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Violence against Women - Facts and Figures

Document number
2022
Date
2009
Title
Violence against Women - Facts and Figures
Author/publisher
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, genital mutation, HIV/AIDS, child marriage, honour killings
Summary
In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence against Women. The Trust Fund is managed by UNIFEM and is the only multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports local, national and regional efforts to combat violence. Since it began operations in 1997, the Trust Fund has awarded more than US$19 million to 263 initiatives to address violence against women in 115 countries. Raising awareness of women's human rights, these UNIFEM-supported efforts have linked activists and advocates from all parts of the world; shown how small, innovative projects impact laws, policies and attitudes; and has begun to break the wall of silence by moving the issue onto public agendas everywhere.
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