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“Women are not alone”: Painting a colourful call to end gender-based violence in Brazil

Ericka paints the mural at Parque Rio Branco, Boa Vista. © UNFPA Brazil/Isabela Martel
  • 08 February 2023
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United Republic of Tanzania: How a UNFPA-UN Women joint programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy, with support from the Government of the Republic of Korea

08 Feb 2023

Young adolescent girls from Msalala District, residing in the Bugarama Ward, Tanzania, are members of the girls’ club supported by a Republic of Korea-funded UNFPA-UN Women’s joint programme. The programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy. © UNFPA Tanzania/Warren Bright
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2023

06 February 2023

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#MenEndFGM: Partnering with Men and Boys to Transform Social Norms to End Female Genital Mutilation

06 February 2023

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France commits 1.5 million dollars to UNFPA to empower survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq

09 Feb 2022

The new agreement with France will allow UNFPA to create three women protection centres for women survivors of violence in Iraq and support one women's shelter. © UNFPA Iraq
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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

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Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

Community activists attend a session held by the SASA!Together programme to raise awareness on gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Farjana Sultana
  • 16 December 2022
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News

How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors

A survivor of gender-based violence takes part in an embroidery class as part of the life skills training programme at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Jabilya, in the Gaza Strip. © Abdel Shafi Community Health Association
  • 09 December 2022
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Updates

Increased support from Norway for combating gender-based violence in crises

01 Jun 2022

Foreign Minister of Norway Anniken Huitfeldt and UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem signing the agreement. © Jens Chr. Boysen, Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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“The violence never stopped,” Sudanese woman says – but neither did her hope

Semira after a long day of work, Nyala, Sudan. © UNFPA/Sufian Abdulmouty
  • 05 December 2022
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