Gender-based violence (GBV) disproportionately impacts women and girls, especially in times of crisis. Conflict, displacement, and poverty increase both the risk and severity of GBV. The IRC prevents ...
Catherine Vanner receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased ...
In 2023, 410 people were murdered in Philadelphia – more than a quarter of them under age 25. In addition to the people who died, countless others lost loved ones and people they relied on.
The Texas Violence Experiences Survey from Tulane University is the first statewide survey on lived experiences of violence – including forms that often go unreported to law enforcement. The survey ...
Protection from abuse orders, or PFAs, are civil court orders that represent one form of protection available to victims of domestic abuse. To be eligible, the victim must be in an intimate or ...
A new study has found that more than four in five women who inject drugs have experienced violence, highlighting an urgent ...
As far as we can go back in human history always violence was at the core of human action, with sporadic moments of enlightenment brought by Messengers to ...
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Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women and girls the most, especially during times of crisis or emergency. War, being forced to leave home and poverty make gender-based violence more likely and ...