What is the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls?

The European Union and the United Nations have launched a new partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. The EU and the UN have launched a new partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. It galvanises political commitment at the highest levels and contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and more specifically Goal 5 on Gender Equality. It will do so by building new multistakeholder partnerships and providing large-scale, targeted support, backed by an initial dedicated financial envelope in the order of EUR 500 million. The Initiative will focus on all forms of violence against women and girls that are prevalent and contribute to gender inequality. Its focus is on: domestic and family violence; sexual and gender-based violence; harmful practices; and trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation.

http://www.un.org/en/spotlight-initiative/assets/pdf/spotlight.faq.letter.02.pdf