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Reigniting the vision of Beijing to eliminate violence against women and girls: An action agenda

This publication brings together key lessons and priorities from UN Women’s work to end violence against women and girls. It highlights what is working, where gaps remain, and what...

Govt Urged to Turn GBV Promises Into Action as 2030 Deadline Nears

By Tinomudaishe Muzanenhamo A leading women’s rights group has called for renewed national commitment to ending gender-based violence (GBV) warning that funding gaps and slow imple...

Sudan's war on women: The number of people in need of sexual violence support quadruples as abuse of women and girls bec...

Sexual violence continues to surge across Sudan, with the number of women and girls requiring support after experiencing gender-based violence nearly doubling in two years and quad...

Gender-based violence and our judicial officers

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Gender-based violence costs B.C. $1.12B yearly, YWCA report says

The report notes that B.C. has taken steps by implementing its Gender-Based Violence Action Plan among other initiatives,  but "gaps remain."

Sexual Violence, Caste And Silence.

Sexual violence is one of the most common forms of violence around the world. It exists in multiple forms that violate an individual’s autonomy in different ways. Among these, rape...

Engaging men, ending violence: Pathways to safer digital futures

This report examines how online misogyny and harmful masculine norms drive technology-facilitated violence against women and girls. It explores perpetration, digital culture, and p...

Sudan: Sudan's War On Women - Sexual Violence Support Needs Quadruple As Abuse Becomes War Blueprint

[UN Women] As the war in Sudan enters its fourth year with sexual violence as one of its most defining features, UN Women calls for the protection of all women and girls, accounta...

Five Things Decision-Makers Still Don’t Understand About Digital Violence and Young People

In the course of their lifetime, 840 million women will be subjected to physical or sexual violence – nearly one in every three women in the world, according to a new United Nation...

London funds GBV initiative

THE United Kingdom has joined forces with the government in the fight against gender-based violence and other crimes targeted at women and... To access this content, ple...

Sexual Violence: A Weapon Of War

“Many women Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) report instances of sexual violence. So many sexual assault cases, rape cases, have still not been taken up. Documenting all the sex...

Ongoing killing and displacement of women and girls in Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire

Remarks by Moez Doraid, UN Women Regional Director for Arab States – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Sudan: Sudan - Three Quarters of Women Feel Unsafe As War Rages On

[UN News] Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls "are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence" whether when fleeing to saf...

Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on

Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” whether when fleeing to safety or arr...

Stakeholders Seek Stronger Collaboration to End GBV

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan Stakeholders have stressed the need for stronger collaboration among the government at all levels, faith leaders, and traditional institutions to combat the...

‘Geweld van mannen tegen vrouwen is een van de grootste problemen van de mensheid’

More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women

Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.

Call for council for decisions on gender-based violence

Over 40 organisations have called for the establishment of a survivor-led Advisory Council to shape Government decisions on gender-based violence.

Persistent High Rates of Violence Against Women, Especially Among Marginalized Groups

A comprehensive new study conducted by researchers at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has revealed stark and persistent racial disparities in rates of assault injuries among...

Nearly three out of four women journalists face digital abuse globally: How digital violence threatens press freedom in...

As online abuse against journalists intensifies globally, understanding how women reporters navigate these hostile digital environments and what can be done to protect them has bec...

Gender alert: The immediate and long-term impact of the military escalation in the Middle East on women and girls

This gender alert highlights how escalating conflict in the Middle East is affecting women and girls. It shows the urgent risks to their safety, health, livelihoods, and rights, an...

Advocacy brief: The cost of war in Gaza on women and girls

This brief highlights how the war in Gaza has deeply affected women and girls, from rising deaths and injuries to hunger, displacement, and loss of healthcare and education. It cal...

Orthopedists face barriers in intimate partner violence screening

Intimate partner violence, defined as abuse or aggression that occurs in an intimate relationship, affects millions of people in the United States each year, according to the CDC.I...

Gender-based violence: It’s time to recognise survivors as experts by experience

Ireland must stop relying on the trauma of survivors of gender-based violence to drive change, and instead embed their expertise at the heart of policy.