Gender based violence : a study of three universities in Afghanistan / UNDP and UNESCO.

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  • Pamphlet HQ 1236.5 .A34 .G46 /2010
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“March 2010”.

“Gender Studies Institute, Kabul University with cooperation of UNDP and UNESCO”—title page.

“Gender Based Violence (GBV), and in particular sexual violence, is a serious, life-threatening protection issue, primarily affecting women and children. The term GBV is an umbrella term for any physical, sexual, or psychological harm that is committed against a persona s a result of power inequities that are based on gender roles. The prevention of GBV requires the identification, reduction and elimination of the causes and contributing factors of GBV. As such, the GBV study of three universities in Afghanistan sought to identify the causes and contributing factors of GBV at universities in Afghanistan so that greater prevention mechanisms within universities can be put in place…”—cover page.

Contents: Acronyms—Section I : Introduction—Section II : research methodology—Section III : background to universities and research—Section IV : summary of findings—Section V : Recommendations—References—Annexes.

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