The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the UNICEF-UNFPA Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage, the Global Programme to Prevent Son Preference and Gender-biased Sex Selection, as well as to UNFPA country programmes in all regions through its Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), the European Commission contributes significantly to specific initiatives and activities, such as UNFPA Supplies.

The latest Consensus that is european on, adopted in June 2017, aligns the European Union’s development policy with all the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Based on the European Union’s dedication to individual liberties, its development priorities and objectives uphold freedom from physical violence for females and girls, with unique attention to genital that is female; child and forced marriage; gender-based and intimate physical physical physical violence; intimate and reproductive health insurance and liberties, including family members preparation; and training.

From this history, the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eradicate physical violence against females and girls was released throughout the UN General Assembly in September 2017. The Spotlight Initiative will implement programmes in the areas of sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, trafficking and economic (labour) exploitation, femicide, as well as domestic and family violence in the coming years with €500 million in seed money from the EU. (далее…)