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Group of Friends meets to discuss engaging men and boys in ending gender-based violence

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From whispers to revolution: breaking the chains of gender-based violence in Vanuatu

Two women nurses with face masks sitting on chairs inside a hospital reception counter: one woman with a record book in her hands and the other writing down on a piece of paper

UNFPA is Supporting Palau to Break Silence and End Gender-Based Violence

Lolakhon Nishanova is a chairwoman of the Local Women Council. Photo: Aidai Kadyralieva

Growing grassroots knowledge of women's rights in Kyrgyzstan

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Spotlight Initiative transitions to new phase in Trinidad and Tobago

Panellists at Spotlight Initiative COP28 event

Spotlight Initiative at COP28: links between gender-based violence and climate change

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Meet five activists building a brighter future for women and girls

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Transforming harmful beliefs and norms: Religious leaders addressing gender ideologies in Afghanistan

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How women migrant workers in Cambodia are using photography to share their stories

The 'Mystery of Sary Kol' helps girls learn about and protect their rights. Photo: Open Line Public Foundation

Games for change: a mobile game from Kyrgyzstan is helping to break gender stereotypes

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In Timor-Leste, using film to change harmful gender stereotypes and support girls and women experiencing violence

Spotlight Canaan Height Clarendon Jamaica

Investing in gender-based violence survivors in Jamaica

Sinead Bovell, Cecilia Suarez, Ashley Judd, Yemi Alade, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Cecilia Suárez, Natalie Portman urge UN Member States to re-invest in Spotlight Initiative

A group of students in a classroom hold a poster about the domestic violence law.

School communities unite to end gender-based violence and child marriage in Mozambique

Civil society representatives at a recent workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu (a group photo).

In unity our advocacy becomes a chorus - the women working to end violence in Vanuatu

Avorina Spotlight Initiative Jamaica

"I’m a different woman now" - In Jamaica, survivors of violence are breaking free

Mr Madzime talking with men about GBV

"Our country has laws that defend women, violence is to be ended” - Men and boys join the push to end gender-based violence

Join us at Spotlight Initiative's Sustainable Development Goal Summit 2023 Event

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From surviving to thriving: vocational training is helping to end violence against women and girls in Nigeria

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Accelerating the push to end gender-based violence in Africa