The Support line on reproductive rights, health and COVID-19 launched this week to provide anonymous and professional counseling and referral services to women and girls in the context of a global pandemic. UNFPA partners with the UK Embassy to support the Keyik Okara public organization in launching its second hotline service for women, girls and families. As the … [Read more...]
Kazakhstan shares experience in preventing gender-based violence with Central Asian countries
On 17-18 August 2020, Central Asian technical meeting was held in Turkestan, Kazakhstan, to discuss national experience in strengthening the mechanisms of interagency response to gender-based violence, reported UNFPA - Kazakhstan. The event was attended by civil servants, civil sector, development partners and international organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, … [Read more...]
Stand against rape and gender-based violence, UNFPA and partners urge
25 November 2019 Salwa's* experience shows the vulnerabilities of survivors who do not receive qualified and timely support.. © UNFPA Yemen UNITED NATIONS, New York – “While I was in the office, they brought me a survivor,” Dr. Joseph Johnson, a gynaecologist in northwest South Sudan, recently recalled. “They told me she was raped by her own … [Read more...]
Elimination of violence against women and girls – 16 days of activism led by UN in Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova The 16 days of Activism started on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November to once again focus global community’s attention on one of the divaricate social problem - Gender-Based Violence. The time is to remember the negative episodes from our own life experience (both for man and women), as well as those … [Read more...]