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Giving a Voice to Women at Risk: Combating Gender Based Violence
By Mike Wessells, Sr. Child Protection Advisor, Christian Children’s Fund

A significant long-term challenge in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) is the lack of accurate information about the prevalence of GBV, particularly in emergency settings. Having a strong commitment to program quality and to the prevention and mitigation of GBV, CCF-Uganda is partnering with Columbia University’s Program on Forced Migration and Health on the rigorous measurement of the prevalence of gender-based violence in the camps for internally displaced people in Lira District of Northern Uganda. The research, which is funded by a grant from USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF), combines epidemiological, quantitative methods and qualitative data that give voice to women at risk.