The H4+ partnership
<p>This overview report summarizes the H4+ partnership, objectives and country achievements made to date.</p>
How to be a man: Bolivian men and boys work to eliminate gender-based violence
LA PAZ, Bolivia – “Being better men can eradicate abuse," said Marco Antonio Barrero, the mayor of Camargo, a small Andean town in Bolivia. Violence against women – one of the world’s most prevalent human rights violations – is a particularly acute problem in Bolivia. But a programme by UNFPA, local authorities, activists and young people is helping to change minds about the value of women and about what it means to be a man.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Accelerating Change - Original Proposal (2009)
<p><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 20.0063037872314px;">UNFPA and UNICEF will work jointly towards actively contributing to the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.538em;">accelerated abandonment of FGM/C, in specific areas of implementation&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px; line-height: 1.538em;">within 17 countries, by 2012.&nbsp;</span></p>
2013 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change
<p>The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme &quot;Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change&rdquo; was developed in 2007 to protect girls and women by accelerating abandonment of FGM/C and providing care for its consequences. The Programme&#39;s novel, culturally sensitive, human rights-based approach strategically leverages social dynamics in favor of abandonment. It was implemented in 15 African countries from 2008 to 2013.</p>
UNFPA and UN Women Launch Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence
UNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and UN Women are joining forces to launch a new programme that will improve the quality of and access to essential services that respond to the needs of women and girls subjected to violence.