Photo: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women/Phil Borges
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) awards grants to initiatives that demonstrate that violence against women and girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with persistence, eliminated.
Since its creation in 1996, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 129 million to 463 initiatives in 139 countries and territories. Its current portfolio comprises 106 grants totalling USD 54 million in 77 countries and territories.
Established by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166 and administered by UN Women on behalf of the UN System, the UN Trust Fund works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and UN country teams to:
- prevent violence against women and girls by empowering groups especially at risk of violence, including adolescent girls and indigenous or ethnic minority women, and engaging strategically with boys and men as well as traditional and faith-based leaders to prevent violence;
- improve access to services, such as legal assistance, psychosocial counselling and health care, by increasing the capacity of service providers to respond effectively to the needs of women and girls affected by violence; and
- strengthen implementation of laws, policies and action plans on violence against women and girls through data collection and analysis, and by ensuring that institutions are more effective, transparent and accountable in addressing violence against women.
The UN Trust Fund is uniquely placed to meet the most urgent needs of women and girls and their communities.
UN Trust Fund Support Helps Organizations Raise Capacity and Funds.
June 21, 2017
“With the support and help of the UN Trust Fund in terms of results-based project management we expect to achieve our results with even more beneficiaries than expected.” UN Trust Fund grantee, 2016
A key aim of the UN Trust Fund is to build the capacity of grantee organizations to sustain their achievements beyond the duration of the project.
In an annual partner survey comprised of 20 questions, we asked grantees to tell us how we are performing in that endeavour.[1] We asked about the support provided by the UN Trust Fund team, the added value of its grants compared to other donors, and ideas for improvements.
- 97 per cent said they would recommend the UN Trust Fund as a funder to others working in the field, stressing the value of the programmatic advice and the monitoring and evaluation training provided.
- 82 per cent said UN Trust Fund support would enable them to mobilize further funding at the end of the grant because of the increased visibility and publicity provided by UN Trust Fund support.
“UN Trust Fund enabled my organization to contribute significantly in addressing violence against marginalized and often ignored groups of women. With this project my organization is now known as a player in ending violence against women and with this visibility and… groundwork it should be possible to continue with the effort.” UN Trust Fund grantee, 2016
The survey revealed that the main areas of added value of a UN Trust Fund grant were increased successes supported by evidence, improved access to funding, and increased capacity for results-based management. Small grassroots organizations appreciated the increased recognition by other donors that comes with being a UN Trust Fund grantee.
Key comments from grantees in the 2016 partner survey.
UN Trust Fund grantees shared examples of their expanded efforts to prevent and end violence against women with additional funding following the documented success of their UN Trust Fund-supported project.
- In Nepal, the Story Kitchen, which implements the “SAHAS (Courage) for Justice” project to enable women survivors of conflict-related violence to share their stories, was awarded a grant to expand a similar project by a new initiative agreed between the Government of Nepal and three European government funding agencies.
- A project run by the recently established women’s organization Equality in China won extra funding from the Ford Foundation, allowing it to expand. The project works to empower women and girl survivors of violence from marginalized and underserved communities – such as lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and women living with HIV – to advocate for their rights and access legal assistance and social services.
- In Pakistan, the Sindh Community Foundation, which uses human rights education and advocacy to reduce child and forced marriage, leveraged UN Trust Fund support to win USAID funding.
“The organization has been able to utilize the UN Trust Fund grant to scale up our work and to mobilize other resources from the Australian Government to reach more women.” UN Trust Fund grantee, 2016
http://www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/un-trust-fund-to-end-violence-against-women
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