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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

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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

GAFMVV Gaza, Xai Xai, Mozambique

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

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In Indonesia, improving service coordination to reach migrant women workers experiencing violence

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Spotlight Initiative helped more than 1.6 million women and girls experiencing violence access gender-based violence (GBV) services, doubled conviction rates for perpetrators

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Spotlight Initiative Impact Report 2021-2022: Driving change for a better tomorrow