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Issue #9

Confronting rape and harassment through poetry in Uganda

"Why must women feel uncomfortable in the presence of fellow human beings?"
Angel, 17, uses poetry to address gender-based violence. 
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Spotlight Initiative grantees in Africa and Latin America
 
The Spotlight Initiative and the UN Trust Fund have selected 24 women’s rights organizations in Africa and 11 in Latin America to receive funding for their work on ending violence against women and girls.
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'No more silence, no more violence!' The warrior women of Ecatepec unite
 
The students of "La Panchito" high school in Ecatepec, Mexico, performed a traditional dance and the Chilean anthem "Un violador en su camino" to protest against gender-based violence at the inauguration of the school’s new mural. Read more
How can you help end violence against women and girls? 

By answering these seven questions, you can help the Spotlight Initiative design its awareness-raising actions to reach more people around the world.
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What Will It Take? Promoting Cultural Change to End Sexual Harassment (UN Women, 2019): Guidance and practical advice is offered to support efforts towards ending sexual harassment, while drawing on global experiences and knowledge to effect the transformation demanded by women.
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Research to Action Toolkit: VAWG in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings (What Works, 2019): This toolkit provides a step-by-step process for practitioners and policymakers to better understand and interpret the data gathered through population-based research on VAWG and to create a process for moving from evidence to action. Read more
  • Human Development Report 2019 – Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century (UNDP, 2019). Read more 
  • Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2019 (UN Women, 2019). Read more
  • Adolescent girls in West and Central Africa (UNICEF, 2019). Read more
Spotlight Initiative knowledge products
Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities through the SDGs: Fact sheet (Safe and Fair Programme, Spotlight Initiative, 2019). Read more 
Policy Brief: Coordinated Quality Services for Ending Violence against Women Migrant Workers (Safe and Fair Programme, Spotlight Initiative, 2019). Read more
 
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