countries have made towards gender equality and offers strategies that can be used to empower African women to contribute to the … book in terms of both range and depth. The work examines the interlinkages between gender, empowerment, and the Sustainable … Development Goals in Africa…. A must-read for all those working in the field of sustainable development.” Michael Ngoasong, Gender …

women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence.- Interventions should …Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis … change strategies.The authors offer conclusions and recommendations for future work on gender-based violence:- It is …

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic … consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre … cost results from a significant drop in female employment. Our results also show that violence against women is more …

The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice … interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are … the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has serious consequences for women …

women who have experienced gender-based violence, offer quality services to survivors, and reduce levels of gender … highlights emerging good practices. Much progress has recently been made in measuring gender-based violence, most notably through …-based violence. While recognizing the limited number of high-quality studies on program effectiveness, this review of the literature …