Women have no right to decide for themselves. The lives of women are secondary The Nicaraguan health ministry, contacted by the BBC, had no comment on...
Strengthening Understanding of Femicide
This publication provides an overview of a conference on femicide convened jointly by PATH, the Inter-American Alliance for the Prevention of Gender-based Violence (InterCambios), the Medical Research Council of South Africa (MRC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Washington, DC, April 14–16, 2008. The conference brought together activists, researchers, and forensic professionals from 13 countries, with the aim of identifying common ground for strengthening research and galvanizing global action to prevent femicide and end the impunity so often granted to perpetrators.
Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality
Rio de Janeiro, March 30 – April 3, 2009
The Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality will take place in Rio de Janeiro, March 30 – April 3, 2009. Four hundred fifty participants from around the world will share their work in applied research, policy, and program development. Their work challenges rigid gender norms and engages men and boys in reducing violence against women and girls, promoting sexual and...
Say NO to Violence against Women!
Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime — with the abuser usually someone known to her [ 1 ]. Perhaps the most pervasive human rights violation that we know today, it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development....
Exchanging knowledge for the life of women
The InterCambios Alliance held a meeting on April 14-16 in Washington DC, to promote exchanges and reflections that can help strengthen the way investigations address the issue of women’s murders
Violence Against Women has received increasing international attention as a public health and human rights problem. Nonetheless, violent murders of women (femicides/feminicides), one of its extreme manifestations, are not yet well understood and the global data are limited. For some time now we at InterCambios have taken on the task of learning how the problem is addressed...
