Violence Against Women and Girls in Disasters: How Funders Can Fill Funding Gaps

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“When conflict and disaster force women and girls to flee their communities and homes, they face grave danger … As livelihoods and safety nets vanish in emergencies, rates of gender-based violence can skyrocket.”

~ Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

According to UN Women, “1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.” In emergencies, conflict, climate shocks or displacement, the risk intensifies as protective systems often fail. For example, the EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid reported that “70% of women in humanitarian crises experience violence.”

Despite the scale of need, prevention of violence against women and girls remains severely underfunded. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that we will need $42 billion to address gender-based violence worldwide. With the cuts in U.S. foreign aid, only 7.3% of the $2.2 billion requested by the Official Development Assistance for 2025 as been secured.

Violence against women and girls is a preventable crisis. Solutions exist. Join CDP for a webinar to hear experts in the field discuss how philanthropy can step up to address gaps in funding.

By the end of this webinar, donors will:

• Increase their awareness of the importance of funding holistic services addressing violence against women and girls during disasters and crises.
• Understand why changes in the funding landscape have increased the need for donor attention.
• Explore programmatic examples that offer solutions to this crisis.

Who Should Attend?

• Funders interested in the intersection of climate, disaster and violence against specific groups
• Philanthropic organizations, advisors, individual donors and funders
• Disaster prevention professionals
• Community leaders and policymakers

Panelists

• Abigail Erickson, Chief at UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women and Girls and Acting Head, UN Women Bonn Office

Promotional support for this webinar was provided by Alliance Magazine, Giving Compass, PEAK Grantmaking, Philanthropy New York, and United Philanthropy Forum.

Accessibility Information

Automated captioning in multiple languages will be available via Zoom during the webinar. CDP desires to provide accessible webinars. Please email Katie Huang by Nov. 6 and with any accommodation requests.