Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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CARE / Project brief / Gender and HIV/AIDS / Bangladesh: The connections between HIV/AIDS and violence are being explored from a human rights perspective in order to reduce vulnerabilities. Research, partnering with sex workers and IDUs, forming indigenous collectives, community mobilization, capacity building represent the key strategies undertaken. / Veronica Magar
Phone: 66 2 576-1552-4
Email:
CARE / 1. Study on masculinities
2. Project Brief / D&IPV;
MH / Bangladesh: To reduce maternal deaths in Dinajpur, a VAW prevention initiative was undertaken as a part of a larger safe motherhood project. The objective is to ensure services for all girls/women subjected to violence who seek health services at the sub-district level. This is accomplished through community mobilization by developing community alliances, building civil society, empowering women and influencing local governance systems. / Veronica Magar
Phone: 66 2 576-1552-4
Email:
CARE / Project brief /

Refugees

/ Eritrea: Partnership with local NGO uses integrated community development approach to raise awareness and sensitize health care providers in repatriated refugee communities. / Doris Bartel
Phone: 202-595-2804
Email:
CARE / Refugees / Kenya: Strengthen community awareness and coordinate mechanisms to address rape and other violent assault in refugee setting. Program includes training of service providers, income generation for vulnerable women, using refugee outreach workers to work with local committees and communities on violence issues, referring and accompanying cases for medical and legal aid. / Doris Bartel
Phone: 202-595-2804
Email:
CARE / Project brief /

D&IPV

/ Kosovo: understand prevalence of D&IPV and develop strategy to raise awareness; partner with local organizations; mass media campaign. / Doris Bartel
Phone: 202-595-2804
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D&IPV—domestic and intimate partner violence; DV– domestic violence; GBV—gender-based violence; FP—family planning; IDU—injection drug use; IEC—information, education, Communication; NGO—non-governmental organization; MOH—ministry of health; MH—maternal health; PAC-post-abortion care; RH—reproductive health; SV—sexual violence; VAW—violence against women.

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CARE
/ Project brief
/ D&IPV;
FP and RH
/ Tajikistan: Use FP and RH as an entry point to address violence. Work in partnership with local NGOs to build their technical capacity address gender inequities and violence through raising awareness, empowering communities, working with the special groups such as the militia, credit groups and development of an IEC strategy. / Veronica Magar
Phone: 66 2 576-1552-4
Email:
CARE / Project brief / Refugees / Zambia: Strengthen community awareness and coordinated response mechanisms to DV & rape in refugee setting. Program includes training for health workers, police, protection units, and coordinated meetings among stakeholders. / Doris Bartel
Phone: 202-595-2804
Email:
CARE / Project brief / D&IPV / Zambia: Work with community governance structures in Lusaka’s peri-urban slums to enhance gender awareness. Training of community leaders and development of a gender leadership group facilitated gender support groups that act as informal dispute resolution mechanisms and intervene in gender violence cases. / Elisa Martinez
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

(CDC)

/ Reports / General / Data Collection – Incorporation of country-specific questions related to GBV where surveys are administered to reproductive-age women (Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique Paraguay, Romania, Zimbabwe) / Tim Johnson

CDC

/ Refugees / Developing prevalence data tool for conflict-affected populations that will be used in the SGBV tool kit and guidelines. Field tests begin June 2002 (in Kosovo and East Timor) with tool distribution in late fall.
Thailand: RH survey among Burmese refugee women / Mary Kay Larson

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Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS)/MACRO / Analytical report on DV+ linkages to RH, available by late summer /

General

/ Data Collection, Training, and Dissemination. Data Collection – prevalence of DV as reported by women available for 11 countries. Data on attitudes towards acceptance on spousal violence available for 20 countries (women) and 8 countries (men). Data on sexual violence by husbands available for 5 countries. Training is done through a 3 week gender course, and dissemination is done through country DHS seminars. / Sunita Kishor
kishor@macroint.
com
EngenderHealth and PPASA / Men As Partners: A guide for PPASA educators / Male Involvement / South Africa: Men As Partners SA: work with men to prevent GBV, challenge harmful norms & raise awareness. / Andrew Levack, alevack@engender
health.org
IPPF/WHR / Newsletter on GBV & RH Basta!, available online / General/LAC / The website includes the newsletter, ¡Basta!, a screening tool for identifying victims of gender-based violence, a management checklist, legal framework, baseline and follow-up study, and a client-exit questionnaire.
http://www.ippfwhr.org/whatwedo/gbv.html
http://www.ippfwhr.org/whatwedo/basta.html / Alessandra Guedes
IPPF/WHR
120 Wall Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10023
T: 212-248-6400
F: 212-248-4221
International Rescue Committee
(IRC) / Web-based bibliography of current GBV literature posted on RHR website; field test survey tool April 2002 /

Refugees

/ Congo, East Timor, Guinea, Liberia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania: A variety of activities aimed at reducing gender-based violence and prostitution in refugee & conflict settings. Provide medical, psychosocial and legal monitoring of victims as well as preventative measures such as awareness raising, synchronizing national legislative efforts; supporting local responses & capacity to provide IEC on gender-based violence; advocacy for rigorous data collection. / Mary Otieno

Sonia Navani

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JHPIEGO / The MNH Project’s Basic Maternal & Newborn Care manual (not yet published)
WHO & MNH Project Managing Complications
manual /

MH

/ Training Materials: Through the Maternal and Neonatal Health project; created guidelines & info for providers on how to identify and address GBV. / Wendy Voet, MPH
JHPIEGO410-614-1139 (phone)
410-614-2833 (fax)

