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UNIFEM Launches Global Action Platform to End Violence against Women
Kenyan Minister for Gender and UNIFEM Executive Director call for enhanced services and support for survivors
Nairobi, Kenya — United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today launched the global advocacy initiative Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women, which will stimulate, count and showcase actions on ending violence against women. The innovative platform will spotlight global efforts and demonstrate the groundswell of support and actions on the issue.
Based on country data, it is estimated that up to 70 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime. Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a global call for action to end this pandemic violence. The multi-year initiative will contribute through advocacy and outreach to the high-profile UN Secretary-General-led campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women. Actions to be showcased and counted can range from reaching out to students at schools, to volunteering at local shelters, advocating for legislation or donating funds towards programmes that protect women and girls from violence. The luxury watch manufacturer OMEGA announced a challenge grant of US$50,000 for the first 50,000 actions, a result of cooperation with UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The money will go to organizations working on the ground.
Kicking off the international effort, UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi in Nairobi along with the Kenyan Minister of Gender, Children and Social Development, Esther Murugi Mathenge, met with patients and medical staff at the Gender-Based Violence Recovery Centre at Kenyatta Hospital, which provides a one-stop shop to survivors of sexual violence. The centre is run in partnership with the organization Coalition on Violence against Women, COVAW, a UNIFEM partner. They also saw first-hand work to prevent gender-based violence as they interacted at Ngara High Schoool with girls, who are participating in leadership, mentorship and self-protection programmes led by the Kenyan child rights organization The Cradle, another UNIFEM partner. read more
