A/HRC/38/3 E/CN.6/2018/9 experienced domestic violence. The businesses are small, varied and thriving. I n addition, through a series of awareness-raising sessions, 680 boys and men have a better understanding of domestic violence, its negative consequences for the community and the available protection mechanisms, including the services offered by the shelter. The analysis of pre- and post-session evaluation questionnaires revealed a significant increase in the knowledge and awareness of the issues among the target groups. 43. The current three-year project implemented by the Victims Support Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia builds on the achievements of an earlier trust fund-supported project to promote gender equality and improve access to justice for female survivors of gender-based violence under the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. During 2017, 255 civil parties and victims of genderbased violence were logistically supported to participate in the court hearings and forums. The grantee is also working to assist in connecting implementers with sources of funding. For example, one of the 22 proposed reparations projects, the Pka Sla project, which is related to forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge, received approximately $500,000 towards its implementation, under the coordination of the Victims Support Section. The Victims Support Section interviewed approximately 80 civil parties about discrimination against survivors of forced marriage in their communities and found that the discrimination has decreased significantly, owing to a change in the social and economic situation in Ca mbodia and a growing understanding of and empathy towards survivors. C. Funding projects that work to ensure access to multisectoral services 44. A project implemented by the Institute for Development and Community Health in Kien Xuong, Thai Binh Province, Viet Nam, focuses on intimate partner violence during pregnancy and lactation, an alarming and underaddressed global health issue. During the second year of the project, 1,282 women among the target group were reached by community health service officers, 153 calls were made to the hotline to request more counselling services on domestic violence and 2,748 women received counselling on intimate partner violence during home visits. Up to 50 per cent of women in the target group reported that after receiving services, they were better placed to identify different kinds of intimate partner violence and to make plans to protect themselves. Some 82 per cent of female clients reported that they were satisfied with the services offered. Advanced training on screening services for community health service workers and village health workers also enabled them to identify survivors of intimate partner violence in their day -to-day work. 45. A project implemented by the Chega! Ba Ita association addresses the repercussions of the pervasive sexual violence that characterized the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste (1975–1999). The project worked directly with groups of women survivors in all 13 districts of Timor-Leste and a national women’s non-governmental organization to urge policymakers and parliamentarians to create and implement specific policies for women survivors of human rights violations, including implementing the recommendations of the Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission, which found that rape during the occupation was systematic and widespread, a crime against humanity. 46. In 2017, the project continued to develop its database on women survivors of past and recent violence, as well as on children born as a result of sexual violence. Currently the database contains 482 profiles, providing a sound basis for advocacy 12/16 17-22602