Recent policies related to the safety of women have been mainly ex post facto remedies focused on the punishment of the attacker. however, in order to reduce violence against women, it is necessary…
A starting point of defining culture is thinking about the beliefs, knowledge and behaviours that people have in common. However, individuals from a cultural group, or a community within it, do not…
This report builds on an earlier report published in 2008 by the Office of Development Effectiveness (ODE) of AusAID, titled Violence Against Women in Melanesia and East Timor: Building on Global…
Since its first encounter in Bali in 1987, the number of HIV&AIDS cases in Indonesia has increased tremendously. The virus can be found not only among sex workers, drug users and gay people, but al…
The articles and reports of this special issue inevitably reveal that the issue of FGC is far from being emptied out by research- ers or "solved" by activists and professionals aiming at stop- ping…
This research, commissioned by NCPE, is the first piece of research to provide in-depth analysis about FGM in Malta. Whilst the research aims to address a knowledge gap in the field, FGM is a multi…
The ninth country programme (2016-2020) is being delivered during a dynamic and changing economic and sociocultural period. Indonesia has experienced improved standars of living as a result of stea…
The report is divided into six main chapters. The first chapter contains background Information, objectives, methodology, and limitations. While the second chapter on contextual overview presents t…
This Regional Review provides a description and assessment of laws, policies and practices within the ASEAN region related to trafficking in persons (TIP) – with a particular focus on the identif…
This is perhaps the most thorough analysis of conflicts in the Asia Pacific region, and the most comprehensive database of civil society actors involved in conflict prevention. the reflections and …