Gender-sensitive approaches

Let’s make sure women and girls can shape the policies, services and infrastructure that impact all our lives.

Countering gender-based violence, addressing vulnerability factors and empowering women have always been at the forefront of UNICRI work.

Time is NOW to Empower Women and Stop Abuses Testimonies from UNICRI's Research on Trafficking of Nigerian Girls

Despite the progresses achieved in addressing gender issues, ongoing discrimination and unequal treatment continue to affect women and girls worldwide.

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will deliver a Symposium on “Addressing vulnerabilities, increasing access to services: how to mainstream gender into policy and practice of substance use preventio

A new Report on “The Impacts of the Crisis on Gender Equality and Women’s Wellbeing in European Union (EU) Mediterranean Countries”  has been presented at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 18 September 2014.

Addressing gender differences in drug prevention and recovery The II Plenary Conference of the DAWN Project will present the project's initial results and the latest state of the art in the field of gender and addiction.

To date, there is extensive evidence of the differences between women and men regarding substance use.

Gender Equality, Development and Women’s Rights in the EU Mediterranean Basin in the Years of Financial, Political and Social Crisis The economic instability affecting many segments of societies in the European Union’s Mediterranean basi

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Trafficking of Nigerian Girls in Italy. The Data, the Stories, the Social Services, UNICRI, Turin, 2010.

Gender differences have been recognized as important determinant in the onset of substance abuse and other dependence behaviours.

A raising awareness campaign to prevent trafficking in persons from Nigeria to Italy and inform victims about protection programmes.

The Italian Department for Antidrug Policies Algeria - Pôle Prevention et Jeunesse Office National de Lutte contre la Drogue et la Toxicomanie Egypt -

As the majority of countries has applied the social lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, violence against women and girls has intensified.

Background Countering gender-based violence, addressing vulnerability factors and empowering women have always been at the forefront of UNICRI work.

Recently, UNICRI has broadened the scope of project DAWN, to develop a major outreach activity to address gender-based vulnerability, especially related to drug addiction, and to enhance the protection of vulnerable women worldwide, with the creat