Femicide is a crime against all humanity

Former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos pens an op-ed for Spotlight Initiative in El Pais (English, Spanish), where he laments the normalization of violence against women and girls in Latin America and calls for increased leadership and investments to end this shameful reality. Read more

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The Spotlight Initiative Tools and Guidance Note has been updated. Access new studies like 'Changing Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN' and 'Preventing Violence against Women: A Primer for African Women’s Organisations,' among other resources across the six pillars. Read more

16 Essentials for Quality Multisectoral Service Provision to Women Migrant Workers Subject to Violence. Read more

Handbook to Address Violence against Women in and through the Media.
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What works to prevent violence against children in Afghanistan? Findings of an interrupted time series evaluation of a school-based peace education and community social norms change intervention in Afghanistan (What Works, 2019): Read more

A Hidden Reality for Adolescent Girls: Child, early and forced marriages and unions in Latin America (UNFPA, Plan International 2019): Read more

16 September 2019 - Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next?, London
26 September 2019 - UN General Assembly Spotlight Initiative high-level event (Registration is open!), New York
21-25 October 2019 - SVRI Forum 2019: Time Is Now, Cape Town
12-14 November - The Nairobi Summit on the International ICPD25: Accelerating the promise, Nairobi

19 September 2019 - Call for Proposals for National Consultant, Dissemination and Roll Out of the Comprehensive Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, Liberia
24 September 2019
- Call for Proposals to support the implementation of the Spotlight Initiative Country Office Programme for Malawi
- Recruitment Opening, National Consultancy to Develop Plea Bargaining Guidelines for Prosecutors in Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Children Cases in Uganda

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Resources to help you teach children about the SDGs

Cross-border collaboration to ensure a safe and fair migration for all women in ASEAN

Eight things you should know about female genital mutilation

Spotlight Initiative and its partners are joining forces to make a safer Argentina for women and girls

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