JHPIEGO / RH guidelines worldwide developed with technical assistance from the Training & Reproductive Health (TRH) Program /

RH

/ Ecuador, Malawi, Peru, Zimbabwe (Country-specific): Through the TRH Program, integrated GBV info into national RH & FP service delivery guidelines.
Revised medical & nursing school curricula to include DV info in Bolivia and Zambia through both the Maternal &Neonatal Health and TRH Programs.
In Kenya, 3 orientation packages focused on FP, HIV and adolescent health, developed with assistance from the TRH Program, address GBV. / Wendy Voet, MPH
JHPIEGO410-614-1139 (phone)
410-614-2833 (fax)

Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU PCS) / Short DV drama videos and instructional guide /

Youth

/ Nicaragua: prevent DV (date rape) through set of videos w/counseling guides and activities for peer educational program with youth promoters. / Robert Ainslie

JHU PCS / Video and facilitator’s guide / Gender and HIV/AIDS / South Africa: video and facilitator’s guide, conducted training workshops for orgs that focus on youth to address gender issues & HIV/AIDS among young men. Also, phone hot line to counsel men & women on HIV. / Patrick Coleman
pcoleman@jhuccp. org

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Johns Hopkins University Population Information Program (JHU PIP) / Population Reports (1999): Ending Violence Against Women online at
http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/l11edsum.stm / General / End Violence Against Women: Information and Resources Website
www.endvaw.org / Pop Reports
Steve Goldstein at
JHU PIP / Catalog: Picturing a Life Free of Violence: Media & Communi-
cation Strategies to End Violence Against Women (M/MC, in collaboration with UNDP/
UNIFEM) / General / Media/Materials Clearinghouse M/MC
www.jhuccp.org/mmc
Approximately 2,000 samples of communication materials produced on the subject of VAW
Catalog also online at http://www.unifem.undp.org/public/freeofviolence/index.htm / Website, M/MC & Catalog: Susan Leibtag

JHU PIP / POPLINE articles / General / POPLINE
http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/index.stm
Approximately 1,000 articles and documents on the subject of VAW / POPLINE
Anne Compton
Acompton@jhuccp
.org

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John Snow Institute (JSI)/
PROMUNDO / Training manual for working with young men to prevent IPV. /

D&IPV

/ Brazil: research on the links between IPV and SRH with men ages 15-59. Work with PAHO to train other Central American researchers. White Ribbon Campaign Launch: With PAHO and colleague NGOs, the international campaign of men working to end violence against women was launched in Brazil. / Gary Barker
g.barker@promundo.
org.br
Michigan Population Fellows / Michelle Hynes paper on SV with refugees / Support a number of fellows who are working in area of GBV, one who wrote the following paper.
Hynes M and Lopes-Cardozo B. Sexual Violence Against Women in Refugee Settings. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine. Volume 9, Number 8; October 2000. / Jane L MacKie

National Research Council Committee on Population, Transitions to Adulthood / Youth / Producing paper on sexual coercion and violence among youth. Includes rape and DV / Valerie Durrant, Study Director
(202) 334-1830

POLICY II Project / Status of the Woman Module / D&IPV / Guatemala: Addition of intra-family violence to surveys for men and women
Developed Status of the Woman Module in collaboration with MOH and other agencies
Provided TA to help eliminate husband’s permission to allow their wives access to contraceptive methods from APROFAM, MOH institutional requirements / Mary Kincaid

POLICY II Project / Future policies published / Gender & HIV/AIDS / Kenya: Address GBV in policies/guidelines for Gender and HIV/AIDS and for Orphans & Vulnerable Children. / Mary Kincaid

POLICY II Project / Youth / Nigeria: Initial stages of looking at girls’ exposure to risk of girl trafficking and sexual violence & will develop intervention. / Mary Kincaid

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POLICY II Project

/ Training manual and Pilot GBV teacher model /

Gender & HIV/AIDS

/ South Africa: capacity building with government; as part of advocacy training on “Women in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS Program”, included content on GBV. / Mary Kincaid

Population Reference Bureau, Women’s Edition

/ Publication: Conveying Concerns: Women Write on Gender-Based Violence (2000) /

General

/ Booklet presents a collection of newspaper and magazine articles and transcripts of broadcasts produced by women journalists in seven developing countries. The stories convey a range of themes on gender-based violence, including local efforts to increase recognition of violence against women as a societal problem.
www.prb.org (under Gender reports) / Website

PRIME

/ RH / PRIME is assisting the Rwanda Ministry of Health draft an RH policy, one of whose components is the “Prevention and Management of Sexual Violence;” and will assist the MOH to revise current service protocols to include the prevention of GBV / Candy Newman
cnewman@ intrah.org
PRIME / Display copy of final unpublished version of “Gender Sensitivity Assessment Tool for RH Curricula” / RH / PRIME has field-tested a “Gender Sensitivity Assessment Tool for RH Curricula” in Bangladesh and has assisted an MOH curriculum development team to improve the gender sensitivity of RH curriculum modules. Tool includes sections on the identification and detection of GBV; and on the management of FGC complications. / Candy Newman
cnewman@ intrah.org
PRIME / PAC / Concept paper on Improving RH Provider Response to GBV in Central Asian Republics in progress (project would include development/dissemination of protocols to assist primary providers in the recognition and management of GBV cases) / Candy Newman
cnewman@ intrah.org

D&IPV—domestic and intimate partner violence; DV– domestic violence; GBV—gender-based violence; FP—family planning; IDU—injection drug use; IEC—information, education, Communication; NGO—non-governmental organization; MOH—ministry of health; MH—maternal health; PAC-post-abortion care; RH—reproductive health; SV—sexual violence; VAW—violence against women.