UNiTE campaign on ending gender-based violence kicks off
At the first ever grantee convention of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, UN Women kicked off its annual activities for the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women, said a press release.
The high-level meeting is taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from November 4-7, bringing together voices of activists and experts who work on innovative solutions to end the pandemic of violence.
For the first time, all current UN Trust Fund grantees will come together with government partners and the private sector to reflect and strategise on how to move on ending violence against women.
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will deliver opening remarks and receive recommendations from civil society organisations during the convention.
“Today, no country has achieved gender equality, and sexual violence continues to be normalised and embedded in our social environments, despite recent global mobilisations by survivors and activists,” said the press release from UN Women.
This first-of-a-kind convention will be a key opportunity to identify some of the global patterns on what works in eradicating gender-based violence, and feed into next year’s review processes, it added.
“Even in times of peace, we have witnessed how rape culture continues to be pervasive. As a global community, we can act now to end all forms of sexual violence, including rape, and work together to end discrimination, and I commend everyone to join us in this endeavour,” the release quoted Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka as saying.
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