A/HRC/13/71 E/CN.6/2010/8 (2008). In Liberia, UNIFEM supported a national women’s conference, which provided a basis for the drafting of the Liberia National Action Plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000); and in Côte d’Ivoire, the Fund organized a consultation workshop that resulted in a national implementation plan on the resolution. In Afghanistan, UNIFEM coordinated training for women members of Parliament on resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008), and consultations with the Ministry of the Interior, in partnership with UNDP, resulted in the Ministry’s commitment to establishing a civilian oversight body for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). Awareness-raising, communications and partnering with the media 50. Combined with other strategies, partnering with the media is essential for catalysing policy attention, changing societal norms and improving public attitudes and understanding with regard to this issue, as well as empowering women and the public at large concerning their rights and access to services. This involves building the skills and developing the capacities of media professionals. In 2009 in Iraq, UNIFEM supported the training of journalists in order to encourage media coverage of violence against women and other violations of their human rights, including to raise awareness about the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008). Awareness-raising efforts were also supported in Haiti, where UNIFEM, UNFPA and UNICEF assisted the Ministry for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights in launching an awareness-raising campaign on gender-based violence, through a network of national community radio stations, television broadcasters and schools. In the Andean region, UNIFEM and the Latin American Association for Radio Education held a contest challenging radio networks to create programmes about ending violence against indigenous women. In Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, UNIFEM is supporting the broadcast of a documentary that highlights good practices in the areas of indigenous women’s rights and ancestral justice. 51. In October 2009 in the United States, UNIFEM deployed its Goodwill Ambassador, Nicole Kidman, to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at a hearing on violence against women, which garnered media attention in the context of the pending International Violence against Women Act. Every year, throughout the world, UNIFEM sponsors wide-ranging activities in support of International Women’s Day and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign, which also engage the mass media, including through high-level events and the creative use of the arts by various civil society and youth organizations that partner with the United Nations system in the commemorations. Forging partnerships, expanding outreach and inter-agency collaboration 52. At the global and regional levels, UNIFEM forges and sustains multiple partnerships with networks and organizations that are vital allies in expanding the reach and coverage of anti-violence efforts, including to draw attention to strategic but neglected groups, working with men and young people and involving new and non-traditional partners. 53. In Brazil in March 2009, UNIFEM, together with other United Nations agencies and donors, sponsored the first-ever Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality, organized by Promundo, Instituto Papai, the 09-65802 17