WHO Addresses Violence Against Women As a Gender Equality and Health Priority WHO: Africa
that aims to drive concrete actions - in policies and programmes - to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. 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.
"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 ."Governments need to 'walk the talk' in investing in evidence-based resources for violence prevention and response, while advancing gender equality.
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