Education, Schools, and VAWG

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqui True
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based

How is VAWG perpetrated at school and through educational processes and curricula? School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and VAWG occurring within the context of educational institutions are problems in all countries in the world and cut across cultural, geographic, and economic differences in societies. They...

Advancing the Agenda of the Confederation of Trade Unions on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in the World of Work in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Atnike Nova Sigiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Set Up

<p>This article was formulated based on interviews with 5 (five) trade union confederations from a number of confederations in Indonesia, namely: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Nasional (KSPN), Konfederasi Sarikat Buruh Muslimin Indonesia (KSarbumusi), Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KSBSI), Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI), and Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KKASBI). This article seeks to explore the efforts made by the trade union confederation in promoting gender equality - specifically in advancing the agenda for the prevention and elimination of sexual violence in the world of work. This article was compiled based on research with a qualitative approach, with data collection methods through interviews and literature studies. The results of this study found that the confederations interviewed had already set up internal structures that have specific functions on issues related to gender equality, gender-based violence, and women’s empowerment; although still limited and on ad-hoc basis. This research also finds that the role of the trade union confederation is particularly prominent in advocating policies related to sexual violence and gender-based violence in the world of work, such as advocating the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence, and the ratification of the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment.</p>

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities for Educational Actors in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Paraguay / Desafíos y oportunidades para los actores educativos ante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Paraguay

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (28) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Valentina Canese ◽  
Juan Ignacio Mereles ◽  
Jessica Amarilla
Keyword(s):  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Improve Access

The measures implemented in response to COVID-19 have affected education systems around the world, generating significant disruptions. This study examines the main challenges and opportunities presented to the different educational actors in Paraguay considering the health emergency and the need to give continuity to the educational processes in the country from the last week of March until the first days of May 2020. A total of 2501 people participated, including teachers, students, parents of non-university students, and managers from educational institutions at all levels and from all over the country. It follows a mixed-quan-qual explanatory approach and data collection was conducted through online questionnaires. The study showed changes and strategies implemented by educational actors for the development of classes mediated by digital tools. The results reflect challenges related to access to technological resources, training in the use of ICT, and difficulties in carrying out school activities. Among the opportunities mentioned is the possibility of continuing with studies, learning about technology, and transforming the educational system. These show evidence of the need to improve access to technology to guarantee equal educational opportunities in the country.

Bosnia: a new dimension of genocidal rape and its children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Lee
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Violent Relationships ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
First Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Courses ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Post War ◽  
Specific Impact

The Bosnian case study is the first of the chosen cases where children born of war were almost exclusively conceived in violent relationships in a conflict which forced the world to realign its understanding of rape as a weapon of war. This chapter explores the specific impact of this gender-based violence perpetrated, among others, during systematic rape campaigns as part of the hostilities, on post-war Bosnian society and on the life courses of children born of rape. As the first case of a conflict that occurred after the passing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the chapter also explores how rights as codified in the CRC are applied in the case of children born of war and how such rights can contrast starkly in comparison to those of their mothers and families.

scholarly journals Victims of femicide in Latin America: Legal and criminal justice responses

Temida ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Made In

Despite the progress that women have made in the fight against gender-based violence, it is still prevalent in various countries in the world. For many women in Latin American countries femicide is a constant reality. This paper critically analyzes femicide in Latin American countries and the legal and criminal responses to this crime. The paper defines femicide and discusses the nature and extent of femicide in Latin America. The analysis of this phenomenon in Latin American countries indicates that although some of these countries have made important strides in addressing the problem, they still face challenges in adequately preventing this crime.

scholarly journals An analysis on paradoxical gender equality+ policies and the violence in Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 291-308
Author(s):  
Renan de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Made In

Brazil records alarming rates of epidemic violence against women and LGBTQ+. According to statistics, the country ranks as the fifth most violent for women and the deadliest in the world for homosexuals. On the other hand, progressive policies to support both groups have been implemented by different public administrations in the last decades generating remarkable milestones. Despite being considered as cutting-edge, those actions have not necessarily translated into a reduction of violence. One explanation for these paradoxes between progressive policies to protect women, LGBTQ+ and the frequent violence against these groups, might be found in historical, cultural, and religious roots. This article highlights that, notwithstanding that some progress was made in Brazil, the rise of conservative and far-right groups may undermine all the advancement reached in the last decades, which could lead to the aggravation of the gender-based violence in the country

