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O Governo de Moçambique, a União Europeia (UE) e as Nações Unidas (ONU) aprovaram o Plano de Trabalho Anual para 2020 da Iniciativa Spotlight, financiada pela UE, para eliminar a violência e as práticas nocivas contra as mulheres e raparigas, face à novos desafios impostos pela COVID-19.

COVID-19: Mozambique responds to gender-based violence

“We must use all available resources to reach and support women and girls experiencing violence” - EU Ambassador in Mozambique, Antonio-Sánchez Gaspar.

“Eu digo às meninas que elas devem falar se algo acontecer com elas" – Célia Carare, 21 anos

Peer mentoring during COVID-19 pandemic

School closures during the COVID-19 outbreak mean young women and girls are at higher risk of violence but have fewer opportunities to report.

Quando tinha nove anos, Berta de Nazareth perdeu a sua mãe, que foi vítima de feminicídio. Naquela altura, ela não entendia termos como "patriarcado" ou "desempoderamento" – conceitos com os quais lida todos os dias no seu trabalho como activista pelos direitos das mulheres. Tudo o que sabia era que a sua família havia sido dilacerada pela violência.

The story of Berta de Nazareth

Berta de Nazareth's mother was a victim of femicide. She wants Mozambique to become a place where women have autonomy, speak up for themselves.

Sobreviventes de violência olham através da janela do escritório de uma organização não-governamental em Nampula.

Covid-19: Providers prepare for spike in gender-based

In Mozambique, providers prepare for spike in gender-based violence as COVID-19 spreads.

Girls from Nampula province dance during a training session as part of the Rapariga Biz Program.

Peer-to-peer mentoring helps girls understand their rights

Young women are more vulnerable to early pregnancy and marriage, gender-based and sexual violence, HIV and complications arising from childbirth when they a

Spotlight End violence against women and girls

Eliminating violence against women and girls

One in three women in the world experience physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives.

Women’s shelters bring hope to survivors of violence in Mozambique The Spotlight Initiative-supported intervention has helped nine women and girls in the Chimoio district of Manica Province escape extreme violence in the past six months alone.

Women’s shelters bring hope to survivors of violence in Moza

The Spotlight Initiative-supported intervention has helped nine women and girls in the Chimoio district of Manica Province escape extreme violence.