The UNFPA and UNICEF Regional Offices of West and Central Africa (WCARO), East and Southern Africa (ESARO), and Arab States and the Middle East and North Africa (ASRO/MENA) all have programmes addressing cross-border FGM in their various regions. A number of multi-country studies have been carried out to assess the status of FGM among the border communities in the three regions.

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) and The Equality Institute (EQI), with support from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, steered and facilitated the development of a Global Shared Research Agenda (GSRA) for research into violence against women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Join us to find out what was discovered.

Sexual violence is a risk that all refugees face—women, girls, men, boys, and people with diverse gender identities like transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex individuals. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that perpetrators target women and girls, but also men and boys, including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTQI).