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.
2012 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change
<p>This report documents activities of the Joint Programme in its fifth year of implementation in 15 African countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia,Sudan and Uganda.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>