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VideoJuly 8, 2020

How Changing Social Norms Can Help Reduce Gender-Based Violence

Violence against women and girls impedes their full participation in society, limits access to education and economic participation, and hinders efforts to achieve gender equality broadly. Through the Development Marketplace to Address Gender-Based Violence, the World Bank and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) supports researchers and innovators in low- and middle-income countries studying how to reduce violence against women.