Statement
Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices
21 November 2016This is 2016 and yet one in three women worldwide still experiences or has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she knows. Moreover, millions of women and girls have been subjected to other forms of violence and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, which affect an estimated 200 million women and girls, or child marriage, with one in three girls in developing countries being married off before the age of 18.
When Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, it caused the worse devastation since the 2010 earthquake. UNFPA is assessing the needs of affected women and girls, and is providing care, support and assistance.
Ten key facts and figures about 10-year-old girls
Resource date: 20 October 2016
Press Release
UNFPA on standby to provide urgent psychosocial support, reproductive health care to rescued Chibok girls
14 October 2016UNFPA Humanitarian Action Overview 2016
Number of pages: 12
Publication date: 19 May 2016
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Preventing Gender-biased Sex Selection in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Resource date: 01 May 2015
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA EECARO