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STORY: UN / VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
31 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amanda Nguyen, Astronaut/ Founder and CEO, Rise:
“When we were fighting to pass the United Nations resolution, people told me that it would be impossible, but here at the United Nations, we passed the first ever UNGA standalone resolution for rape survivors by consensus. Impossible, it's just an opinion.”
4. Wide shot, General Assembly
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tatyana McFadden, American Paralympic Athlete:
“Sadly, girls and women with disabilities experience significantly higher rates of violence than the general population. Estimates suggest that we are two to three times more likely to experience abuse, often perpetrated by those closest to us. We appear more vulnerable, and we are.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Fereshteh Forough, Founder, Code to Inspire:
“You must confront the system that try to erase you. Gender Based Violence is not only physical. It is the ban on a girl's education. It is the economic strangulation. It is this law: deliberate erasure of women from public life, carried out not with weapons alone, but with policy silence and willingness to look away.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The sad fact remains that not a single country has achieved gender equality, our fifth Sustainable Development Goal. Indeed, the most pervasive barrier to equality is also the oldest: violence against women and girls. Today, at least one in three women will experience violence in her lifetime, simply because she was born a woman.”
10. Wide shot, General Assembly
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Simply put, it will be impossible to achieve a world of peace, possible and sustainability if the levels of gender-based violence remain as they are.”
12. Wide shot, General Assembly
Today (31 Mar), the Women Breaking Barriers event in New York convened iconic women leaders and allies at the forefront of entertainment, science, media, and business to highlight the impact of gender-based violence on the trajectories of women and girls across the globe.
This event aimed to build powerful coalitions across sectors to end all forms of violence against women and girls.
Amanda Nguyen, Astronaut, Founder and CEO of Rise, said, “When we were fighting to pass the United Nations resolution, people told me that it would be impossible, but here at the United Nations, we passed the first ever UNGA standalone resolution for rape survivors by consensus. Impossible, it's just an opinion.”
Tatyana McFadden, American Paralympic athlete noted, “Sadly, girls and women with disabilities experience significantly higher rates of violence than the general population. Estimates suggest that we are two to three times more likely to experience abuse, often perpetrated by those closest to us. We appear more vulnerable, and we are.”
Talking about Taliban’s ban on Afghan women and girls, Fereshteh Forough, Founder, Code to Inspire said, “You must confront the system that try to erase you. Gender Based Violence is not only physical. It is the ban on a girl's education. It is the economic strangulation. It is this law: deliberate erasure of women from public life, carried out not with weapons alone, but with policy silence and willingness to look away.”
Addressing the event through a video message, Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, said, “The sad fact remains hat not a single country has achieved gender equality, our fifth Sustainable Development Goal. Indeed, the most pervasive barrier to equality is also the oldest: violence against women and girls. Today, at least one in three women will experience violence in her lifetime, simply because she was born a woman.”
She stressed, “Simply put, it will be impossible to achieve a world of peace, possible and sustainability if the levels of gender-based violence remain as they are.”
The Women Breaking Barriers event was hosted by: UN Spotlight Initiative; RISE; Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN; Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the UN; Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the UN.
