UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict

UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict A network of 27 UN Entities working to address conflict-related sexual violence
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What happens when reintegration is truly inclusive? With funding from UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict and ...
05/07/2026

What happens when reintegration is truly inclusive?

With funding from UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict and implementation by IOM Somalia, a catalytic project supported women formerly associatif with violent extremist organizations, many of them survivors of conflict‑related sexual violence, to recover, reintegrate and rebuild their lives.

The collaboration helped evolve Somalia’s National Programme for the Treatment and Handling of Disengaged Combatants by expanding its focus to women and strengthening community‑based reintegration through psychosocial care, vocational training and livelihood support. Together, and demonstrated how survivor‑centred approaches can strengthen Protection from CRSV, and enhance peacebuilding and community resilience.

Swipe to read their words: the testimonies were shared by women during a UN Action field visit to Kismayo in April 2026.

A high-level dialogue was held earlier this month with the Somali Armed Forces and focused on command responsibility, a...
04/29/2026

A high-level dialogue was held earlier this month with the Somali Armed Forces and focused on command responsibility, accountability, and the destabilizing impact of CRSV on communities and public trust, as part of a technical mission to strengthen prevention and response to conflict-related sexual violence, building on the 2013 Joint Communiqué with the Federal Government of Somalia.

The consultations, hosted by UNTIMS, UN Action and the Office of the SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict’s Military Expert, resulted in a draft Command Order, marking a concrete step toward prevention.

Prevention starts with leadership.

Survivor‑centred prevention of conflict‑related sexual violence in action in South Sudan. This week in South Sudan, UN A...
04/23/2026

Survivor‑centred prevention of conflict‑related sexual violence in action in South Sudan.

This week in South Sudan, UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, through United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), and in partnership with UNFPA South Sudan, United Nations Peacekeeping and civil society organizations, convened a Survivor‑Centred UN Action Lab on Preventing CRSV during a joint mission.

The two‑day UN Action Lab marked:
🔹 The launch of the CRSV Prevention Framework in South Sudan
🔹 Direct input from UN partners, survivor networks and civil society to contextualize Early Warning Indicators for preventing CRSV
🔹 The first-ever pilot of UN Action’s Toolkit to Support a Survivor‑Centred Approach to Preventing & Responding to CRSV

By grounding prevention in survivor experiences and field‑level expertise, the UN Action Network is strengthening early warning, improving coordination, and supporting peacekeepers to act before violence escalates.

This is prevention that listens, and acts.

Today at , UN Action joined the Government of Finland, UNFPA and partners – including the Governments of Ukraine and Pa...
03/11/2026

Today at , UN Action joined the Government of Finland, UNFPA and partners – including the Governments of Ukraine and Panama – for the side event “Under Attack: Gendered Consequences for Health in Conflict.”

Our Chair of the UN Action Network, SRSG Pramila Patten, noted that attacks on health systems and SRH services are attacks on women’s bodies, minds and futures. Frontline responders from conflict-affected contexts spoke about stigma, trauma and gaps in services – and how coordinated, survivor-centred care can replace horror with healing and hope.

Thank you to all the survivors, activists, health workers, States and CSOs who participated in this event, especially to Finland, Panama and Ukraine for keeping the right to health in focus and reminding the world that women’s rights do not end when conflicts and crises begin. 💜

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Speakers included:
🔹 Ms. Diene Keita, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNFPA
🔹 Ms. Pramila Patten, UN Under-Secretary-General, SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict & Chair of the UN Action Network
🔹 Ms. Oksana Nechyporenko, Co-Founder, Masha Foundation (Ukraine), Winner of Finland’s International Gender Equality Prize 2025
🔹 Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
🔹 Ms. Lucia D. Pascale Solages, founding member and General Coordinator, NÈGÈS MAWON (Haiti)
🔹 Ms. Letitia Anderson, UN Action Network Coordinator, OSRSG-SVC
🔹 Ms. Maryna Slobodnichenko, Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine

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Read SRSG Patten’s full remarks: https://www.stoprapenow.org/resource/chair-of-un-action-srsg-svc-patten-keynote-remarks-at-csw70-under-attack-gendered-consequences-for-health-in-conflict/

Today at , UN Action joined the Government of Finland, UNFPA and partners – including the Governments of Ukraine and Pa...
03/11/2026

Today at , UN Action joined the Government of Finland, UNFPA and partners – including the Governments of Ukraine and Panama – for the side event “Under Attack: Gendered Consequences for Health in Conflict.”

Our Chair of the UN Action Network, SRSG Pramila Patten, noted that attacks on health systems and SRH services are attacks on women’s bodies, minds and futures. Frontline responders from conflict-affected contexts spoke about stigma, trauma and gaps in services – and how coordinated, survivor-centred care can replace horror with healing and hope.

