Report details attitudes about child marriage, trends among youth and other issues

A new ICRW report examines perceptions of different groups about the causes and consequences of child marriage in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and offers strategies to delay the practice. 

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Beyond Quotas

New ICRW study finds that gender-responsive governance in India requires much more than women.

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REPORT: Opening the Pathways to Help for Survivors of Violence

New report gives recommendations to address gaps in services as well as socio-cultural and structural barriers in Tanzania that leave survivors of violence with little support or hope for justice. 

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International Women’s Day Feature: A Price Too High

ICRW’s Jennifer Abrahamson talks to adolescent girls about violence, child marriage and the cost of being young and female in India.

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Obama Appoints ICRW President to Global Development Council

President Obama appoints ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou to serve on his Global Development Council, which advises him on global development policies, practices and emerging issues.

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ICRW Survey: 95 Percent of Women and Girls Consider New Delhi Unsafe

New findings from an ICRW survey illustrate that few women and girls interviewed consider public spaces in New Delhi to be safe, with nine out 10 reporting that they have experienced sexual violence in public – at a bus stop, in parks, at the market – in their lifetime.

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Not Her Mother's Daughter

As this month's guest blogger on Too Young To Wed, ICRW Senior Director of Communications Jennifer Abrahamson recounts her recent visit to Haryana, India, where ICRW is evaluating an innovative government program that uses cash to encourage families to keep their daughters in school instead of marrying them off at a young age.

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The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) works to make women in developing countries an integral part of alleviating global poverty. Our research evidence identifies women’s contributions as well as the obstacles that prevent them from being economically strong and able to fully participate in society. ICRW translates these insights into a path of action that honors women’s human rights, ensures gender equality and creates the conditions in which all women can thrive.

VIDEO: "RUDE AWAKENING", a Passports to Progress Event

 

Watch Rude Awakening, ICRW's first Passports to Progress event linked to the Turning Point campaign. Held at the National Press Club on March 7 to mark International Women’s Day, the panel discussion explored the complex epidemic of violence against young women and girls in India and beyond – and ways to begin reversing the dangerous trend. Participants included MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell; Christy Turlington Burns, Founder of Every Mother Counts; and Michael Elliott, CEO of the ONE Campaign.

30 Minutes: Is there no country for women?

ICRW's Ravi Verma speaks about the lack of safety women in India face when choosing to follow their dreams in this documentary from CNN-IBN.

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What's New

New ICRW Study Examines Perceptions of Child Marriage in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Wed, 04/03/2013
Wed, 04/03/2013

A new ICRW report examines perceptions of different groups about the causes and consequences of child marriage in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and offers strategies to delay the practice. 

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Beyond Quotas
Wed, 03/27/2013
Wed, 03/27/2013

New ICRW study finds that gender-responsive governance in India requires much more than women.

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RADIO INTERVIEW: ICRW's Nandita Bhatla Discusses Gender Equality in India
Wed, 03/27/2013
Wed, 03/27/2013

ICRW's Nandita Bhatla joins Indian radio show "Have a Heart" to discuss gender equality in India, ICRW's research with Indian youth, and what can be done to combat pre-existing attitudes and behavioral norms.

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VIDEO: In Her Own Words: Kavita Ramdas on Violence Against Women in India
Thu, 03/21/2013
Thu, 03/21/2013

Ramdas, of the Ford Foundation, discusses the response to the brutal gang rape and subsequent death of Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old university student, in Delhi last December. She also proposes ways to end violence against women in her country and beyond - which Ramdas says is the world’s greatest public health threat. 

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Report: Opening the Pathways to Help for Survivors of Violence
Tue, 03/19/2013
Tue, 03/19/2013

A new report by ICRW identifies gaps in services to Tanzanian women who experience violence and provides recommendations for improving the national response to gender-based violence.

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Help-Seeking Pathways and Barriers for Survivors of Gender-based Violence in Tanzania  

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New report gives recommendations to address gaps in services as well as socio-cultural and structural barriers in Tanzania that leave survivors of violenc with little support or hope for justice. 

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