Key topics

Explore publications, tools, and other resources on core topics related to ending violence against women and girls.

A row of teenage girls with short hair wearing white collared shirts stand in profile. The girl in the foreground is in sharp focus, while the others recede into soft focus behind her.

Global norms, laws, and policies

Norms and standards guide the elimination of violence.
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Seven women stand outdoors on grass surrounded by trees, facing forward with both arms extended and palms out, as if practicing an exercise together.

Prevention of violence

Stopping violence by tackling the causes that allow it to occur.
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Two women sit across from each other at a small table in a modest room with light green walls and a stove visible in the background. The woman turned toward the camera wears a green hat and dark clothing. She looks at the other woman, while holding her hand.

Response to violence

Where protection and the restoration of safety and dignity begin.
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A woman in a white lab coat and cream-colored Muslim headscarf looks into a microscope in a laboratory setting with white tiled walls and overhead cabinets.

Data and research

Shedding light on the nature, severity, and frequency of violence.
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A group of women sit together indoors, all wearing loose white garments. The woman in the foreground wears an ornate traditional headdress with red, orange, and black tassels. More of the same headdresses are displayed in front of her.

Women’s rights organizations

The presence of feminist movements is the most critical driver in ending violence.
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Scenes from the morning commute in Indonesia. Women walk along a covered train platform beside a stationary train. A hanging sign indicates directions to an exit, prayer room, and toilets.

Safe public spaces

The right to move freely in public spaces, be it urban, rural areas, or online.
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A person with long braided hair writes on a large white wall covered with handwritten messages, hearts, and emoji stickers. An orange banner above displays the same slogan. Some of the messages on the wall read “End gender violence,” “Be kind,” and “SAY NO!”

Technology-facilitated violence

Women and girls are the most frequent targets of online abuse.
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In a wood-paneled auditorium, three women wearing purple scarves stand behind a banner depicting flames and raised fists with women's names written on them. The first woman holds up a smartphone, and the one next to her raises her fist. She and the third woman hold framed photographs.

Femicide/feminicide

The most extreme and brutal manifestation of violence against women and girls.
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A young woman stands in profile on a busy street amid smoke or steam rising from a food cart. Motorcycles, a white van, and multi-story buildings are visible behind her in late-afternoon light.

Sexual harassment

From unwelcome sexual jokes, remarks, and touching, to rape and femicide.
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