Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

2025 YEAR IN GENDER JUSTICE

From the streets of El Fasher, Sudan, to the Parliament halls in Rabat, Morocco, our partners are not just holding the line, they are reimagining what’s possible for women, girls, and historically marginalized communities. Join Global Fund for Women in looking back on a year of profound challenges and extraordinary feminist resistance, wins, and momentum.

Afro-Mexican Women’s Collective Action, Resistance, and Renewal

Global Fund for Women Stands with Feminist Movements Amid Funding Uncertainty

Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Perú

Gender Justice Movement ENDING SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN PERÚ  Perú Feminist organizers in Perú have been raising their voices against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) for years, including through mass street demonstrations demanding #NiUnaMenos (Not One More). Their efforts have taken on renewed urgency since the COVID-19 pandemic began; at least 8,459 women and…

‘me too.’ Global Movement

Gender Justice Movement     Global The ability to live free from violence is a basic human right. But sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) persists in every country of the world. ‘me too.’ International ‘s groundbreaking survivor-focused leadership on SGBV sparked the global #MeToo hashtag and movement for change that went viral in 2017. While…

Palestine Feminist Anti-Violence Movement

Gender Justice Movement  Palestine, Israel Palestinian women, girls, and gender diverse and gender nonconforming people face multiple sources of violence-from the Israeli military occupation to a society dominated by patriarchy. Activists and women human rights defenders are fighting to end the widespread-and, in some cases, legally sanctioned-impunity for violence against women, sexual and gender-based violence,…

Domestic Workers Rights Movement

Gender Justice Movement DOMESTIC WORKERS MOVEMENT IN INDIA India As COVID-19 has thrust them into a crisis of survival, domestic workers in India-many of them women from marginalized communities-are organizing to expand labor protections and increase wages. Domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Obscured in private homes, they are at risk of economic, physical,…