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25 November 2023
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Four women in bright colours smiling and laughing.
From informing policy and advocating for change to measuring progress on commitments, investing in quality and ethical data is a key component to preventing gender-based violence.
23 June 2021
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Addressing violence against women has long been an urgent public health and human rights priority. Yet, in some countries in the Asia-Pacific region, up to 68% of women have experienced physical or...
25 November 2020
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To tackle gender-based violence, we need robust data - a key pillar of the UN Secretary-General's global political engagement strategy on GBV and COVID-19. Our Regional Director Bjorn Andersson...
24 July 2020
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Pivoting to remote research on violence against women during COVID-19
kNOwVAWdata contributed to this resource published by the Sexual Violence Research Initiative about the challenges of safely measuring violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conditions...
19 May 2020
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How unconventional data can inform gender-based violence responses
In this webinar by Devex and Facebook, kNOwVAWdata shares insights about how unconventional data sources can be used to inform gender-based violence responses during COVID-19, given it is unsafe to...
25 May 2020
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A woman holds a mobile phone, showing a mobile app for reporting incidents of family violence in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil.
In this UNICEF Innocenti Think Piece, experts unpack what COVID-19 means for violence against women data collection efforts. Dr Henriette Jansen, kNOwVAWdata technical lead, stresses that women'...
08 May 2020
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A woman walks with her baby in Dakar, Senegal. Photo by: Vince Gx on Unsplash
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, organizations are racing to measure the rate of violence against women, which is projected to rise around the world due to lockdown orders. The interest in...
08 May 2020
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Any new and highly infectious pathogen triggers a world of worry, with a slew of questions to which there are no immediate answers. COVID-19 is no exception. It is only through data, consistently and...
01 November 2019
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Participants in the 2018 kNOwVAWdata course
Violence against women is a grave human rights violation that not only harms women, but also burdens countries across the world. When countries lack data on its prevalence, this burden remains a...
12 October 2019
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Dr Henriette Jansen meets Her Royal Highness Princess Ashi Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck of Bhutan
Will you be at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019? Here's where to find kNOwVAWdata in Cape Town.

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