The organisation of the training course “Coordination of Multi-Sectoral Response to Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings” is a joint initiative of ICRH and the UNFPA Humanitarian Response Unit, supported by the Flemish Inter-university Council (VLIR), the UN Inter-agency Standing Committee Gender Task Force and the UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict.

To fight the phenomenon of violence against women, Adovcates for Human Rights, with support from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program, have developed the Stop Violence against Women website (STOPVAW).

In Ushuia (Argentina), the southernmost city in the world, more than 90 women community leaders, government officials, journalists and students participated in an event to support the Disarm Domestic Violence campaign on 29 March 2010 organised by the Asociación para Políticas Públicas (APP) and Ushuaia Parliament, with the support of the IANSA Women's Network.

July 7 - August 1, 2008

The “EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace” is an initiative that involves the European Commission (EC), the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO).

Association for Women's Rights in Development

Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence. A one day conference exploring how United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 can address the impact of armed conflict on women and ensure that women are central to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building.

African Women's Day gives us the opportunity to remember that gender- based violence is one of the most serious and widespread violations of the basic rights of women, particularly on the African continent. Gender discrimination is both one of the causes and an aggravating factor of the consequences of violence against women, thus contributing to the perpetuation of impunity of such cases.

The European Women's Lobby (EWL) expresses its great concern about the suffering and damage caused to the civilian population, including women, children and elderly, in the recent hostilities in Georgia and welcomes the ceasefire agreement negotiated by the EU.