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Three female sauti counsellors stand in front of their building

From helpline to lifeline: Sauti 116 supports children and adults in Uganda

A woman facing away for the camera inside a one-stop centre

How one-stop centres are supporting gender-based violence survivors to reclaim their futures in Zambia

Spotlight Initiative Global Coordinator Erin Kenny, UN Resident Coordinator in Samoa Karla Hershey and UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone Seraphine Wakana. Photo: Spotlight Initiative/Nivedha Meyyappan

From commitment to impact: lessons from leaders coordinating efforts to end violence against women and girls

Panel of four women seated on stage

Invest in women and girls to drive change across SDGs, urge leaders at the Second World Summit for Social Development

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In Uganda, girls with tools are building a more gender equal world

Cecilia Suarez speaking at podium

Meet the activists working to end digital violence against women and girls

UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed speaking into a microphone

'The promise and peril of Africa's tech revolution for women and girls' - op-ed by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed

Lemau smiling in front of an abstract painting

It takes a village: Ending violence through community and faith-based counselling in Samoa

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'97 per cent of Spotlight Initiative programme countries have sustained achievements' – key takeaways from the Initiative’s sustainability report

A woman in a green dress stands outside a building that reads Radio Sletorwah

How community radio stations are raising awareness of FGM and violence against women and girls

A woman in a doorway wearing a red dress

"I felt free again" - Restoring hope and dignity for fistula survivors in Malawi

A man and a woman are seated, smiling and holding hands

In Uganda, community dialogues are building harmonious, violence-free homes

A children's playhouse stands in a grassy yard surrounded by a brightly painted fence

“I want to experience my girlhood with confidence” – the Zimbabwean shelter helping survivors to rebuild their lives

About 20 girls gather in a circle under a Mango tree in Chinsali district as they engage in a team building game.

In Zambia, Safe Spaces support girls to take charge of their future

Ms Mataafa Fa’atino Utumapu seated in front of a NOLA sign

“If people without disabilities can do it, we can too” – the Samoan activists working to create violence-free communities

Tow women speaking in an office setting

"The greatest joy in my life is when we obtain justice for survivors" - Liberia's one-stop centres are helping women and girls to heal

Chikondi wears a school uniform and is seated reading a school book

Supporting young mothers in Malawi to return to school

UN Women Executive Director, Sima Sami Bahous; European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib; UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed; Executive Director of Women Aid Collective and former Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo; Deputy Director of Advocacy for Amnesty International and the organization’s representative to the UN, Sherine Tadros. Photo: Spotlight Initiative

Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls marks its fifth anniversary

Celebrities promote Spotlight’s digital engagement campaign

A mobile app making migration safer for Cambodian women