![]() ![]() ![]() The new RESPECT women website contributes towards delivering the Action Coalition’s commitments for violence prevention. Women Deliver 2023 coincides with the mid-way point since the Generation Equality Forum appointed WHO and UN Women as co-leads of the Action Coalition for ending gender-based violence, which continues to affect millions of women and girls around the world – with devastating health impacts. This new platform aims to support this process.” Digital tools support concrete efforts to end violence against women and girls “Governments need to ‘walk the talk’ in investing in evidence-based resources for violence prevention and response, while advancing gender equality. “Violence against women and girls remains an immense crisis for rights and health for millions of women and girls around the world,” said Dr Pascale Allotey, Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at WHO, and head of the UN Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP). This is a stark reminder of the scale of gender inequality and discrimination against women. Globally almost 1 in 3 women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, mostly by an intimate partner. Preventing and responding to violence against women and girls continues to be a worldwide public health, gender equality and human rights priority. The website was launched during the Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, which brings together over 6,000 delegates focused on advancing gender equality and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls. ![]() Together with UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched the RESPECT Women website, a new online one-stop platform that aims to drive concrete actions – in policies and programmes – to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. ![]()
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