News

“Hope dies last”: UNFPA helpline empowers gender-based violence survivors in Azerbaijan

calendar_today16 July 2024

The UNFPA-supported helpline for survivors of gender-based violence has so far handled over 1,100 calls, the majority from women and girls, especially those from marginalized communities. © UNFPA Azerbaijan
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Updates

UNFPA and Canada launch a global programme to tackle technology-facilitated gender-based violence

calendar_today08 July 2024

A young woman saves helpline numbers on her cell phone in Mozambique. © UNFPA Mozambique / Mbuto Machili
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Publication date

Jul 2024

Resources

Global Call to Action to Address Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence

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Video

15-year-old raped at knifepoint in Mali receives care

calendar_today02 July 2024

15-year-old raped at knifepoint in Mali receives care

15-year-old raped at knifepoint in Mali receives care

At just 15 years old, Maiga is dealing with the impacts of being raped.

She’s one of many women and girls in Mali receiving support for physical, sexual, and psychological violence at the One Stop Centre in Mopti.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting this life-saving care.

News

“No one is spared”: Sexual violence wielded as a weapon in Haiti’s humanitarian crisis

calendar_today26 June 2024

Edrish Justilien is a psychologist at the UNFPA-supported Petite Place Cazeau Hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. © UNFPA Haiti/Wendy Desert
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25 June 2024

News

The emotional cost of combating gender-based violence on the front line in Ukraine

calendar_today13 June 2024

Since the start of the full-scale invasion by Russia in February 2022, reports of multiple forms of violence have spiked in ukraine, including conflict-related sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking​​. © UNFPA Ukraine / Isaac Hurskin
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Statement

Hearing and healing survivors of sexual violence is essential to lasting peace

calendar_today18 June 2024

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Speech

10th International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

calendar_today19 June 2024

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Events

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2024

calendar_today19 June 2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2024
UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu
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