16 Days of Activism Campaign Against GBV: Messages from Activists from Benin/Togo
Meet 5 GBV Activists from Benin/Togo
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Meet 5 GBV Activists from Benin/Togo
“I am just praying that the medical scientist gets the vaccines because the disease has come to stay with us and some of us may not survive in our homes if this continues. Now I’m experiencing the fear of my husband and the fear of the disease at the…
Nabila, a 24-year-old Syrian refugee, has been living in Amman with her family of six after fleeing Damascus in 2012. She is an active member of CARE’s Community Committees.
In some parts of Northern Uganda, reporting a case to the police implicating your husband is not socially acceptable thus one of the reasons why many women are undergoing gender-based violence in silence.
Shifa is a 25-year-old Syrian refugee living in Turkey with her husband and ten-month-old baby girl, Jilayda. Since she was 16, she practiced hairdressing and started planning for her career when she was in Syria. But the war changed her life, like many…
The Nile river hugs refugees from 58 different countries along its banks mostly living in urban areas. The UNHCR registered 256,632 refugees and asylum-seekers in Egypt by February 2020. Sudanese and South Sudanese consist of a large number of them: 48…
This 16 Days Campaign, the impact of COVID-19 has shown alarming rates of GBV globally, demanding the need for both awareness and action to end pandemic levels of GBV.
Rachel Adau Gieu, 29 years, Executive Director, implementing Projects WVL in Bor-Jonglei State, and Aweil Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in South Sudan. My work involves empowering women and girls in the Access to Living Standards, Justice and Women…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, CARE International Secretary General, Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro outlines 5 critical steps governments and policy makers must take now to condemn gender-based violence to history.
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