With a funding commitment of €50 million from the European Union, interventions raise awareness on femicide, contribute to changing social norms and attitudes towards women, develop available and accessible quality essential services for survivors of violence, and produce data to inform policymaking and budgeting in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

The initiative has set up a regional programme to provide comprehensive, high-impact interventions that can save women's and girls’ lives.

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The Spotlight Initiative Latin America regional programme is strengthening efforts and capacities at a regional level to respond to and eliminate femicide as the most extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls.

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Ecuador

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The Spotlight Initiative programme in Ecuador aims to reduce femicide by developing and strengthening interventions that prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.

Mexico

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The Spotlight Initiative programme in Mexico was designed to strengthen, complement and support existing mechanisms and initiatives at federal, state and municipal levels to eradicate femicide and other forms of violence against women and girls. The programme concluded in 2023.

El Salvador

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The Spotlight Initiative focused on ending femicide in El Salvador by addressing the most critical barriers that prevent victims/survivors of violence and their families from exercising their rights. The programme concluded in 2023.

Honduras

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The Spotlight Initiative contributed to ending femicide by developing and strengthening strategic interventions that prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. The Honduras programme concluded in 2023.

Argentina

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The Initiative worked to end femicide in Argentina by implementing strategic interventions that prevent violence and ensuring access to justice and holistic services for survivors. It strengthened key institutions involved in the national fight against femicide. The programme concluded in 2023.

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