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In Focus: UN Trust Fund at the SVRI Forum 2024

From 21 to 25 October 2024, SVRI) will hold the world’s key research conference on violence against women, violence against children, and other forms of violence in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, the UN Trust Fund is an official partner of the Forum and is organizing several events to amplify the voices of its grantee partners and showcase their inspiring work. Learn more

In Focus: Resourcing ending violence against women and girls programming globally

In 2024, the UN Trust Fund hosts a series of interactive virtual and in-person events to distill practice-based insights and amplify voices from civil society organizations on the cross-cutting impacts of funding and ending violence against women and girls programming globally. Learn more

Annual Report 2023 of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

Our Annual Report 2023 is out!

In 2023, the UN Trust Fund actively supported the implementation of 191 bold, life-changing initiatives aimed at preventing and responding to violence against women and girls 68 countries and territories, across five regions. Find out more about the challenges, successes and impact of grantee partners in 2023. Learn more

Small and Mighty A UN Trust Fund podcast a five-episode series

"Small and Mighty": a new UN Trust Fund podcast!

Listen to the voices of small civil society and women's rights organizations working to prevent and end violence against women, despite limited resources and emerging challenges. Learn more

Highlights

Regional Mining District Forum, gathering women from El Bagre, Nechí, Zaragoza, Caucasia, Cáceres and Tarazá, to learn about proposals for the productive, agro-ecological and mining district of Bajo Cauca Antioqueño. Credit: Sara Núñez Ruiz/Corporación Casa de la Mujer

When Silence is Not Golden: Colombian Women Fight for their Rights

Corporación Casa de la Mujer leads efforts to increase access to justice for Colombian women survivors and for the families of women lost to femicide.

Besma Mehmercik and Najlaa Rahal, legal advisors of AHAC at their office in Gaziantep

When Small Must Become Mighty

In Türkiye, AHAC, a Syrian small women-led organization, serves the Syrian refugee women and girls who have experienced trauma from social and sexual violence in Türkiye since 2014.

Group photo of women working for NAFE, for NORAD and for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, posing in NAFE's office in Jordan

Rights and Might: Women’s Rights Organizations Lead Efforts to Reduce Violence Against Women in Jordan

In Jordan, the UN Trust Fund supports initiatives led by five grantee partners to empower, support and protect women and girls at risk of violence, mostly refugees from neighbouring countries.