HFG Launches Speaker Series on Gender-Based Violence This fall, the Foundation will host three Knowledge Against Violence conversations titled, “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence.” Gender-based violence, defined by the United Nations as “harmful acts directed at people…
“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” This is the first panel of a three-part series titled “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence”. Read more about the full series here. With examples from El Salvador and Ethiopia, this international…
“There is Still No Justice Here!”: Theorizing Women’s Movements’ Influence on Postwar African States Enforcement of Gender-Based Violence Laws …women’s nongovernmental organizations, argue that these specialized mechanisms will improve how victims of gendered violence are treated by the criminal justice system and will ensure that perpetrators are held accountable…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …College). Pakistan’s Educational System and Violence: Is There a Connection? Kristin L. Dunkle (Epidemiology, University of Michigan). Masculinity, Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV: What Are the Connections in…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …University). Legacies of Violence: Spirit Possession and Constructions of Gender and Illness in Central Mozambique Carlota McAllister (Anthropology, The Johns Hopkins University). Good People: Violence and Responsibility in a Post-Revolutionary…
“Sex Work: Does Legitimization Mitigate Violence?” …Frank Guggenheim Foundation’s Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence speaker series, HFG Program Officer Nyeleti Honwana moderated a discussion of the issues with these experts on gender-based violence: Modupe Animashaun, Institute…
“Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence after the Pandemic” …Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence speaker series, HFG Program Officer Nyeleti Honwana moderated a discussion of this issue with these experts on gender-based violence: Diana Peel, Makerere University Charlotte Ofori,…
Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series …Gender-Based Violence Series In the fall of 2023, the Foundation hosted the “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence” series. Conversations featured practitioners and HFG grantees connecting the latest research to practices and…
“True Equity Means Everyone’s Life Has Equal Value”: A Conversation with Shani Buggs …devoted to gun violence. And so I shifted my focus to gun-violence prevention. This was 2012, and the conversation about gun violence as a public health issue was still very…
What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …account for increased violence, just as they study periods of falling levels of violence to help to understand when and why societies reject the use of violence and effectively discourage…
