UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
We are learning how to stop the violence. These projects reflect the increasing committment that exists worldwide to protect women’s rights, provide services for victims and punish crimes of violence against women and girls. —Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director
List of UN Trust Fund Grantees, 12th Cycle, 2007
The UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women was established by General Assembly resolution 50/166 in 1996 and is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). In establishing the UN Trust Fund, the General Assembly highlighted eliminating violence against women as critical to accelerating the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The UN Trust Fund is the only multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports local, national and regional efforts to combat violence.
Since it began operations in 1997, the UN Trust Fund has distributed more than US$19 million to 263 initiatives to address violence against women in 115 countries. Raising awareness of women's human rights, these efforts have:
- linked activists and advocates from all parts of the world;
- shown how small, innovative projects impact laws, policies and attitudes; and
- helped break the wall of silence, moving the issue onto public agendas everywhere.
With grants currently ranging from US$100,000 to US$300,000, UN Trust Fund projects conduct public education and awareness campaigns, build coalitions, involve law-enforcement, judicial and government agencies, train educators, healthcare personnel and police officials to respond to and prevent violence. Many projects strive to alter community attitudes and involve men as allies.
Fact Sheet: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women [ eng | esp | fra ]
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