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Quarterly newsletter reviewing the latest research, evidence, policy and news on violence against women and girls.

This report estimates the cost of scaling up programming to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.

Final report on 'The realities of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls'. See below links to the full report, executive summary, and French version.

This guidance note aims to support UK Department for International Development (DFID) advisors and programme managers with evidence, examples and guidance on how to address harmful social norms in the context of preventative-VAWG programming.

Helpdesk report on the links between access to energy sources and violence against women and girls (VAWG) in stable urban and rural settings.

Helpdesk report on the links between access to energy sources and violence against women and girls (VAWG) in camp-based settings.

Quarterly newsletter reviewing the latest research, evidence, policy and news on violence against women and girls.

Two part guidance note from a DFID guidance note series on violence against women and girls in health programming (VAWG).

To assess the potential for innovation, the La Pépinière programme completed an evidence review of "what works" to economically empower adolescent girls and young women.

This 2 part guidance note is part of a series of UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) guidance notes on violence against women and girls (VAWG).

An overview of evience on violence against LGBT people (including global statistics, impact, and overlaps with violence against women and girls), existing global initatives to tackle anti-LGBT violence, and known donor programmatic approaches.

Quarterly newsletter reviewing the latest research, evidence, policy and news on violence against women and girls.

This paper is the second in a series of four evidence reviews that were produced by What Works to Prevent Viole

This report finds that comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) – including learning about relationships, gender and gender-based violence(GBV), sex, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) – can be viewed "not o

This report presents the findings of a global survey of 309 violence against women and girls (VAWG) stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, researchers and activists.

This summary presents the evidence on the effectiveness of response mechanisms for violence against women and girls (VAWG) in preventing the occurrence of violence.

This summary presents the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). It is based on a rapid review of the existing evidence through a review of reviews and online searches of academic databases.

This review sought to explore the United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) engagement with displaced youth, refugees and internally displaced persons (IPDs), by analysing the UN agency’s commitments to youth through its policies, guidelines, str