When and how can we tell if the whole system from government to police are ready to support survivors of violence? <br />Adequate, competent, quality services across all sectors, just like specific laws and policies, can help prevent and address violence against women and girls. <br /> <br />Hear now from civil society and women’s rights organizations (CSOs and WROs) providing and advocating for better services, effective laws and new policies to better promote women’s right to live free of violence!

#8 So, how to stop violence before it even starts?

1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime. And this number has remained unchanged for at least the past decade while we know violence is preventable. Why isn’t knowledge about preventing violence against women more widespread? Who is providing this knowledge and how can we sustain and USE this knowledge?  Introducing "Pathways to Prevention", a limited podcast series produced by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, consolidating knowledge from nearly 100 initiatives by civil society and women's rights organizations around the world. In these 8 episodes, as grantee organizations lent their voices to share the knowledge obtained through supporting the experiences and lived realities of women and girl survivors and those at risk of violence, and how they are preventing violence from occurring and re-occuring in their lives.  Listen to this series and learn about all the interesting work that grassroots organizations are doing to prevent violence against women - the most pervasive form of human rights violation TO THIS DAY!  The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of UN Women (managing the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women on behalf of the UN system), the United Nations or any of its affiliated organizations.