2025

UNFPA has continued to strengthen national and regional capacities to generate, analyze, and use data on violence against women: 

Since 2024, UNFPA has significantly expanded its work on data to end violence against women (VAW), with a strong focus on strengthening measurement, capacity, and global comparability. 

The Women at the Centre (WAC) program, established by UNFPA in 2023, is the organization's first global initiative dedicated to increasing the availability and accessibility of quality GBV case management services for survivors, particularly those from marginalized communities.

Since 2024, UNFPA has significantly strengthened its GBV prevention through a series of strategic and evidence-driven initiatives: 

UNFPA Algeria has made significant progress in strengthening its national response to GBV by developing and finalising Intersectoral Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). These SOPs establish a formal bridge between the Ministry of Justice, the National Gendarmerie (DGSN), and the Ministry of Health, creating a unified framework for prevention and response.

UNFPA provided substantial support for legislative development in the following areas: 

UNFPA cohosted the 2025 Global Symposium on Climate Justice and Impacted Populations, with the Government of Brazil. The symposium convened global policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to examine the intersections between climate change, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and gender-based violence (GBV).

UNFPA has been actively involved in advancing, implementing, and operationalizing the Belem do Para Convention’s agenda to prevent violence against women through the:

UNFPA continues to play a strategic and/or leading role in several inter-agency mechanisms and activities: 

UNFPA leads the inter-agency coordination mechanism for the GBV Information Management System programme (GBVIMS Steering Committee) supporting strengthened case management through safe and ethical data collection.

The UN Trust Fund has played a key role in elevating women's rights organizations (WRO) leadership in key international human rights and public advocacy spaces throughout 2025.