In a recent Washington, D.C meeting, policy makers and researchers came together with the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the UCSD School of Medicine to lend their ideas to the issues women and girls face globally. This event was held to commemorate a recent $1.6 million grant that was awarded to the Center on Gender Equity (GEH) and Health from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to be used to improve the rigorous measurement of violence against women and girls worldwide. BMFG funds will also go towards supporting a new GEH office in India, as well as allowing opportunities to train UCSD students on multidisciplinary research.