Publication: Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in World Bank Operations: Taking Stock After a Decade of Engagement (2012-2022)
Date
2023-06-27
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Published
2023-06-27
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Gender-based violence (GBV)
represents a critical barrier to development globally. As
the most extreme manifestation of gender inequality and the
most prevalent form of violence worldwide, its impacts
extend far beyond individual survivors, with implications
for the productivity and well-being of families and
communities, often across generations. This report reviews
progress on GBV prevention and response in World Bank
lending operations over the past decade finding that the
institution offers unique entry points across all sectors in
which it works to expand work on GBV. Critical investments
in staff’s technical capacity, purposeful high quality
analytical work to inform project design and implementation,
and partnerships at the global, national, and local levels
have driven the exponential progress on this agenda. Drawing
on the lessons learned from a comprehensive review of the
portfolio, interviews with staff and consultations with
practitioners, donors and researchers in this area of work,
the report lays out a guiding vision for deepening the work
on GBV prevention and response in the decade ahead.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2023. Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in World Bank Operations: Taking Stock After a Decade of Engagement (2012-2022). © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39934 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”