Destined to fail? How violence against women is undoing development

Violence against women and girls is one of the starkest collective failures of the international community in the 21st century. It is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality. It is a means of social control that maintains unequal power relations between men and women. As this report demonstrates, violence against women and girls also blocks progress across the major development agendas.

Publisher: Actionaid
Year of Publication: 2010