Parallel and Related Trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Mona Lena Krook
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Politically Active

Inductive development of the concept of violence against women in politics largely proceeded from an activist and practitioner space focused on the global South. Chapter 3 identifies incidents of political sexism and misogyny in other regions that helped propel recognition of violence against women in politics as a global phenomenon. It summarizes debates involving politically active women in other regions—including the global North—showing that this problem affects women across a range of different countries. One of these was the #MeToo movement that swept around the world in late 2017, which drew attention to sexual harassment within political institutions and highlighted that gender-based violence was not restricted to election-related events. The chapter goes on to show that these episodes have largely been folded into the work done by practitioners in the violence against women in politics field, helping to strengthen its recognition as a universal phenomenon.

Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Gender-based Violence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Tolman ◽  
Tova B. Walsh ◽  
Bethsaida Nieves
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Engaging Men ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Individual

This chapter focuses on efforts to engage men and boys in preventing gender-based violence (GBV). We examine violence prevention efforts at the individual, family, community, and global levels. We highlight a range of innovative approaches from around the world, including restorative justice practices, online programs, culturally focused counseling, working with fathers and their children to recognize and prevent intergenerational violence, enhancing men’s capacity to support their pregnant partners, and involving men as allies in the effort to prevent violence against women.

scholarly journals Law, criminalisation and HIV in the world: have countries that criminalise achieved more or less successful pandemic response?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e006315
Author(s):  
Matthew M Kavanagh ◽  
Schadrac C Agbla ◽  
Marissa Joy ◽  
Kashish Aneja ◽  
Mara Pillinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viral Suppression ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Hiv Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Living With Hiv

How do choices in criminal law and rights protections affect disease-fighting efforts? This long-standing question facing governments around the world is acute in the context of pandemics like HIV and COVID-19. The Global AIDS Strategy of the last 5 years sought to prevent mortality and HIV transmission in part through ensuring people living with HIV (PLHIV) knew their HIV status and could suppress the HIV virus through antiretroviral treatment. This article presents a cross-national ecological analysis of the relative success of national AIDS responses under this strategy, where laws were characterised by more or less criminalisation and with varying rights protections. In countries where same-sex sexual acts were criminalised, the portion of PLHIV who knew their HIV status was 11% lower and viral suppression levels 8% lower. Sex work criminalisation was associated with 10% lower knowledge of status and 6% lower viral suppression. Drug use criminalisation was associated with 14% lower levels of both. Criminalising all three of these areas was associated with approximately 18%–24% worse outcomes. Meanwhile, national laws on non-discrimination, independent human rights institutions and gender-based violence were associated with significantly higher knowledge of HIV status and higher viral suppression among PLHIV. Since most countries did not achieve 2020 HIV goals, this ecological evidence suggests that law reform may be an important tool in speeding momentum to halt the pandemic.

scholarly journals VIOLENCIA CONTRA LA MUJER. UNA APROXIMACIÓN A SU DISMINUCIÓN DESDE LA ESCUELA SECUNDARIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilé Arias Méndez ◽  
Jacqueline García Pérez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Gender Based

“Women and girls face various types of violence (physical, economic and psychological), ranging from sexual comments and whistling, fondling, and raping, to the most extreme form: femicides,” as stated by the United Nations (UN) in a written communication. This worldwide organization called on governments, the private sector and society in general to eradicate the violence suffered by two out of three women; This particular problem in Mexico also shows alarming statistics which, in order to be visible nationwide, the States have issued violence alerts as a preventive measure.Education plays an important role in the transformation of this situation, rapists and rape victims are the result of educational processes that take place in classrooms, in the family and social contexts that have been organized about them, which obviously have not been completely efficient. In this regard, the intention is to organize clubs and work in favor of no gender-based violence since high school where standards and values ​​are established, promoting women respect and consideration, and the demands of this level of education are maintained

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