Did you know that 1 in 3 women have survived physical or sexual violence?

Today, 1 in 5 women alive were forced into marriage as a child and, each year, 3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), a dangerous human rights abuse.

It can happen to any woman or girl, anywhere, regardless of her race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, sexuality, or other identity. Each experience of violence strips away their right to safety, dignity, autonomy, and respect.

UNFPA is on a mission to end violence against women. Here’s how we’re making a difference:

• UNFPA is supporting survivors of violence with clinical treatment for rape, legal aid, mental health counseling, and safe spaces, so they can get the care they need to heal and rebuild their lives.
• We’re working with communities to raise awareness about women’s rights, including by engaging religious leaders, community elders, and men and boys.
• We’re also advocating for governments to adopt policies that safeguard women’s health and rights and further gender equality.

Are you ready to support this work by making a gift that will help end violence against women around the globe? Make a gift to make a difference in the lives of many today:

The consequences of violence are devastating: Survivors of violence can suffer sexual and reproductive health consequences, including unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, traumatic fistula, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and even death.

All too often violence is tolerated or carried out by the people a woman loves and trusts most — her partner or her family. Every 11 minutes a woman or girl is killed by a loved one.

We work to address violence against women and girls at the individual, community, and national levels because violence against women and girls is often tolerated and perpetuated by those in power.

In 2022 alone, we reached 2 million women and girls with violence prevention or protection services, protected 111,245 girls from female genital mutilation, and reached 347,000 women with disabilities with services related to violence, harmful practices and critical health care.

Will you make a gift to help eradicate violence against women and girls around the world? Your support will go toward initiatives that reach survivors of violence with care and that work with communities to advocate for women and girls’ rights, health, and safety.

No woman or girl should live in fear. Thank you for supporting this lifesaving work.

— USA for UNFPA