Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022

calendar_today23 November 2022

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Events

The Virtual is Real: A Forum Addressing Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women and Girls

calendar_today07 December 2022

location_onConnecticut, USA / YouTube Live

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Video

Ending gender-based violence worldwide

calendar_today28 November 2022

Ending gender-based violence worldwide

Ending gender-based violence worldwide

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.

Updates

TransformU bodyright Student Challenge 2022

calendar_today18 November 2022

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About TransformU

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News

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

calendar_today08 November 2022

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
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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

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2022

Number of pages

23

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

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News

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

calendar_today31 October 2022

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
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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2022

Number of pages

28

Publication

Investing in three transformative results: Realizing powerful returns

This research publication shares the economic returns in investing in transformative results committed by UNFPA: ending unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; and ending harmful practices.

Overall, the research shows that investing in UNFPA transformative results brings powerful returns by 2050. The research publication also highlights the specific cost benefit ratios in investing in these results.

News

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

calendar_today26 October 2022

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
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