Gender day 1 – Gender equality and gender-based violence
Action Against Hunger’s Gender Taskforce organised a Gender Week from September 9th to September 13th. To inaugurate this week dedicated to gender, we invite you to learn more about gender equality and Gender Based Violence (GBV).
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What is gender-based violence?
GBV are directly linked to undernutrition
- Increased stress, lack of basic needs, and disagreements on how household resources (such as food) are managed can increase forms of domestic violence;
- Higher levels of food insecurity and hunger can lead women or men to exchange food for sex;
- Survivors of GBV may experience physical, psychological, and emotional consequences that impact their consumption of healthy and nutritious foods.
Violence against women is…
EATING LAST AND LEAST
DENYING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
REINFORCING ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE
ASSUMING WHAT WOMEN ARE THINKING OR NEEDING
LIMITING ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES
BLAMING MOTHERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S NUTRITIONAL STATUS
REINFORCING UNEQUAL GENDER STEREOTYPES
VERBAL HARASSMENT
LACK OF GENDER-SPECIFIC SANITARY SERVICES
LIMITING WOMEN’S MOBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE
DENYING LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
CHILD MARRIAGE
REINFORCING UNEQUAL GENDER STEREOTYPES
A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR NEW MOTHERS
AN INABILITY TO ACCESS CREDIT & FINANCIAL SERVICES
STIGMATISING & NEGLECTING WIDOWS AND DIVORCED WOMEN
A LACK OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
GENDER EQUALITY AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 101
AN INTRODUCTION
Watch the webinar below:
Gender and GBV webinar slides – EN
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