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

This magazine-style report presents the Spotlight Initiative's signature results for women and girls from 2021, as well as the cumulative progress that has been made towards ending gender-based violence since the launch of the Initiative.

In 2021, the Initiative:

• doubled conviction rates for perpetrators of gender-based violence
• signed or strengthened 198 laws and policies to eliminate violence against women and girls in 41 countries
• educated more than 1.3 million men and boys on non-violent conflict resolution and positive masculinity
• worked with 43 countries to strengthen their national action plans to eliminate violence against women and girls
• reached nearly 130 million people through campaigns in 29 languages

Since its launch, the Initiative has:

• supported 1.6 million women and girls to access gender-based violence services
• increased national budgets allocated to addressing violence against women and girls by eightfold

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Spotlight Initiative · Driving change for a better tomorrow - English audio version