Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) won’t end until we confront the toxic gender norms that sustain it.

That’s why our approach to prevention and survivor care starts here:

• Preventing violence starts in childhood.
  The attitudes, stereotypes, and norms kids learn early shape their relationships for decades, so prevention must start there.
• Sex education prevents gender-based violence
  Rights-based sex ed equips young people to reject toxic gender norms, build more equitable relationships, and prevent intimate partner violence.
• Men and boys must be part of the solution
  We work with them to embrace positive masculinity, challenge toxic norms, and stop violence in their communities. Fathers learn to build safe, loving bonds that help break the cycle for the next generation.
• Justice starts with healing
  Justice means more than safety. Survivors need emergency contraception, STI testing, safe abortion, legal help, and counseling. Your support ensures they find that care—in clinics, shelters, and online.
• SGBV risks are highest for marginalized women and girls
  Violence impacts one in three women worldwide. For women and girls from historically excluded communities, and those uprooted by war or disaster, the danger is multiplied when essential care is denied.