UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict

09/23/2026

09/17/2026

📢 Join us during for a high-level discussion on preventing conflict-related sexual violence.

“Inaction Is Not an Option: From Knowledge to Prevention: The UN Action Approach to Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” will bring together Member States, UN entities, frontline practitioners and survivors to advance prevention efforts and strengthen survivor-centred responses.

The event will also mark the launch of the Toolkit to Support a Survivor-Centred Approach to Preventing and Addressing CRSV, developed by the UN Action network through extensive consultations with survivors, affected communities and experts.

📅 22 September 2026
🕜 13:15-14:30 EDT
📍 Conference Room 11, United Nations HQ, New York
🎥 Livestream available on UN Web TV
🔗 Register now via the link in bio!

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.

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.

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.