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Helen Morgan is a writer and editor with a background in human rights and migration issues. She is an associate editor at Devex, the media platform for the global development community, focusing on multimedia storytelling and video production for thematic and issue-focused digital series. Currently based in Barcelona, Spain, she has previously written for a variety of international publications while living and working in Buenos Aires, New York and Shanghai.
4 Ideas To Help Stop Violence Against Girls
There’s not much evidence around how to fight gender-based violence. In fact, it’s a “substantially neglected” area of research, according to the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, a South Africa-based group, despite affecting 35 percent of women worldwide. As a result, the group is partnering with the World Bank to invest in new ideas and solutions to fight the issue through the Development Marketplace Awards.
Creative ideas about how to protect girls and women from violence or sexual assault are welcome. Some of the potential solutions awarded include a sports-themed gender equality workshop for teens in Papua New Guinea, and a "walking bus" from South Africa, whereby adult chaperones accompany children on their walk to school.
This article from NPR looks at some of the 11 creative projects that were awarded $100,000 each in April, providing a helpful short overview of each of the challenges faced and the solution.
