In the past 26 years, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) has proudly supported 646 initiatives in 140 countries and territories implemented by civil society and women’s rights organizations (CSOs/WROs) to bring transformational changes to the lives of women and girls at risk of…

In the past two years, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) has been rolling out a rich body of work centring the voices and practice-based knowledge of civil society organizations and women’s rights organizations (CSOs/WROs). …

Under its Strategic Plan 2021–2025, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) commits to leveraging its unique position to advocate for collective and sustainable resourcing for civil society, especially women’s rights organizations. While leading innovative work and creating transformational changes to the lives of women…

“They told me I had rights … they help us there, they tell us that we are worthy.” — a woman from the Chinanteca Indigenous community Violence against women and girls remains widespread in Mexico, with 63 per cent of girls and women over the age of 15 saying they…

Sonke Gender Justice, a women-led human rights civil society organization based in South Africa, is implementing the “Safe at Home, Safe in Relationships” project in both South Africa and Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), with support from the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) under…

In Zimbabwe, civil society and women’s rights organizations are experiencing restrictions in operating spaces through limiting their right to freedom of association. Human and women’s rights defenders and activists have also faced institutional harassment as a result. We talked with representatives from two UN Trust Fund grantee organizations funded under…

Interview with Halyna Skipalska, Executive Director, Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health “The war has changed our lives, and particularly the lives of the most marginalized” From 2011–2014, the Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health (UFPH) received support from the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) to…

“Violence against women and girls is the manifestation of a system that condones the subordination of women and girls” — Hala Al Karib Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) is a women’s rights organization and regional network of more than 130 grassroots civil society organizations…

Interview with Anna Alaszewski, Programme Specialist, Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities and Intersectionality, UN Trust Fund — In 2018, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) launched a Special Funding Window for projects working to prevent and end violence against women and girls living with disabilities (WGWD). …