Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. It is shaped by systems, policies and everyday choices and it can be dismantled. Orange the World, a UN initiative, is a global call to break the silence, confront the roots of gender-based violence and stand with those who resist it. At ISS, researchers, students and partners work across the world to uncover the patterns, power structures and lived realities behind gender-based violence.
Research and initiatives for safer societies
Understanding transactional sex in situations of humanitarian crisis
Investigating the practice, consequences and problems of transactional sex
'Anti-Gender Rights Backlash’: A transnational space for dialogue
Hosted across The Hague, Islamabad and Ankara experts discuss countering anti-gender movements
How researchers confront gender-based violence
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What is Orange the World?
Orange the World focuses on a specific theme in support of the global, civil-society-led 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, which kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.