This section includes an array of programs and approaches implemented in different parts of the world to address VAW. These include programs that address structural gender inequality and discrimination using development sectors such as justice, health, and education, as well as approaches to VAW prevention and intervention by mobilizing communities and specifically engaging men.
Ending violence against women: From words to action
The document highlights and synthesizes issues and concerns related to addressing VAW globally. Promising practices from different countries to address VAW in areas of law, service provision, and prevention are included. The document concludes with recommendations for action in seven key strategic areas.
Preventing and Responding to Violence against women in Middle and Low-Income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis
This document reviews promising initiatives to prevent and respond to VAW globally with a specific focus on physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Included in this document are promising initiatives in justice, health, and education sectors, as well as those using multi-sectoral approaches.
Addressing Violence Against Women in Middle and Low-Income Countries: A Multi-Sectoral Approach
This document briefly discusses the scope, magnitude, consequences, and causes of VAW, and highlights the importance of coordination between sector-specific approaches, civil society initiatives, and government institutions to address VAW. The document includes examples of national commissions and community-based networks to improve inter-sectoral coordination.
Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals
This document notes the connection between achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and preventing violence against women, and presents recommendations for integrating initiatives to address VAW into MDG strategies.
Addressing violence against women in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A critical review of interventions
This document presents an overview of gender-based violence in Latin America and examines good practice interventions to prevent such violence in four sectors: justice, health, education, and multi-sectoral approaches.
Addressing violence against women within the education sector
This document underscores the role of educational reforms in preventing violence against women and presents promising practices in educational reforms and VAW prevention.
Addressing violence against women and HIV/AIDS: What works?
From October 27-29, 2009, a working group of expert researchers, policymakers, and practitioners met to review the current state of evidence and practice in developing and implementing interventions and strategies to address the intersections of violence against women and HIV. The meeting aimed to make policy and programmatic recommendations for national and international HIV/AIDS programs and develop an agenda for future program development, evaluation and research efforts. This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations from the meeting.
Violence Prevention: The Evidence - Reducing violence through victim identification, care and support programs
This document presents a global review of interventions that identify and respond to victims of interpersonal violence, including screening tools, education programs, mandatory reporting systems, and multi-agency risk assessments. Also included in this document is a review of programs that offer care and support to survivors.
Elimination of Violence Against Women in Partnership with Men
This document has two papers and an inventory of organizations and initiatives that engage men in VAW prevention. These resources were prepared for a sub-regional training workshop.
Engaging Boys and Young Men in the Prevention of Sexual Violence: A Systematic and Global Review of Evaluated Interventions
This review of existing research examines the effectiveness of interventions for preventing boys’ and young men’s use of sexual violence.
SASA! An Activist Kit for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV
This toolkit offers a comprehensive, user-friendly program tool for organizations interested in mobilizing communities to prevent violence against women and HIV infection. Included in this toolkit are practical resources, activities, and monitoring and assessment tools for local activism, media and advocacy, communication, and training materials.
Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Domestic Violence: A Resource Guide for Organizations in East and Southern Africa
This resource guide describes a five-phased process of community mobilization, using five key strategies and participatory activities. The goal is to help organizations develop and implement a domestic violence project in their communities. Included here are full color examples of communication materials, a comprehensive community activism course, and planning, monitoring, and documentation tools.
Restoring Dignity: A Toolkit for Religious Communities to End Violence Against Women
Designed in collaboration with religious leaders from countries around the world, this toolkit offers religious leaders, faith communities and Inter-religious Councils the practical resources and tools to carry out awareness, prevention and advocacy programs to help end to violence against women.
Violence Prevention: The Evidence - Changing cultural and social norms that support violence
This document discusses the role of cultural and social norms in promoting VAW and presents promising interventions aiming to change these norms. The document also identifies challenges in rigorously evaluating the effectiveness of such interventions.