<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Vern Weitzel</b> <<a href="mailto:vern.weitzel@gmail.com">vern.weitzel@gmail.com</a>><br>crossposted from: "[gender-cedaw-vn discussion group]" <<a href="mailto:gender-cedaw-vn@anu.edu.au">gender-cedaw-vn@anu.edu.au</a>>, <br>
</span><br><br>*Call for Proposals: UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women*<br><br>The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate<br>Violence against Women ("The UN Trust Fund") is a leading global<br>
multi-lateral mechanism supporting national efforts to end one of the<br>most widespread human rights violations in the world. Established in<br>1996 by UN General Assembly Resolution 50/166,1 the UN Trust Fund is<br>administered by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)<br>
on behalf of the UN System.<br><br><br>Since its inception, the UN Trust Fund has been a catalyst for new<br>ideas, a source of support for strategic action and a hub of knowledge<br>on emerging good practices. It has contributed to breaking the once<br>
nearly universal silence on violence against women through grants to<br>broaden awareness, advocate for passage and implementation of laws<br>grounded in human rights standards, promote access to services and<br>develop sustainable capacities for continued progress. Grantees,<br>
comprising government and non-governmental organizations, have engaged<br>diverse actors, such as women’s, men’s and adolescents and youth groups,<br>indigenous communities, religious and traditional leaders, human rights<br>
organizations and the media. To date, the UN Trust Fund has supported<br>291 initiatives in 119 countries and territories with more than US$44<br>million.<br><br>The UN Trust Fund awards grants through an annual open and competitive<br>
process. In order to address the serious gaps in the realization of<br>national and international commitments and recommendations to end<br>violence against women and girls2, UN Trust Fund grant-making focuses on<br>supporting the implementation of national and local laws, policies and<br>
action plans. The UN Trust Fund places particular emphasis on<br>documentation, monitoring and evaluation, in order to contribute to the<br>global knowledge base on effective approaches to end violence against<br>women and girls. It is also a vehicle for meeting the<br>
Secretary-General’s challenge to make violence against women "never<br>acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable", in the context of the<br>UNite to End Violence against Women Campaign,3 launched in 2008.<br>
<br>The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women is accepting<br>applications for its 14th grant cycle (2009) from government authorities<br>at the national and local levels, civil society organizations and<br>networks — including non-governmental, women’s and community-based<br>
organizations, coalitions and operational research institutions — and UN<br>Country Teams in partnership with governments and civil society<br>organizations. Applications should be centered on supporting<br>implementation of national and local policies, laws and action plans on<br>
ending violence against women.<br><br><br>Readmore:<br><a href="http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-for-proposals-un-trust-fund-to-end.html">http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-for-proposals-un-trust-fund-to-end.html</a><br>