| No images? Click here  Monday, 17 November 2025 MEDIA ADVISORY STRICT EMBARGO: The embargo is lifted on Wednesday 19 November 2025, 15:00 CET (Geneva), 14:00 GMT WHAT: Embargoed Press Briefing: Violence against women prevalence estimates 2023 Violence against women remains a public health crisis and one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide, with millions of women experiencing physical or sexual violence, mostly by their intimate partner, at least once in their lifetime. The latest WHO report will give global, regional and national estimates on intimate partner violence and for the first time, also on non-partner sexual violence. The report underscores the urgent need for action to end violence against women. SUBJECT: Violence against women prevalence estimate,2023. Global, regional and national prevalence estimates for intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence against women DATE AND PLACE : Virtual : Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 14:00 (CET), 13:00 ( GMT) SPEAKERS: Dr Jeremy Farrar, Assistant Director -General, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Control Lynnmarie Sardinha, Technical Officer, Department of Sexual, Reproductive , Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing. Avni Amin, Unit Head, Rights and Equality across the Life course. The Report and the News Release under strict embargo can be found in the following Canto link. https://who.canto.global/b/KR87N Media contact: mediainquiries@who.int or chaibf@who.int Join via Zoom: https://who.zoom.us/j/99696593262 Password: WHOVAW25! Telephone: International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/adWTF1vR3x Join by SIP 99696593262@zoomcrc.com Notes to journalists: Please enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet) in your Zoom profile and ensure your microphone is connected and active on your computer. When you sign in, you will be automatically put in the meeting room. Click "raise hand" if you wish to ask a question (the icon can be found under the tab: participants), this will enter you into the queue for questions. Please note that only questions from the media are allowed during the press conference.
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