Understanding Community Harm Part 4: Gender-based Violence

October 2021

Welcome to the October edition of the monthly Console Newsletter. This month, we continue our series on understanding types of community harm with an article on gender-based violence (GBV) concerns raised in community complaints to IAMs. GBV occurs in every country and culture, and our analysis indicates that it is a widespread but deeply underreported issue that affects many development projects. This article examines particular examples of cases that raise GBV concerns, and explores theories as to why so few complaints raise GBV as an actual or potential harm in community complaints to IAMs.

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Research: Understanding Community Harm Part 4: Gender-Based Violence

By Leila Yow — Oct. 4, 2021

In this article, we look closely at complaints that allege gender-based violence (GBV) and GBV-related harms, and theorize about why we don't see more GBV concerns in the complaints given the pervasiveness of GBV. This article is part 4 of a series exploring the issues raised in community-driven complaints to Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs).

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