United Nations releases USD 25 million for women-led projects battling gender-based violence

 UNWOMEN, Nov 25. 2020

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- The United Nations humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has released $25 million from the UN’s emergency fund to support women-led organizations that prevent and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian settings.

The funding has gone to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Women who have been asked to channel at least 30 percent of it to organizations run by women that prevent violence against women and girls, and help victims and survivors with access to medical care, family planning, legal advice, safe spaces, mental health services and counselling.

“The COVID-19 pandemic helped reveal the full extent of gender inequality while creating a set of circumstances that threaten to reverse the limited progress that has been made,” said Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

“Everyone who is serious about gender equality and women’s rights must speak up. Then those with the means to do so need to put their money where their mouth is. The needs of women and girls in humanitarian settings continues to be overlooked and underfunded.

In full: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/11/press-release-un-releases-funds-for-women-led-projects-battling-gender-based-violence