Final Evaluation: “SAAHAS (Courage) for Justice: Sharing and Amplifying Her Allegorical Stories for Justice” (Nepal)

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2018

The project “SAAHAS (Courage) for Justice: Sharing and Amplifying Her Allegorical Stories for Justice”, implemented by The Story Kitchen, was funded from January 2015 to December 2017 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The final evaluation found that participants of the project’s storytelling workshops believe they can live dignified lives and work towards redefining justice.

Final Evaluation: “Give Payment Not Abuse: Protecting Informal Women Traders in Dar es Salaam from Violence against Women” (Tanzania)

Date: Thursday, June 28, 2018

The project “Give Payment Not Abuse: Protecting Informal Women Traders in Dar es Salaam from Violence against Women”, implemented by Equality for Growth Limited, was funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women from January 2015 to December 2017. The final evaluation found that the project contributed to a better trading environment for female market traders.

Final Evaluation: “Kick against Violence” (Nepal)

Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The project “Kick against Violence”, implemented by Skillshare Nepal, was funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women from January 2016 to December 2017. The final evaluation concluded that the project contributed to behaviour change in girls and boys, specifically by increasing confidence to report gender-based violence and encouraging cooperation and respect among students.

Final Evaluation: “Comprehensive Intervention to Guarantee Access to Justice for Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence” (Ecuador)

Date: Monday, April 23, 2018

The project “Comprehensive Intervention to Guarantee Access to Justice for Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence”, implemented by ACDemocracia, was funded from February 2016 to February 2018 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The final evaluation found that strategic partnerships – in this case with national and local authorities – were crucial to the project’s successes, which included improved access to justice for survivors of violence and a new law.

Final Evaluation: “Curb Early Child Marriage Through Human Rights Education and Advocacy in Sindh, Pakistan”

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018

The project “Curb Early Child Marriage Through Human Rights Education and Advocacy in Sindh, Pakistan”, implemented by the Sindh Community Foundation, was funded from January 2016 to December 2017 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The final evaluation found that the project had increased knowledge and shifted attitudes about the protection of girls from early marriage as well as the legal consequences of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act 2013.

Final Evaluation: "Improvement of Conditions for Access to a Life Free of Gender Violence for Women in El Salvador"

Date: Monday, April 16, 2018

The project “Improvement of Conditions for Access to a Life Free of Gender Violence for Women in El Salvador”, implemented by the Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz, was funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women from January 2015 to December 2017. The final evaluation concluded that the project increased the capacities of women and youth related to local civil services, enabling their participation in local decision-making.

Final Evaluation: “Community-based Intervention to Alleviate the Different Forms of Violence against Women and Women's Vulnerability to HIV” (Egypt)

Date: Monday, April 2, 2018

The project “Community-based Intervention to Alleviate the Different Forms of Violence against Women and Women's Vulnerability to HIV”, implemented by Al Shehab Institution for Comprehensive Development, was funded from January 2015 to December 2017 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The final evaluation found that the project raised women’s understanding of personal and structural violence, and improved their interaction with support services.

Final Evaluation: “Engaging Youth to End Violence against Women and Girls in Brazil and Democratic Republic of Congo”

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The project “Engaging Youth to End Violence against Women and Girls in Brazil and Democratic Republic of Congo”, implemented by Promundo in Brazil and their partner HEAL Africa in DRC, was funded from January 2015 to December 2017 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The project worked with adolescent girls and boys in schools, providing group education and counselling. The final evaluation found that the model developed to break the inter-generational transmission of violence was somewhat effective for addressing attitudes, behaviour and responses related to violence.

Final Evaluation: “Building Bridges of Life for the Women Survivors of Domestic Violence in Azerbaijan”

Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The project “Building Bridges of Life for the Women Survivors of Domestic Violence in Azerbaijan”, implemented by Azerbaijan Young Lawyers’ Confederation in close partnership with the government, was funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women from January 2016 to December 2017. The final evaluation found that the project had established a model to support survivors of gender-based violence, and protected and supported a significant proportion of women who sought assistance.

Final Evaluation: “Abolition of Chhaupadi in the Far- and Mid-Western Regions of Nepal”

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The project “Abolition of Chhaupadi in the Far- and Mid-Western Regions of Nepal”, implemented by Restless Development Nepal, was funded from January 2015 to December 2017 by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The final evaluation found the project had significantly increased rejection of chhaupadi practices and that the national law that criminalizes such practices was contributing to the sustainability of the project’s results.