“Enough!  

During these 16 days and every day, I say “enough!” to all forms of violence against women and girls. 

We started this year with high hopes for advancing women’s rights, a cornerstone of the Sustainable Development Goals. But the COVID-19 crisis threatens to reverse many of our hard-fought gains. Data show that 1 in 5 women has experienced intimate partner violence in the past year alone, and women’s vulnerability to violence has only increased under the pandemic.  

We must do more. We must end violence everywhere it occurs.  

Enough. One word to transform our world.”