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

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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Wed, 03/27/2013
Beyond Quotas

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

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

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

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

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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Tue, 03/19/2013
No Small Victory

The reauthorized Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for the first time includes provisions on working to end child marriage worldwide .

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Fri, 03/15/2013
Video: Reducing HIV-related Stigma in India

ICRW researchers spoke to participants of a new project that has transformed attitudes and opened minds.

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Mon, 03/11/2013
Panel: Preventing Violence against Young Women Requires Layered Approach

Ending violence against girls and young women requires creating and enforcing policies to support violence prevention efforts, working with men and addressing the root causes of violence, according to panelists for ICRW’s Passports to Progress discussion in Washington, D.C. Some 300 gathered for the event, held on the eve of International Women’s Day.

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Thu, 03/07/2013
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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Mon, 03/04/2013
ICRW Leaders to Present at CSW

ICRW’s Ravi Verma will next week address member state representatives at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held March 4 to 15 at the United Nations. Both Verma and ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou will also take part in a number of panel discussions on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls. 

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