Being part of family is a fundamental human condition as well as a human right. All of us long to feel at home with the families of our birth, in the families of our choosing, and in the families we raise....
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2017 – The World Bank Group has renewed its commitment to preventing violence against women and girls, investing a minimum of $3.5 million over five years in innovations designed to...
Date: May 18, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded funding to DB Peru and University College London for an innovative study...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BISHKEK, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded researchers from the American University of Central Asia for a project to combat...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded funds to a Pakistani team from The Urban Institute and Information Technology...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded competitive funds totaling US$1.14 million to 10 teams from around the world...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
A young woman in a short evening dress checks her appearance in the mirror and strides over to the bed, where her older, richer (and unbeknownst to her, HIV-positive) lover is dozing. As she puts her phone...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Luiza Nora, Social Development Specialist in the South Asia region, led the development of an award-winning ICT-based platform in Nepal, Fight Violence against Women (FightVAW). Ms. Nora has been working...
Date: November 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2016—The World Bank today launched a Global Gender-Based Violence (GGBV) Task Force to strengthen the institution’s response through its projects to issues involving sexual...
Date: October 13, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
At first glance Ibrahim looks like any other 23 year old Thai youth with hopes and dreams. Yet his life is anything but normal, as he carefully clears fallen debris from the gravestones of both his parents...
Date: September 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In the early 1990s, fear of crime and violence was a defining feature of life in Medellin, Colombia’s second-largest city. In 1991, the homicide rate peaked at a staggering 381 per 100,000 inhabitants,...
Date: September 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2016—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today announced a new open call for awards recognizing promising innovations aimed at preventing...
Date: July 22, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BANGKOK, May 27, 2016 — A Thailand team of public health researchers and community activists has won an award from the World Bank for creating an initiative aimed at preventing violence against female...
Date: May 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Development Marketplace Competition Aims to Tackle Global Epidemic WASHINGTON, April 12, 2016—The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded nine teams from...
Date: April 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2016—The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded nine teams from around the world a total of US$1.2 million in recognition of their...
Date: April 12, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
When you take public transportation, whether a metro or a bus, you may not automatically think about gender differences. But men and women’s experiences with transport systems differ greatly, particularly...
Date: March 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2015—The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today announced an open call for funding proposals for work aimed at preventing...
Date: October 13, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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