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IHD India Receives ‘Development Marketplace Award 2020

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  • Published
    14th Jul, 2020
  • Institute for Human Development (IHD), an Indian non-profit institution conferred with ‘Development Marketplace Award 2020: Innovations to Address Gender-Based Violence’ from World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
  • The award is conferred for the project alcohol, intimate partner violence and household economy and also an assessment of liquor ban in Bihar.
  • Development Marketplace is to address Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This award was first launched in 2016 to honour GBV victims and survivors.
  • This was held in memory of Hannah Graham, daughter of long time World Bank Group employee John Graham.
  • The winning teams receive up to US$100,000 each. These two partnerships have spent $5 million (USD) in award funding

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