This video of 3 minute and 17sc has shown that violence against women and girls is widespread, systemic and culturally entrenched. Let us stop gender-based violence.
This paper presents an article on the rights of women protection instruments ratified by Djibouti. Indeed, Djibouti has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples relating to women's rights in Africa (Maputo Protocol), but the state still has not ratified the optional Protocol to CEDAW. This article presents some progress and shows that discrimination and violence persist in law and in practice
More than Numbers presents an overview of the situation of Syrian women and girls. It provides an introduction to gender-based violence during emergencies, the forms of gender-based violence in Syria and neighbouring countries, the contributing factors and the impact it’s having on individuals, families and communities. It also includes a list of recommendations and challenges that may help in designing strategies and programmes to better address gender-based violence and influence changes of cultural norms
