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Ending violence and discrimination against women: A call to action

25 November 2014
Jyotsna Phulmali with her daughter in Maharashtra, India. Ms. Phulmali left an abusive husband when her daughter was still an infant. Changing attitudes about women and promoting gender equality will be essential to ending violence against women. © UNICEF/INDA2013-00249/Singh
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Roundtable on UNFPA’s work towards the elimination of Gender-Based Violence

20 September 2013

United Nations Headquarters, New York

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Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video

February 24, 2010

Examines the practice of FGM/C and strategies employed by UNFPA and UNICEF to encourage communities to abandon it. The two agencies, working closely with governments, NGOs, religious leaders and small community groups, aim to bring about an end to the practice.

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Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 4, 2010

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.

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UNFPA Maldives' Campaign Against Domestic Violence

January 24, 2011

UNFPA Maldives' Campaign Against Domestic Violence

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Nepal Commits to Women's Post-conflict Support and Participation

March 17, 2011

Nepal has developed an action plan to support women and girls affected by civil conflict and involve women in peacebuilding, as urged  by the UN Security Council in Resolutions 1325 and 1820.

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Delivering as One on Addressing Violence Against Women

March 17, 2011

Describes efforts in 10 pilot countries to address violence against women in a multi-sectoral way. Countries include Burkina Faso, Chile, Fiji, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgystan, Paraguay, Philippines, Rwanda and Yemen.

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Women and War: Guatemala

September 2, 2014

This story features women who share a determination to not be victims of violence forever.