Thousands of women took to the streets of South Africa in 2018 for the #TotalShutdown march against gender-based violence and femicide. The march was a watershed moment in the country's fight against GBV. Photo: UN Women/Asiphe Saul

A sports competition with university students in Dhaka, Bangladesh during the16 Days of activism in 2018 raises awareness for programmes and activities designed to improve safety and prevent sexual harassment on campus. Photo: UN Women/Fahad Kaiser

Gender-based violence is not only physical, and includes sexual, psychological, emotional and economic violence. SAFENET provides coordinated response services to all gender-based survivors. Photo: UN Women/Shazia Usmanman

A mother and her one-year-old daughter with severe acute malnutrition receive treatment at the Hayal Arab health facility in Atbara, River Nile state, Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/UNI607280/Ahmed

Hon. Rebecca Lolosoli, Nominated MCA for Waso Ward, attending a cultural ceremony. Photo: UN Women/Kelvin Cheruiyot

Conducting special training, including small business skills development for women at the AKASA safe house in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Photo: UN Women Sri Lanka/Ravindra Rohana

Timorese women veterans observe the canvases before them—portraits that held not just their faces, but the untold stories of their courage and sacrifices with their pictures and stories. Photo: UN Women Timor-Leste

Portrait of Hanna Demydenko. Photo courtesy of Hanna Demydenko

Yuli Velázquez is an environmental defender working with the fishing communities of Santander, in northern Colombia. She is speaking at an event that brought together women fishers from different parts of Colombia. Photo courtesy of CREDHOS