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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

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

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Spotlight Initiative Global Annual Narrative Progress Report 2022

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In Tajikistan, financial independence is breaking the cycle of violence

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Ugandan forensic investigators are holding sexual violence perpetrators accountable

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Skills training is giving Nigerian women and girls a second chance at education

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Tackling violence against women and girls in sport: A handbook for policy makers and sports practitioners

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In Guyana, supporting students and teachers to take a proactive approach to ending gender-based violence

Ms. Angela Apa, President of the Kup Women for Peace group. Photo: Lydia Kaia | UNDP Papua New Guinea

Kup Women for Peace continues to promote peacebuilding and address Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

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Education + Art: a formula to end sexual violence in Honduras

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"I feel safe" - How Spotlight Initiative is meeting the needs of trafficking survivors

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Innovative data tool strengthens services for gender-based violence survivors in Mozambique

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How better data is helping to prevent gender-based violence in Nigeria

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“Powerful, breathtaking, inspiring” – UN Advocate for the Spotlight Initiative Cecilia Suárez on the gender-based violence activists who give her hope

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In Nigeria, community volunteers are helping to report gender-based violence and support survivors

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In Malawi, justice at last for a survivor of domestic violence

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"My contribution is helping young people" - volunteers working toward gender equality in Papua New Guinea

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Spotlight Initiative in Timor-Leste launches Safe Space to support survivors of gender-based violence

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International Women’s Day: How Spotlight Initiative is using technology to end violence against women and girls