PHA-Exch> Call for Proposals: UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Vern Weitzel <vern.weitzel at gmail.com>
crossposted from: "[gender-cedaw-vn discussion group]" <
gender-cedaw-vn at anu.edu.au>,


*Call for Proposals: UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women*

The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate
Violence against Women ("The UN Trust Fund") is a leading global
multi-lateral mechanism supporting national efforts to end one of the
most widespread human rights violations in the world. Established in
1996 by UN General Assembly Resolution 50/166,1 the UN Trust Fund is
administered by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
on behalf of the UN System.


Since its inception, the UN Trust Fund has been a catalyst for new
ideas, a source of support for strategic action and a hub of knowledge
on emerging good practices. It has contributed to breaking the once
nearly universal silence on violence against women through grants to
broaden awareness, advocate for passage and implementation of laws
grounded in human rights standards, promote access to services and
develop sustainable capacities for continued progress. Grantees,
comprising government and non-governmental organizations, have engaged
diverse actors, such as women’s, men’s and adolescents and youth groups,
indigenous communities, religious and traditional leaders, human rights
organizations and the media. To date, the UN Trust Fund has supported
291 initiatives in 119 countries and territories with more than US$44
million.

The UN Trust Fund awards grants through an annual open and competitive
process. In order to address the serious gaps in the realization of
national and international commitments and recommendations to end
violence against women and girls2, UN Trust Fund grant-making focuses on
supporting the implementation of national and local laws, policies and
action plans. The UN Trust Fund places particular emphasis on
documentation, monitoring and evaluation, in order to contribute to the
global knowledge base on effective approaches to end violence against
women and girls. It is also a vehicle for meeting the
Secretary-General’s challenge to make violence against women "never
acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable", in the context of the
UNite to End Violence against Women Campaign,3 launched in 2008.

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women is accepting
applications for its 14th grant cycle (2009) from government authorities
at the national and local levels, civil society organizations and
networks — including non-governmental, women’s and community-based
organizations, coalitions and operational research institutions — and UN
Country Teams in partnership with governments and civil society
organizations. Applications should be centered on supporting
implementation of national and local policies, laws and action plans on
ending violence against women.


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http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-for-proposals-un-trust-fund-to-end.html
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