Category: GBV

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Pakistani digital platform offers women avenues to report, seek advice related to GBV

Pakistani digital platform offers women avenues to report, seek advice related to GBV

November 2nd, 2023 (Lahore, Pakistan): Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) Pakistan is relaunching ‘Ab Aur Nahin’, a pro bono online portal for women seeking legal representation and psychological counselling in cases of harassment and gender-based violence. The website works by linking victims/survivors to helpful resources and connecting them with qualified and experienced pro bono lawyers so...

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HHS Launches Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girls

HHS Launches Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girls

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women’s Health (OWH), is launching a new challenge worth up to $1.8 million to organizations with successful innovative and life-changing approaches to address human trafficking prevention among women and girls in the United States. The...

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On GBV and Women’s Health

On GBV and Women’s Health

Gender-based violence (GBV) has far reaching short and long term effects not only on the victims, but also their families and communities. Women are one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to different types of violence with one in three women suffering from it. UN Women reports that about 35 percent of women...