The Global Women's Institute
The Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University
We’re ending violence against women and girls through research and partnerships that share power and shape policy.
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We build the global evidence base on violence against women and girls.
We center women’s movements and civil society groups to co-design and evaluate interventions that prevent violence against women.
We strengthen interventions, policies and investments designed to end violence against women and girls.
We use our research to train the next generation of leaders at George Washington University and globally.
We lead global research.
We head the world’s largest research consortium to study and scale gender-based violence prevention efforts — some of which have reduced violence by as much as 50%.
We shift policies.
We’ve contributed to Nicaragua’s first domestic violence law, South Sudan’s peace negotiations and Australia's tenfold increase in its investment to end gender-based violence.
We make aid safer.
We developed a first-of-its-kind research model in conflict settings that centers refugee women and girls in deciding how aid is delivered.
We train professionals.
We lead the first-ever credentialed program for the gender and development field, and offer additional trainings, courses and tools.
Latest Evidence
Reducing Violence Against Women and Girls in a Time of Crisis
This impact evaluation of the Rethinking Power program in Haiti finds that the program reduced the odds of experiencing physical or sexual intimate partner violence by 41%.
Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict: Progress and Priorities
This meta-analysis shows that women in conflict settings experience non-partner sexual violence at triple the rate previously estimated.
Interventions to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls Globally
This global systematic review updates the global evidence base on preventing violence against women and girls.