News

Against the odds, Malawian girl overcomes child marriage, agonizing labour and obstetric fistula

Jacqueline developed an obstetric fistula when she gave birth at age 16. © UNFPA Malawi

11 September 2023

Publication

Adolescent Empowerment at Scale: Successes and challenges of an evidence-based approach to young women’s programming in Africa

Number of pages: 12

Publication date: 01 Feb 2023

Publisher: BRAC and UNFPA

News

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

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

31 October 2022

News

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

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

26 October 2022

News

Young voices demand to be heard: Celebrating young activists on Human Rights Day

Ms. Banda reads the inscription on her award, which comes from members of her community: “Thank you our fierce fighter, Memory." Image from video feed.

10 December 2019

News

Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos

30 September 2019

EU-UN Spotlight Initiative High-Level Event: Progress and Perspectives on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls

26 September 2019

United Nations HQ, New York

Updates

Spotlight Initiative to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in Pacific Islands

07 Mar 2019

Dr. Natalia Kanem represented the United Nations at a high-level Spotlight Initiative event in Samoa. © UNFPA Pacific/Navinesh Kumar

News

UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

Svitlana Tavantseva (right) counsels survivors of violence in Ukraine. Too often, she says, women are shamed rather than perpetrators. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin

22 September 2017