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Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Viet Nam

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Viet Nam

Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Viet Nam

Gender-based violence is a serious problem globally. In Vietnam, according to the National Study on Domestic Violence against Women, 1 in 3 or 34% of ever-married women report at one time they suffered physical or sexual violence from their husbands.

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Protecting women post-Haiyan

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Protecting women post-Haiyan

Protecting women post-Haiyan

UNFPA is working with the Philippine National Police to keep women and girls safe after the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
 
From December 2013

Publisher

UNICEF

Publication date

2013

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, ILO, OSRSG/VAC

Resources

Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women

A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America

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News

Sound of Silence: Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

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Hasija was one of the first women to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a case of war rape, in 1996. Her hometown of Rakitnica was set ablaze during the war and her family was expelled. Her father and brother did not survive. Photo credit: Armin Smailovic/Sarajevo, 2010
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Building the Future of Africa by Empowering Women and Youth

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Ms. Trina S. Haque, Sector Manager for the World Bank Group's Health, Nutrition and Population in West and Central Africa; Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund; and H.E., Ms. Maikibi Kadidiatou Dandobi, Minister of Population, Promotion of Women and Protection of Children of Niger.
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