Thank you for supporting the African Union Convention to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Africa, which has the highest rate of gender-based violence in the world. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to support this cause by signing the Petition before 31 January. We are encouraging African leaders to sign the Convention to end this violence during the African Union Summit in mid-February.

The Coalition has over 2,000 members in all 55 African countries. I have invited the Coalition members to share their messages with you in the coming days.

Kind regards,

Virginia Morris

"New York – Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the 2025 femicide report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women confirms that femicide continues to take the lives of tens of thousands of women and girls worldwide, with no sign of real progress."