UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Spotlight Initiative co-hosted a high-level side event to mobilize new commitments towards gender-based violence prevention and response. ‘Full Speed Ahead: A Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls’ was co-hosted with the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU),…
A right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands erupted into violence and chaos Saturday as rioters clashed with police and vandalized a political party’s office, just weeks before the country holds a general election. Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse rioters who threw objects at officers and torched a police car. There was no immediate…
For centuries, women worldwide have experienced violence in their homes at the hands of intimate partners with no or very little legal recourse. I witnessed this firsthand. In 1990, when I worked at a legal aid office in Santiago, Chile, a woman sought help because her husband regularly beat her. At the time, I had…
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UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” which is underway, as well as “coordinated efforts” to undermine fundamental birthrights. “It is time for States to wake up and to act,” he insisted. “No one is safe when human rights are under attack,” Mr. Türk told the…
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Digital parenting support offers a scalable and cost-effective way to prevent violence against children and ensure happy families. Headlines of violence and child abuse are commonplace in South Africa. The latest South African Police Service annual statistics show that 1 164 murders, 13 118 cases of common assault, and 21 837 cases of sexual offences…
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council’s open debate on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) on Tuesday, presenting the Secretary-General’s annual report and stressing the need to support survivors in conflict zones where services are increasingly inaccessible. The crisis of CRSV is deepening, reflecting the widening scope of warfare globally….
Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year, the UN reported on Thursday. More than 4,600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression. According to the annual Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, both State and non-State…
