FLAGSHIP EVENT: Empowered to Choose - Leveraging Cash Assistance in GBV Response Link to recording

The Swiss and US governments co-sponsored this event on December 8th with UNFPA. The event was opened by the UNFPA Deputy Executive Director, Programme Ms. Diene Keita, with Head of Multilateral Affairs at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Ms. Nicole Ruder and the Assistant Secretary of the United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Ms. Julieta Valls Noyes. Presenters confirmed that integrating cash within gender-based violence case management as a personalized approach to helping women and girls in need is a dignifying, discreet, and flexible solution.