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A life free from fear
Financing to end gender-based violence
October 8, 2020
Kalila Jaeger
>See all publications from this expertIsabela Vera
>See all publications from this expertHugo Petitjean
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- Gender-based violence, or GBV, encompasses any type of threat or violence committed against a person because of their sex or gender identity. GBV can be physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual, and may take the form of deprivation of resources of access to services.
- Using OECD DAC data, donor funding for GBV and gender equality in civil society and rights sectors can be assessed
- Increasing women’s representation in parliamentary, judiciary, and law enforcing institutions strengthens the fight against GBV
- ODA for ‘Ending violence against women and girls’ has more than tripled since 2016
- EU Institutions account for almost 40% of all funding to projects aimed at ending GBV
- Major multilateral initiatives like Spotlight are paving the way
- The UK is a leader in gender mainstreaming for development policy
- Sweden frames women’s rights in a human rights policy framework
- Ireland and Spain lead on anti-GBV spending when accounting for donors’ overall global development project portfolio
- Spending on other key areas of the fight against GBV does not yet adequately mainstream gender
- Recommendations
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