Ending gender-based violence worldwide

Published on: 28/11/2022

Every woman in every part of the world deserves to live without fear, threats and violence.

See how UNFPA is taking action to prevent, respond to and address gender-based violence (GBV) in more than 150 countries.

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Reclaiming hope and justice for survivors of sexual violence during drought and hunger crisis in Somalia

A nurse walks through an settlement camp for displaced people in Garowe, Puntland, speaking to women as part of an initiative to convince mothers to stop practising female genital mutilation on their daughters. © UNFPA Somalia/Tobin Jones

08 November 2022

Publication

Addressing Gender-Based Violence Across Contexts: Gender-Based Violence Interagency Minimum Standards and the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

Number of pages: 23

Publication date: 09 Nov 2022

Publisher: UNFPA

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Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school

Village headman Patete is committed to ending child marriage in his community and was inspired by training he attended under the European Union-funded Spotlight Initiative. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

31 October 2022

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Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation

A delegation of state ministers and district leaders speak with girls at the Kalas primary school in Amudat. The school is a safe haven for the girls fleeing female genital mutilation, child marriage or both. © UNFPA Uganda/Samuel Okiror

26 October 2022

Publication

Protect the Promise: 2022 Progress Report, Every Woman Every Child

Number of pages: 73

Publication date: 18 Oct 2022

Publisher: WHO and UNICEF

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Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school

Mariama was raped at a neighbour’s home when she was just 13 years old and forced into early motherhood. The Comoros already has high rates of gender-based violence, but many more women and girls don’t report being assaulted or abused for fear of social stigma, discrimination and even financial destitution. © UNFPA Comoros/Melvis Kimbi

26 September 2022

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Survivors of gender-based violence in Sri Lanka at risk as crucial protection services shutter

The Jaffna Social Action Centre used to offer life-skills training for survivors of gender-based violence, but has had to drastically reduce its services as Sri Lanka is engulfed by the worst socioeconomic crisis the country has ever experienced. © UNFPA Sri Lanka

19 September 2022

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On the border between Brazil and Venezuela, safe spaces offer hope and information

14 September 2022

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Conflict fuelling sexual violence in northern Ethiopia

Mahlet*, a 17-year-old rape survivor from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, waits at a UNFPA-supported facility for women and girls who have been subjected to gender-based violence. © UNFPA/Paula Seijo

02 August 2022

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Ending gender-based violence worldwide

Reclaiming hope and justice for survivors of sexual violence during drought and hunger crisis in Somalia

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence Across Contexts: Gender-Based Violence Interagency Minimum Standards and the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school

Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation

Protect the Promise: 2022 Progress Report, Every Woman Every Child

Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school

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Survivors of gender-based violence in Sri Lanka at risk as crucial protection services shutter

On the border between Brazil and Venezuela, safe spaces offer hope and information

Conflict fuelling sexual violence in northern Ethiopia