Spotlight Initiative

Yesterday, we hosted a health camp in partnership with the @KCCAUG Komamboga Health Center— offering our students and walk-in participants access to learnings on GBV prevention and reporting, free HIV testing, counseling, and sexual reproductive health education. We are grateful…

“I survived 2 panga attacks while fighting for my children’s right to education. I appreciate the justice livelihood for health and the district probation officer for supporting me through the @GlobalSpotlight”. - Beatrice Itungho, GBV survivor.

🎥 Biira Jane, a community member shares her relief and renewed hope in the new GBV shelter in Kasese District. “We are so happy, because the GBV shelter has been our cry all over the district”. @GlobalSpotlight @EUinUG @Mglsd_UG #EndGBV #SDG5

“Let me take this opportunity to appreciate #EU for the invaluable partnership and funding of the @GlobalSpotlight Gender for Development Programme. This generous support has enabled us to deliver this shelter alongside other critical interventions”. - @NwanneObahor

Today, @UNDP handed over a GBV shelter to the Kasese District Local Government. This was delivered under the EU-UN @GlobalSpotlight and reflects what we can achieve when we work together to protect women and girls and uphold their right to safety, dignity, and healing. #SDG5

This shelter, delivered under the EU-UN @GlobalSpotlight Initiative, will offer GBV survivors safety, legal aid, counseling and skills training. #SDG5 #WomenUganda2025+

This handover is a collective commitment to dignity, rights, and safety for survivors. As UNDP, we reaffirm our dedication to advancing gender equality and inclusive development across Uganda. #SDG5

🌍 Empowering Women & Girls Through Specialized #MentalHealthCare @TpoUg joined the @EUinUG @GlobalSpotlight #SpotlightInitiative mission to #BidibidiRefugeeSettlement, led by #LutaShaba, Spotlight Programme Coordinator @UN_Uganda, with @UNHCRuganda & @OPMUganda. #RestoringHope

Day Two & Final: @TpoUg hosted @UNHCRUganda & partners implementing the @GlobalSpotlight for a field monitoring mission in #ImvepiRefugeeSettlement. 📍 Home to 73,000+ refugees, 58% women—Imvepi is a place of resilience, renewed hope & change after battles of lost hope.

🎥Amunu Oliver, Graduate @EUinUG @GlobalSpotlight @NLinUganda

"Due to societal pressures at the beginning, I wasn’t interested in joining the engineering training under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. But once I started, I developed a strong interest and ended up enjoying it." - Asero Babra, Graduate @GlobalSpotlight @EUinUG @NLinUganda

Spotlight Initiative in Uganda has exceeded 2024 targets. “When I reviewed the results from 2024, I was struck by how far we’ve come – not just in numbers, but in the lives, we’ve changed” - @1ZuluLeonard, @UNinUganda Resident Coordinator Read more: shorturl.at/e1YgY

Spotlight 2.0 officially kicks off in Chipangali! With support from Chief Chanje & the community, initiative begins its mission to eliminate #GBV and uplift women and girls. Spotlight in Zambia is funded by @IrelandinZambia, impl' by @UNFPAZambia, @UNDPZambia, UNESCO @IomZambia

“Anything that impacts women adversely has serious repercussions on our social, political, and economic development.” – @DennisZulu_, @UN @UNJamaica Resident Coordinator🇯🇲, during #FfD4. #WithHer #EndGBV #GenderEquality #SDG5 #EVAWG

📉 "Only 0.002 per cent of global development funding goes to women’s organizations." At #FfD4, Spotlight Initiative convened governments, UN agencies, civil society and private sector to #EVAWG. Read more: shorturl.at/9gGHr #SDG5 #WithHer #GenderEquality