News

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

Midwife Aimée Nzimire assists labouring mother Valerine Mwamini. Though the Panzi hospital's new "Transforming Birth" model is designed to serve survivors of gender-based violence, Ms. Mwamini is not herself a GBV survivor. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo/Lisa Thanner
  • 05 April 2023
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Publication

Measuring technology-facilitated gender-based violence. A discussion paper

Publication date: 04 Apr 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

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Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another

Rukia Yaroow Ali, 38, was displaced with her nine children by the worst drought that Somalia – and the whole of the Horn of Africa – has seen in 40 years. Here she holds her youngest child outside their shelter at Hagadera refugee camp in Daadab, Garissa county, Kenya. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
  • 24 March 2023
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News

Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 23 March 2023
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News

Five reasons why: Women and girls must have equal rights in our digital world

Illustration courtesy of Sofie Birkin for UNFPA.
  • 08 March 2023
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News

One year into the war, displaced Ukrainian women are determined to persevere

Refugee women are emerging as a new generation of Ukrainians: resilient, strong, and determined to build a better future. © UNFPA Moldova/Ion Ples Alexandru
  • 03 March 2023
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Catalysing Collective Action to End Technology-facilitated Gender-Based Violence

10 March 2023

New York

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Publication

Guidance on the Safe and Ethical Use of Technology to Address Gender-based Violence and Harmful Practices: Implementation Summary

Number of pages: 18

Publication date: 13 Mar 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

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Resources

Brochure: What is technology-facilitated gender-based violence?

Resource date: Mar 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

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Resources

Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence: Feminist Design

Resource date: Nov 2022

Publisher: UNFPA and the Wilson Center

This background summary was prepared to inform discussion during the first Global Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence that was hosted by UNFPA and the Wilson Center on November 2022.

The document analyses ten seminal resources to business and technology’s interaction with technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The document identifies areas of consensus and divergeance across the literature and suggests a number of questions to consider in future discussions. 

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