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Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

calendar_today04 May 2022

Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

From a gender-based violence (GBV) shelter in Lviv, our Senior Emergency Coordinator Mustafa Elkanzi describes how UNFPA supports women and girls during the war in Ukraine.

Learn more about our work on the ground.

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Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises

calendar_today20 April 2022

Women return from collecting firewood in South Sudan's Unity State, which has seen alarming levels of gender-based violence amid mounting conflict and spiralling climate catastrophes. ©UNFPA South Sudan
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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2021

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

44

Publication

Getting to Zero: Mapping UNFPA Leadership on Ending Gender-based Violence

This report maps the depth and breadth of UNFPA programming to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), implemented over 2018 to 2020. The mapping exercise sought to determine the strengths in UNFPA's work in ending GBV as well as providing the analysis to support opportunities for increased investment in the quality and coverage of programming.

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Crises in Haiti leave women and girls ever more vulnerable

calendar_today29 July 2021

Widespread, surging gang violence has forced thousands of Haitians to flee their homes in search of safety. © Edris Fortuné
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Publisher

UNFPA Population and Development Branch

Publication date

Feb 2021

Author

UNFPA, GHRB, PDB

Resources

Prevalence Rates, Trends and Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence: Power of Data in the IPV Geospatial Dashboard

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Statement

Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia

calendar_today22 March 2021

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News

Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

calendar_today01 March 2021

Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
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News

Safe spaces in Colombia offer respite to Venezuelan migrants

calendar_today25 February 2021

Women at a safe space in Saravena, Arauca, one of 19 in Colombia that serve Venezuelan migrants who are survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Colombia
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News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

calendar_today28 December 2020

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter
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Updates

Republic of Korea and UNFPA partner to prevent gender-based violence in Sudan’s conflict zones

calendar_today10 August 2020

In Central Darfur, girls attend a group awareness session about FGM and early marriage.
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