Seeking justice for sexual violence survivors in Cambodia
Date: Friday, 30 October 2020
The Victims Support Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, has worked to ensure that women survivors of violence under the Khmer Rouge become visible and participate in the justice process.Read more on the project here: https://untf.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/…
COVID-19 exacerbated the violence against women pandemic
Date: Monday, 28 September 2020
On the occasion of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women grantees who are on the front line of efforts to prevent and end violence against women and girls share what they need right now.More information here: https://untf.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/in-focus-covid-19
Amplifying Voices of Grantees: Rural Women Center for Education and Development in Cameroon
Date: Monday, 28 September 2020
Watch Norah Ngwa, Coordinator for the Rural Women Center for Education and Development in Cameroon share with UN Member states, on the occasion of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, how they can support the work of civil society and women's organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic. During the COVID-19 crisis, the EU/UN Spotlight Initiative provided an additional USD9 million to UN Trust Fund grantees in Sub-Saharan Africa to resource and sustain their life-saving work during…
Interview with Lisa Mossberg from the UN Trust Fund's partner, SIDA (Sweden)
Date: Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The UN Trust Fund's partnership with Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), is based on the shared recognition of women's rights organizations as key stakeholders for change on gender equality and ending violence against women. Since becoming a donor in 2019, SIDA has supported the UN Trust Fund's efforts to strengthen core capacities of civil society organizations serving women and girls survivors of violence. In 2020, SIDA allocated…
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2020
10 years ago, on 2nd July 2010, the UN General Assembly voted to establish UN Women to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Fund sends its best wishes for a very Happy Birthday to UN Women from the UN Trust Fund and its grantees. Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to UN Women.
Supporting survivors of sexual violence during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Date: Friday, 19 June 2020
In Cambodia from 1975–1979, women experienced widespread sexual violence, including systemic rape and forced marriage, under the violent regime of the Khmer Rouge. Since 2011, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women has funded two generations of projects supporting the Victims Support Section of the ECCC, which has worked to ensure that women survivors of violence under the Khmer Rouge become visible and participate in the justice process.More on ECCC's work here:…
Grantees working together for women survivors of violence living with disabilities
Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2020
In Cambodia, the Cambodia Women’s Crisis Centre (CWCC) and ADD International, both grantees of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, work together to create a future free from violence for women and girls living with disabilities. CWCC provides services and access to justice for women and girl survivors of violence in Cambodia, and together with ADD International, the two organizations are striving to better serve women survivors of violence with disabilities. Watch this video and…
Interview with Charlotte Bunch
Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Interview with Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University. From the Fourth World Conference on Women to today, Charlotte Bunch discusses the evolution of women's rights over the past twenty five years
Closing video from the first UN Trust Fund global grantee convention
Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
Watch highlights from the first UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women global grantee convention held from 4-7 November 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ending violence against women and girls with disabilities in Rwanda
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
In Rwanda, UN Trust Fund grantee UNABU, works with women and girls living with disabilities to make sure their voices are heard.
Ending Sexual Harassment in Cambodian Factories
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Watch this video to learn about the sustainability of a project from UN Trust Fund grantee, CARE Cambodia, on ending sexual harassment in Cambodian factories.
Trauma therapy for survivors of violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Find out about how the UN Trust Fund grantee, Free Yezidi Foundation, ensures that women survivors of violence have access to services such as trauma therapy and counseling.
Amplifying Voices of UN Trust Fund Grantees: SOAR Initiative
Date: Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Chinyere Eyoh, Executive Director of UN Trust Fund grantee, SOAR Initiative, works to prevent violence against girls by mobilizing communities and schools to protect girls from sexual violence in two communities in Abuja, Nigeria.
Amplifying the voices of UN Trust Fund grantees: Shirkat Gah
Date: Friday, 27 September 2019
Watch Ameena Rahman, the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator for Shirkat Gah, a UN Trust Fund grantee, talk about the importance of taking an individualized approach to measuring change.
Specialized support services for refugee and Jordanian women and girls
Date: Monday, 13 May 2019
In two underserved communities east of Amman, Nuzha and Sahab, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women’s (UN Trust Fund) grantee War Child Canada runs a project for Jordanian and refugee women and out-of-school girls. Part of the UN Trust Fund’s special funding window to prevent and end violence against women and girl refugees in humanitarian crises, War Child Canada operates two women’s centres. The centres run a 15-session programme which includes psycho-social support and referral…
Women’s centres in Jordan support refugee and Jordanian women
Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
The UN Trust Fund’s grantee Arab Women’s Organization (AWO), an Amman-based local NGO, runs two women’s centres to respond to the unmet needs of women and girl survivors of violence; serving both Syrian refugees and the local Jordanian community. In these centres, Syrian refugee women and local Jordanian women alike receive access to support services including case management, legal consultations, referral services and skills training.More on AWO's work:…
Gabriella Wright opens the UN Trust Fund's fundraising luncheon in December 2018
Date: Monday, 25 February 2019
During the UN Trust Fund’s fundraising luncheon in December 2018, actor and activist Gabriella Wright narrated the powerful story of Alice, a young woman survivor of violence from Zimbabwe, who is deaf. Alice accessed justice by taking her attacker to court, with the support of Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe, a UN Trust Fund-funded project which provides specialist services to girls and women with disabilities.
UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Fundraising Luncheon
Date: Friday, 25 January 2019
To bring the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2018 to a close, a fundraising event for the life-changing work of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women was held in Santa Monica, Ca.
NGO ATINA: UN Trust Fund grantee supports refugee survivors of trafficking in Serbia
Date: Thursday, 24 January 2019
NGO ATINA, a UN Trust Fund grantee, is working to support refugee women and girl survivors of trafficking in Serbia. By providing training through craft workshops and developing business skills through a local bagel shop, ATINA supports survivors of trafficking to reintegrate into society and reach economic independence. The reintegration efforts complement other services ATINA provides, such as psychosocial support, legal aid and safe houses.In 2018, HRH Princess Eugenie of York visited…
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman donates USD500,000 to the UN Trust Fund
Date: Friday, 14 December 2018
To commemorate Human Rights Day and the culmination of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women held a fundraising luncheon on 10 December in Santa Monica, Ca. Hosted by UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman, the event celebrated the ground-breaking initiatives supported by the UN Trust Fund across the world over the past 22 years and highlighted the work that remains…