Young people aged between 16 and 19 are among the groups most affected by domestic abuse.
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Disease outbreaks can make women and girls especially vulnerable to violence, but health surveillance systems do a poor job tracking these trends.
The goal is to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
Individuals must be equipped with the tools to understand and practise consent.
Men who distance themselves from cases of femicide need to help address the toxic masculinity that feeds the violence.
Missing from the conversation is what’s behind the emergency: the misogyny and male violence that underpins these stark figures.
Croatia has become the latest in a string of nations to make killing women because of their gender a specific offence.
The invisible threat of deepfake porn now pervades the lives of women and girls
Corrosive substance violence is horrific in any case, but the role of gender is often forgotten.
Corrosive substance attacks against women in particular are on the rise.
Sexual assault referral centres help thousands of survivors.
Institutional misogyny affects women and girls every day, not just in cases of horrific violence.
Sudan is riven by conflict and once again, women are the targets of the sexual violence that is rooted in the patriarchal nature of Sudanese society.
Forced marriage protection orders are not very useful in combatting ‘honour’-based violence or other abuse.
Interviews with women officers show the extent of misogynistic culture within police forces.
The Istanbul convention aims to tackle violence, including domestic abuse, rape, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Some states are wavering in their commitment to its provisions.
Projects that are easy to participate in, reproduce and that make people feel like they are part of a community that cares are important.
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Professor of Criminology, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol
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Professor of Gender, Violence and Work, University of Lincoln
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Liverpool
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Media and Technology Studies, and Director of the Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre, University of Alberta
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Trauma, Mental Health and Recovery, Coventry University
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Leicester
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Professor of International Development Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Professor emerita, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Social and Public Policy (Criminology and Gender Violence), University of Bristol
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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PhD Candidate, University of Bristol
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Professor of Feminist and Security Studies, SOAS, University of London