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16 Days of Activism

InterAction’s GBV Working Group will be publishing a blog series for the 16 Days of Activism dedicated to the role of women’s movements across crises and conflicts. Each of these blogs will showcase the centrality and role of either individual women or women-led movements and organizations across nine country or regional contexts.

November 25, 2024
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Storytelling as Activism: Part 2

I strongly dislike the word marginalized. The Oxford English dictionary tells us that “marginalized” means “a person, group, or concept…

September 25, 2019
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Using Storytelling for Activism in Laos

The day we discover our first story is the day we realize we can be transported to a different world.

September 24, 2019
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Need for Protection and Empowerment in Guatemala

Twenty-five percent of people giving birth in Guatemala, which has one of the highest…

December 6, 2024
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Addressing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

On November 25, 1960, agents of the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo dictatorship brutally murdered Patria, Minerva, and Teresa Mirabel, three activists…

December 5, 2024
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Women, Incarceration, and Gender-Based Violence: Why the Silence?

Millions of women and girls who are family members of incarcerated people in Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean find…

December 2, 2024
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Gender-Based Violence: Moving from Response to Prevention

Did you know that the United Nations (U.N.) and WHO estimate that one in three women experiences physical or…

November 29, 2021
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She’s a Mother of Six, a Refugee and on a Mission to Empower Women

How one South Sudanese woman is making a difference in Ethiopia.

March 29, 2019
Photo of South Sudanese refugee, Nyabong Puak.