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Children need a safe, nurturing, healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach their full potential. But … millions of children living in poverty don't receive enough stimulation or good nutrition in their first years of life, and … poverty also makes them more likely to experience neglect and violence in the home. Domestic violence, however, is rarely …
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"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …
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Though referred to as Grenada, the island state is in fact a collection of three islands - Grenada, Carriacuo, and Petit Martinique, cooperatively governed as Grenada. For the five years prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, economic growth in Grenada was considered robust. The...
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This policy brief presents an update on the state of domestic violence or other violence against women in the Middle …
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the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting …
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The Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) is a multiparty unicameral parliamentary democracy. According to data from the 2011 Census, the population has fallen in every census since 1981, standing now at some 73,000 people. As throughout the world, men are more active in the labor force than...
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the tourism industry. Jamaica has a high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV), with a domestic violence rate that … increased by 15.6 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year. Exposure to violence has been found to have negative … recreational drugs. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified intimate partner violence (IPV), with a higher percentage of women …
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's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record …
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exacerbated the situation, resulting in an increase in reported cases of domestic and intrafamily violence …
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El Salvador has a long history of political and social challenges, including a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country has struggled with high levels of crime, poverty, and inequality, which have hindered its economic and social development. The service sector is an important component...
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