UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women
In 2008, thanks to individuals like you, Governments and the private sector, more than $22 million in grants was awarded—an all-time high. However, the current financial crisis is taking its toll here too. Please do what you can—let your friends know too.
UN TRUST FUND
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) was established by General Assembly resolution 50/166 in 1996 and is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) on behalf of the UN system. The UN Trust Fund is a global multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls.
Since it began operations in 1997, the UN Trust Fund has distributed more than US$450 million to 304 initiatives in 121 countries and territories. Grantees, comprising government and non-governmental organizations, have engaged diverse actors, such as women’s, men’s and youth groups and networks; indigenous communities; religious and traditional leaders; human rights organizations; academic and research organizations; and the media.
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5 August 2009 Nepal: Sending Messages across MountainsNepal’s mountainous terrain, high illiteracy rates and civil conflict have posed daunting challenges to informing women about their right to live free from violence. In addition to domestic abuse and sex trafficking, some Nepali women face... |
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5 August 2009 Sub-Saharan Africa: Men Become Partners for ChangeMen are the primary perpetrators of gender-based violence. They are also critical partners in eliminating it. With support from the UN Trust Fund, the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) has worked in Ethiopia, Kenya,... |
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5 August 2009 Rwanda: Women Ex-Combatants Advocate for Peace and RightsIn Rwanda, the Forum for Activists Against Torture (FACT) has used a UN Trust Fund grant to work with women ex-combatants on raising awareness about women’s human rights and the devastating impact of gender-based violence, including high rates of... |
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5 August 2009 Liberia: Implementing New Laws on Rape“The Trust Fund is Liberia’s ally in [our] effort to end the culture of violence and impunity, so that women and girls […] can enjoy their full human rights. In Liberia, currently three initiatives are benefiting from Trust Fund grants. They are... |
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5 August 2009 South Africa: Making a Dramatic Link between Violence and HIV/AIDSOne woman left her abusive boyfriend. Another, whose husband infected her with HIV and then forced her out of her home, started legal action against him. Both came to a new understanding of their rights after participating in a community theatre... |
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5 August 2009 Croatia: Safe Teen Relationships Become a National ConcernBefore 2003, teenage girls and boys in Croatia could find little information in their high schools about the potential for violence in relationships. But the potential was obviously there: A survey of 600 students found that 60 per cent had... |
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5 August 2009 Latin America: Making Cities SaferViolence is now one of the five main causes of death in Latin America. While young men remain the major victims of street violence, women in too many public spaces fear rape, murder, kidnapping or sexual harassment. Many cities lag behind in... |
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5 August 2009 Africa: Removing Gender Biases from Judicial ProcessesThe scene was a courtroom in Tanzania, where the presiding judge was listening to an appellant contesting a ruling that had dissolved his marriage because he had physically abused his wife. Her complaint, he claimed, was nothing more than a... |
