Spotlight Initiative in Tajikistan national steering committee meeting takes place in Dushanbe

The national steering committee meeting of Spotlight Initiative in Tajikistan - a joint EU-UN Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls took place in Dushanbe to present the summary of key results in 2022 and discuss the next steps.

The meeting was co-chaired with by Ms. Nigorakhon Gafforzoda, the first Deputy Chair of the Committee on Women and Family Affairs RT, H.E. Raimundas Karoblis, EU Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ms. Parvathy Ramaswami, UN Resident Coordinator and attended by representatives of state entities, CSOs and UN agencies.

During the meeting the major results and significant achievements of the programme were presented.



It was noted that key interventions of the programme - 1313 hotline for GBV survivors, the Communication strategy, the complaint mechanism, the GBV survivors support rooms will be continued by the Government of Tajikistan - either through securing funds from the national budget or from other sources supported by development partners.

It was highlighted that that Spotlight Initiative in Tajikistan serves as a good example of working in a new partnerships’ way and promoting the inter-agency collaboration working as one UN, demonstrating the value and benefit of UN development system reform in action.



It was made possible thanks to close partnership of the Government of Tajikistan, UN agencies and CSOs, thanks to generous financial support and great partnership of the European Union