Getting Dirty : Working with Faith Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence

One area that many faith entities, and specifically faith-based organisations (FBOs), have increasingly been focusing on is gender-based violence (GBV). A recent report mapping faith-based responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia-Pacific Region, identified 58 FBOs responding...

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Main Authors: le Roux, Elisabet, Kramm, Neil, Scott, Nigel, Sandilands, Maggie, Loots, Lizle, Oliver, Jill, Arango, Diana, O'Sullivan, Veena
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25326
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Summary:One area that many faith entities, and specifically faith-based organisations (FBOs), have increasingly been focusing on is gender-based violence (GBV). A recent report mapping faith-based responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia-Pacific Region, identified 58 FBOs responding to VAWG, and noted this represents only a small proportion of the FBOs addressing GBV in the region