Thank you to all the survivors, activists, health workers, States and CSOs who participated in this event, especially to Finland, Panama and Ukraine for keeping the right to health in focus and reminding the world that women’s rights do not end when conflicts and crises begin. 💜

UNAction SurvivorCentred CSW

Speakers included:
🔹 Ms. Diene Keita, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNFPA
🔹 Ms. Pramila Patten, UN Under-Secretary-General, SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict & Chair of the UN Action Network
🔹 Ms. Oksana Nechyporenko, Co-Founder, Masha Foundation (Ukraine), Winner of Finland’s International Gender Equality Prize 2025
🔹 Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
🔹 Ms. Lucia D. Pascale Solages, founding member and General Coordinator, NÈGÈS MAWON (Haiti)
🔹 Ms. Letitia Anderson, UN Action Network Coordinator, OSRSG-SVC
🔹 Ms. Maryna Slobodnichenko, Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine

Read SRSG Patten’s full remarks: https://www.stoprapenow.org/resource/chair-of-un-action-srsg-svc-patten-keynote-remarks-at-csw70-under-attack-gendered-consequences-for-health-in-conflict/

Join us at for an in-person only side-event hosted by Norway with Ireland, the DRC, UN Action and UNFPA:“Turning Partn...
03/09/2026

Join us at for an in-person only side-event hosted by Norway with Ireland, the DRC, UN Action and UNFPA:
“Turning Partnership into Protection for SGBV Survivors: Insights from the DRC.”
Our Chair – Pramila Patten, UN SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict – will share high-level remarks alongside partners from government, the UN, NGOs and survivor-led networks, highlighting how partnership in the DRC is turning commitments into concrete support for SGBV and CRSV survivors.
📍 Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN
🗓️ 12 March, 1:15–2:45 p.m. (EDT) – in-person only, register here
Norway

From Tokyo, SRSG Patten, Chair of UN Action, briefed journalists on the brutal realities of conflict-related sexual viol...
01/29/2026

From Tokyo, SRSG Patten, Chair of UN Action, briefed journalists on the brutal realities of conflict-related sexual violence – “the world’s least-reported and least-condemned crime” – and thanked the Government and people of Japan for their unwavering support to her mandate. SRSG Patten is currently on an official visit to Japan with the support of UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action).
Since 2014, Japan has provided USD 16 million to UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict to enable life-saving medical, psychosocial, legal and livelihood support services for survivors in settings such as  the DRC, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq and Lebanon.
At a time of soaring needs and shrinking humanitarian budgets, her message was clear: survivors need more than promises, they need sustained, predictable resources for protection and assistance services. 


“It wasn’t just about the vegetables. It was about getting my dignity back.”🌱In South Sudan, survivors of conflict-relat...
12/16/2025

“It wasn’t just about the vegetables. It was about getting my dignity back.”🌱
In South Sudan, survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are using small, market-driven livelihoods – like soap-making, vegetable farming and local trading – to rebuild income, confidence and safety on their own terms.
Together with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and local partners, has supported a project that links trade-related technical assistance with survivor-centred, trauma-informed support:
• safe, home-based economic activities
• community training hubs and peer groups
• small grants and start-up kits
• close links to protection, health and psychosocial services
The new publication “From Survival to Stability: A TRTA Framework in Conflict and GBV-Affected Contexts” captures lessons from this work and offers a practical framework for anyone designing economic empowerment in CRSV-affected settings.
These are not just stories of income – they are stories of dignity, agency and solidarity.
🔗 You can find the guide via ITC’s Refugees and Trade programme
https://www.intracen.org/our-work/topics/inclusive-trade/refugees-and-trade

On , marking the end of the of Activism against GBV.The UN Action Coordinator participated this week in interagency t...
12/10/2025

On , marking the end of the of Activism against GBV.
The UN Action Coordinator participated this week in interagency trainings to newly-elected Security Council members on how to effectively advance the WPS agenda in the prevailing political and fiscal climate, in collaboration with UN Action members UN Women, DPO, DPPA, and CTED, as well as the NGO WG on WPS.

“Numo, Sisters! Free to choose. Strong together.” 💜During the 16 Days of Activism, joined survivors, , .sisters and .ua...
12/09/2025

“Numo, Sisters! Free to choose. Strong together.” 💜
During the 16 Days of Activism, joined survivors, , .sisters and .ua in Kyiv for a powerful forum led by women who survived Russian captivity and conflict-related sexual violence.
Together, they discussed how Ukraine’s new law on urgent interim reparations can truly work for survivors – and what is still needed in terms of services, justice and support for women who are still in captivity or rebuilding their lives after release.
Through our joint project with UN Women and partners, UN Action is proud to stand alongside the Numo Sisters community and all those fighting for survivor-centred reparations and long-term prevention of CRSV in Ukraine.
From survivors’ stories to legal reforms, from solidarity to action – their leadership is charting the path forward.

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