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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

Women gathered around a cake

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

Women chefs gather around table

Accelerating the push to end gender-based violence in Africa

UNFPA Director, Iori Kato joining the community launch of Vanuatu’s first ever Women and Girls Friendly Space in Lenaken village, Tanna island.

Vanuatu launches safe spaces for women and girls in cyclone-stricken Tanna Island

Man standing in front of Spotlight sign

In Liberia, supporting courts to provide justice for survivors of sexual violence

Shelly Ann Crossdale Jamaica

"I'm not running anymore" - How economic empowerment is breaking the cycle of violence in Jamaica

Woman in blue t-shirt speaking with youth

'Youth is the hope of the future' - Using visual art and animation to end female genital mutilation

Quinto Comité Directivo

Spotlight Initiative in Mexico: potential direct benefit for more than 35 million women and girls

A woman with sleeping child on her back harvests crops

Spotlight Initiative named a UN High-Impact Initiative ahead of Sustainable Development Goal Summit

A woman in apron spreads chocolate with spatula

In Honduras, training helps to end violence in the workplace

Two young men stand beside each other

Reshaping masculinity in Mozambique: “I changed the way I see the world. When a girl says ‘no’, it is no"

Mannequins dressed in clothing

‘What were you wearing?’ opens in Brussels to highlight injustice faced by survivors of sexual violence

Spotlight Initiative UN Trust Fund Report 2022

Spotlight Initiative UN Trust Fund Report 2022

What were you wearing? At the Parliament of Brussels Capital.

Salle des Glaces / Spiegelzaal, Parliament of Brussels Capital

What were you wearing?

Two women smiling

Spotlight Initiative celebrates progress in creating a violence-free future for African women and girls

Norma Ledezma, Founder of Justice For Our Daughters. Photo: Celsa Calderoni

Justice for Our Daughters: using empathy and knowledge to support the families of missing women

Two women and a baby

In Malawi, restoring hope and dignity for young mothers with devastating childbirth injuries