A major international coalition, co-founded by the United Kingdom alongside the Ford Foundation and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, has been launched to tackle violence against women and girls worldwide. Announced on 2 December 2025 during the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the initiative—named ‘All In’—will bring together pioneering women leaders, experts, and influencers to accelerate political commitments and sustained investment in preventing violence against women and girls.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper described violence against women and girls as a national and international emergency, emphasizing the urgency of coordinated global action. The coalition will serve as a platform for sharing evidence and best practices, including insights from the UK’s “What Works to Prevent Violence” initiative and learning from international databases tracking domestic abuse perpetrators.
The launch coincides with the UK preparing to publish a domestic strategy aimed at halving violence against women and girls within a decade. Led by Ministers Jess Phillips and Alex Davies-Jones, the strategy will focus on prevention, pursuit of perpetrators, and support for victims.
The ‘All In’ panel will feature high-profile figures such as Harriet Harman, the UK’s Special Envoy for Women and Girls, Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Graça Machel, former Mozambican Minister of Education. The coalition will address pressing issues, including violence in conflict zones such as Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza, where rape is increasingly used as a weapon of war, as well as the rising global prevalence of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence.
Cooper outlined three priority areas for action: sharing global best practices to prevent violence, integrating gender-based violence prevention into peace and security policies, and tackling international technology-enabled abuse, including the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. As part of this effort, the UK will expand StopNCII.org, a platform that works with victims and tech companies like TikTok, Instagram, and X to remove non-consensual intimate images. This initiative forms part of a £4.85 million Integrated Security Fund to address violence against women both online and offline.
Highlighting the global scale of the problem, Cooper underscored that one in three women and girls worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, with 140 killed daily by a partner or close relative. She pledged the UK’s commitment to going “All In,” ensuring women and girls can live free from violence and fear, while reinforcing that domestic measures, such as the Online Safety Act and new Ofcom guidance, will inform and strengthen international efforts.
