U.N. News Centre: European Union and U.N. launch new initiative to eliminate gender violence
“The European Union and the United Nations [Wednesday] launched a joint initiative to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, one of the most widespread and devastating human rights violations across the globe. … The E.U.-U.N. Spotlight Initiative is supported by a multi-stakeholder trust fund, with the E.U. as its main contributor in the order of half a billion Euro, which is open to other donors…” (9/20).