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Did you know that that wars cost the world $20 trillion in 2023 or that one in three victims of trafficking is a child?
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Disarmament
Disarmament
First resolution of the UN General Assembly was on nuclear disarmament in 1946.
Disarmament
Over 12,000 nuclear weapons remain an existential threat to humanity today.
Disarmament
2,000 nuclear tests were conducted at more than 60 sites in nearly eight decades.
Human trafficking
Human trafficking
61% of trafficking victims were women and girls in 2022.
Human trafficking
31% increase in child trafficking victims.
Human trafficking
42% of victims are trafficked for forced labor.
Human trafficking
1 in 3 victims of human trafficking is a child.
Human trafficking
Child victims of human trafficking suffer more extreme violence than adults.
Human trafficking
Unaccompanied migrant children are prime targets for trafficking.
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding
2023 The global economic impact of violence was nearly $20 trillion.
Peacebuilding
2020每2024 Funding for peacebuilding projects in at least 40 countries is $1.5 billion.
Peacebuilding
#INVEST IN PEACE
Violence against children
Violence against children
1 in 6 children lived in conflict zones in 2020.
Violence against children
Homicide kills a child every five minutes.
Violence against children
246 million children experience violence in and around schools.
Women, peace and security
Women, peace and security
Every 10 minutes a woman is killed by an intimate partner or family member.
Women, peace and security
60 per cent of femicides were committed by intimate partners or family members.
Women, peace and security
In 2023 femicide claimed the lives of 85,000 women and girls globally.
Women, peace and security
600 million+ women and girls lived within 50 kilometres of an armed conflict zone.
Women, peace and security
95% of victims of conflict-related sexual violence were women and girls.
Women, peace and security
1 in every 8 women and girls experienced violence by an intimate partner.
Women, peace and security
2016每2022: The number of women in armed forces increased by an average of 27%, but significant barriers remain.
Women, peace and security
2022: Women made up 12% of personnel in the army, 15% in the air force and 14% in the navy.
Women, peace and security
2022: About 97% of senior officers in the defence sector were men.
Women, peace and security
In 2023 women represented only 9.6% of negotiators, 13.7% of mediators and 26.6% of signatories in peace processes.
Women, peace and security
In the meantime the effects of war and conflict on women and girls are worsening.
Women, peace and security
In 2023 the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared to 2022.