United Nations Association (UNA) San Francisco

03/22/2025

Today is the final day of gathering in solidarity for the 69th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-69) where there were bold strategies and new reasons to be hopeful.

A year after the U.N. launched the Gender Equality Accelerator Plan (GEAP) to address structural barriers to women’s equality – including the transformation of U.N. systems and data collection for NGOs to report on the status of women – the reports from NGOs highlight actions taken locally to address violence and manageable recommendations for safeguarding girls’ rights.

The clarion call by the Secretariat General commits to placing women and girls at the center of multilateralism, and promises to deliver more effective results for women and girls – regardless of the perceived level of support from individual member states. This development is a call to action for US-based NGOs who have been dedicated to the pursuit of eradicating gender based violence and serves as a reminder that civil society will not back down to the challenge.

12/05/2024

The U.S. hosts more child s*xual abuse content online than any other country in the world, accounting for 30% of the global total of child s*xual abuse material.

Predatory behaviors have increased since Covid and bad actors operate with impunity within the U.S. due to the lack of legislation to hold tech companies accountable for hosting the content, allowing file sharing, or monitoring the removal of child s*xual exploitation materials from their platforms.

U.S. buyers of child s*x trafficking content prefer live shows on video streaming apps of children 2 years - 12 years old, with special preference for 6 year old girls. This type of violence against children is both pervasive and preventable. UN Women

12/04/2024

Learn about ways the UN Acts for Women's Safety. Check out https://www.spotlightinitiative.org/

12/02/2024

Today is CyberMonday... a full week into the 16 Days of Activism.

Cyber violence against women and girls is a growing global problem that can cause significant economic and societal consequences. It is a form of violence that exploits information captured by online tools to create harm. This includes:

1. Sextortion: Blackmail by threatening to publish s*xual information;
2. Image-based abuse: Sharing intimate photos without consent;
3. Doxxing: Publishing private personal information;
4. Cyberbullying: Online harassment;
5. Cyberstalking: Repeated acts to harass, intimidate, or persecute;
6. Online grooming: Using technology to groom for s*xual assault; and
7. Hate speech: Spreading hate, fear, and misinformation

Cyberviolence is a crime! Report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center with the FBI.

12/01/2024

11/30/2024

The US spends more than $690 million to support the Violence Against Women Act. In some countries, violence against women is estimated to cost countries up to 3.7% of their GDP – more than twice the investment in education.

11/30/2024

Failure to address Gender Based Violence entails a significant cost for the future generation. Numerous studies have shown that children growing up with violence are more likely to become survivors themselves or perpetrators of violence in the future.

Today, one in 12 teens experience physical or s*xual dating violence. Dating violence is never your fault!

Learn the signs of dating violence and that Love Is Respect. If you need to report dating violence or help a friend report, Text, "LoveIs" to 22522.

11/29/2024

On this day of gratitude, UNA-San Francisco remembers to hold each other accountable to ending violence.

The UN has chosen the color orange to symbolize a future free of violence. I am grateful for all who gathered in the rain at San Francisco City Hall for the launch of the campaign.

11/27/2024

It takes a woman experiencing violence an average of 8 years to leave the situation or ask for help to leave. Help prepare women and girls to be safe! Supporting and Reporting .

Some ways to help end violence against women and girls include:
1. Listening to and believing survivors,
2. Learning the signs of abuse,
3. Standing against r**e culture,
4. Funding women's organizations, and
5. Holding each other accountable.

11/26/2024

Gender Based Violence is not only devastating for survivors of violence and their families, but also entails significant social and economic costs.

In some countries, violence against women is estimated to cost countries up to 3.7% of their GDP – more than double what most governments spend on education.

Global causes of violence against women include: poverty, breakdown in services, war and conflict, displacement, and stress in the home.

11/25/2024

November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day established by the United Nations in 2000 to raise awareness and encourage action against gender-based violence. Join the UNA-San Francisco in support of the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence - through December 10th Human Rights Day.

Every a woman is killed from gender based violence.

Gender-based violence knows no social or economic boundaries and affects women and girls in both developing and developed countries.