UN Spotlight Initiative

The Initiative is intended to provide renewed investment in and commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment as a pre-condition and driver for the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also intends to spearhead a new joined up approach and partnership between the UN and the EU to deliver on the SDGs in an integrated manner, in line with respective mandates. The Initiative will respond to all forms of VAWG, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. In line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Initiative will fully integrate the principle of 'leaving no one behind'.