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Your one-stop shop for the latest thinking on what works, innovation, shared experience and lessons learned in the world of humanitarian and development policy and practice.
In Depth: analysis and opinion
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Ending violence and harassment at work
Could an ILO convention reduce the prevalence of GBV faced by women workers around the world? -
Gender justice
Why is working for gender justice crucial to overcoming poverty – and how can we achieve it?
In Practice: guidance and tools
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Women lead in emergencies
Supporting women to take a lead in responding to the crises that affect them and their communities. -
Rapid gender analysis
Assessing the needs, capacities and coping strategies of women, girls, men and boys in a crisis situation.
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Building Forward after COVID-19
Creating a more equitable, gender-just, inclusive, and sustainable world
Featured Blogs
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Despite the dark realities of daily life, displaced women are rising up
17th Jun 2021
This World Refugee Day, I reflect on this often-repeated phrase since COVID-19 disrupted all our lives: “No one is safe until everyone is safe”. We have seen how interconnected our planet is. With COVID-19 spreading quickly beyond borders, global cooperation has been key to saving lives. Yet, the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing inequalities, with the most vulnerable populations often getting left behind.
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How one factory initiative to keep women safe inspired industry-wide standards
By Jenny Conrad07th Jun 2021For many years, efforts to promote gender equality in factories—including those specifically focused on preventing gender-based violence and harassment—have largely taken the form of CSR-style projects centered on training within factories. However, approaching the issue factory by factory means progress remains slow and does not always account for the broader context within which the harassment takes place – both in terms of the workplace itself and its position within a complex global supply chain.
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Ratifying Convention 190 – how countries are encouraging action on workplace violence
By Jenny Conrad25th May 2021Violence and harassment in the world of work is not just a labour issue but a societal issue, particularly given the ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. How are national and regional organisations taking action to ensure workers are protected from violence—and what has been learnt about what works?
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Featured Publication
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Where are the women? The conspicuous absence of women in COVID-19 response teams and plans, and why we need them
The COVID-19 crisis is disproportionately affecting women and girls. This makes it all the more important that their voices are equally included in the decision-making spaces and…
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Latest Publication
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UK Government decisions to cut UK Aid are disproportionately falling on women and girls
UK Aid cuts, and the way they are being implemented, will have wide-ranging and long-standing impacts on the world’s poorest people – in particular, women and girls. Analysis of estimated funding between 2019 and 2022 compared to 2015 to 2018, indicates that gender equality focused programming is being severely affected, and women and girls will…
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