FORUM: "UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls." International Day for the Eliminartion of Violence Against Women 2025. Online and digital spaces should empower women and girls. Yet every day, for millions of women and girls the digital world has become a minefield of harassment, abuse, and control. Violence against women and girls affects one in three women. It is a global human rights emergency that must stop. As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – one of the most progressive international agreements on women’s rights to date – the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE 2025 campaign will focus on one of the fastest-growing forms of abuse: digital violence against women and girls. This year’s campaign is also a reminder that digital safety is central to gender equality. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #Noexcuse, #25November, #orangetheworld, #16daysofactivism, #DomesticViolence and #GenerationEquality.
Statement of the United Nations Secretary-General on International Day for the Eliminartion of Violence Against Women 2025; November 25th.
Violence against women and girls is a global scourge. And in our digital age, it is being amplified by the reach and speed of technology.
That is why online protection is the focus of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Online harassment, deepfakes and hate speech are proliferating.
Misogynistic content is moving from the margins to the mainstream. And violence that begins in the digital world can spill over into the physical –– in the form of stalking, abuse, even femicide. Ending this crisis demands action from us all:
Governments must criminalize digital violence and strengthen support for survivors. Technology companies must ensure their platforms are safe and accountable.
And communities must come together in zero tolerance for online hate. We cannot allow digital spaces to be yet another place where women and girls are unsafe.
On the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, I call on the world to unite to end violence against women everywhere.
Together, we can build a world free of fear where every woman and every girl can thrive.
António Guterres.
EVENTS: This year's commemoration of the International Day for the Eliminartion of Violence Against Women will mark the global launch of the 2025 UNiTE Campaign: "UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls." It will bring together Member States, UN entities, civil society, youth leaders, celebrity guests, and partners from the technology and creative sectors to call for stronger action and accountability to prevent and respond to digital violence against women and girls. The UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Marion Reimers will moderate the event and will include remarks by the President of the 80th Session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the participation of the Executive Directors of UN Women and UNFPA, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission and the Permanent Representative to the UN of the Dominican Republic.
From 25 November to 10 December 2025, mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence under the theme: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.
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