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Putting survivors’ needs first: Courts support gender-based violence survivors to access crucial services in Bangladesh
Despite the range of services for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in Bangladesh, they are often difficult to access. On top of sociocultural... Read more
Championing health sector response to end gender-based violence in Timor-Leste
Amid COVID-19, emerging data show that violence against women and girls is on the rise globally and in Timor-Leste - a country that already had one... Read more
Prioritize needs of women and girls in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan – With International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November launching 16 Days of Activism Against Gender... Read more
Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do
As the world embarks on a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot forget that we are also on the cusp of the fifth decade of the AIDS pandemic... Read more
Heartbreak, gratitude and relief: An enumerator’s journey in conducting Sri Lanka’s first-ever survey on violence against women
As an enumerator for Sri Lanka’s first national violence against women (VAW) prevalence survey, Udani Elpitiya heard countless painful stories like... Read more
Restoring health and dignity of gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea
“I remember a gender-based violence survivor who had everything taken away from her,” recalls Gemma Losema, a Community Health Worker in Papua New... Read more
Heartache, compassion and appreciation: How collecting data on violence against women transformed an enumerator in Viet Nam
As an enumerator for two studies measuring the prevalence of violence against women in Viet Nam - the first conducted in 2010, and the follow-up... Read more
UNFPA Statement on the International Day of the Girl 2021
We celebrate girls in the digital generation. Yet, we also call urgent attention to those left behind by the digital divide.
Using National Transfer Accounts for Policy Advancement across Asia-Pacific
For over a decade, academics, national officers, experts, and policy planners across Asia have become acquainted with the methodology of National... Read more
A simple solution fends off child marriage amid COVID-19 in Nepal
Rupantaran engages adolescent girls across Nepal who are at high risk of early and forced marriage and other obstacles that dissolve their ability to... Read more