At SCIDaR, we work every day in communities where gender based violence is not an abstract concept, it is a lived reality that shapes health outcomes, economic opportunity, and the quiet calculus of survival. So when this year’s International Women’s Day theme calls us to “Give to Gain,” we hear it not as a sentiment, but as a call to account. We must invest in women’s safety, dignity, and opportunity to strengthen the very foundations of our society. And we must be honest about how far we still have to go. Giving in this context is not charity; it is commitment and action. And nowhere is that commitment more urgent than in the fight against gender-based violence.
