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girls, UN Women was established to
accelerate progress on meeting their
needs worldwide. UN Women supports
UN Member States as they set global
standards for achieving gender equal-
ity, and works with governments and
civil society to design laws, policies,
programmes and services needed to
ensure that the standards are effectively
implemented and truly benefit women
and girls worldwide.
UN Women also coordinates and pro-
motes the UN system’s work in advanc-
ing gender equality, and in all delibera-
tions and agreements linked to the 2030
Agenda. The entity works to position
gender equality as fundamental to the
Sustainable Development Goals, and a
more inclusive world. TikTok is the lead-
ing destination for short-form mobile
video. Our mission is to inspire creativ- The #KaunsiBadiBaatHai World Bank strategy
ity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices Since 2003, the World Bank has engaged
including Los Angeles, New York, Lon- campaign — which with countries and partners to support
don, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singa- means ‘what’s the big projects and knowledge products aimed
pore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. at preventing and addressing GBV. The
deal’ in Hindi — is part Bank supports over $300 million in de-
Earlier initiatives of a larger initiative velopment projects aimed at address-
Earlier the World Bank in a report titled ing GBV in World Bank Group (WBG)-
“Gender based violence against women by UN Women called financed operations, both through
and girls released on September 25, 2019 standalone projects and through the in-
had observed that Gender-based vio- ‘Orange the World: tegration of GBV components in sector-
lence (GBV) or violence against women #HearMeToo’ to mark 16 specific projects in areas such as trans-
and girls (VAWG), is a global pandemic port, education, social protection, and
that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. days of activism against forced displacement. Recognizing the
The numbers are staggering because gender-based violence significance of the challenge, addressing
about 35 per cent of women world- GBV in operations has been highlighted
wide have experienced either physical as a World Bank priority, with key com-
or sexual intimate partner violence or that children growing up with violence mitments articulated under both IDA 17
non-partner sexual violence. Globally, are more likely to become survivors and 18, as well as within the World Bank
someone other than a partner has sexu- themselves or perpetrators of violence Group Gender Strategy.
ally assaulted about 7 per cent of wom- in the future. The World Bank conducts analytical
en. Globally, as many as 38 per cent of One characteristic of gender-based work — including rigorous impact evalu-
murders of women, were committed by violence is that it knows no social ation — with partners on gender-based
an intimate partner. About 200 million or economic boundaries and affects violence to generate lessons on effective
women have experienced female genital women and girls of all socio-economic prevention and response interventions
mutilation or cutting. backgrounds: this issue needs to be ad- at the community and national levels.
This issue is not only devastating for dressed in both developing and devel- The World Bank also regularly convenes
survivors of violence and their families, oped countries. Decreasing violence a wide range of development stakehold-
but also entails significant social and eco- against women and girls requires a ers to share knowledge and build evi-
nomic costs. In some countries, violence community-based, multi-pronged dence on what works to address violence
against women is estimated to cost coun- approach, and sustained engagement against women and girls. Over the last
tries up to 3.7% of their GDP — more than with multiple stakeholders. The most few years, the World Bank has ramped
double what most governments spend effective initiatives address underly- up its efforts to address more effectively
on education. Failure to address this is- ing risk factors for violence, including GBV risks in its operations, including
sue also entails a significant cost for the social norms regarding gender roles and learning from other institutions.
future. Numerous studies have shown the acceptability of violence. Addressing GBV is a significant, long-

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