A/HRC/13/71 E/CN.6/2010/8 women’s machineries, in agreement with ministries of national security, to enhance State responsibility for responding to sexual violence, including capacity development in the area of policing and prosecutorial action, and work with the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. 45. Ensuring women’s access to justice is a key aspect of UNIFEM efforts to end impunity for gender-based violence in many countries. In Sierra Leone, UNIFEM continues to back survivors’ demands for justice in the wake of the civil war, strengthening their advocacy skills, supporting them in presenting their testimonies and providing technical assistance to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in order to ensure attention to gender crimes and protection for women survivors. In Kenya, the Women Judges Association was supported in training more than 30 High Court judges and magistrates in the Jurisprudence of Equality Programme, while in Georgia, training on the anti-domestic violence law was provided for judges and attorneys. In the Caribbean, UNIFEM has been working on perpetrator programmes, supporting the Grenada Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic and the Saint Lucia Family Court in implementing a 16-week court-based batterer intervention programme. In Jamaica, training was provided for probation officers of the Department of Correctional Services working with perpetrators to develop accountability-based interventions. In Tajikistan, UNIFEM conducted a session on women’s human rights as part of an annual “human rights school” for studentlawyers, who will work in rural areas to provide legal services. In the Sudan and the United Republic of Tanzania, UNIFEM funded summits held by faith-based organizations that brought together religious leaders to discuss violence against women, HIV and AIDS and access to justice. In Afghanistan, through the UNIFEMadministered multi-donor Special Fund for the Elimination of Violence against Women, funded by Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 26 organizations in 20 provinces were supported in the implementation of projects in the areas of access to justice, protection measures, lobbying, legal aid (including the training of 125 paralegals), research and advocacy, awareness-raising and learning networks. Similarly, the UNIFEM multi-donor, Pacific regional facility fund, supported by the Australian Agency for International Developments, the Australian National Committee, the British High Commission in Suva and the New Zealand National Committee has supported organizations with small grants and capacity development in order to increase women’s access to justice, including through technical support workshops, self-learning toolkits and other types of support for organizational development. 46. UNIFEM’s non-governmental organization implementing partners in eight states of India assist survivors in dealing with legal processes, the prosecution of perpetrators and access to shelters providing legal information and non-formal education. In the Syrian Arab Republic, UNIFEM supported the National Association for Women’s Role in Development in operating a shelter for survivors of violence and their children, by providing legal and health counselling and information about employment opportunities. In Burundi, UNIFEM provided technical and financial support to four organizations providing psychosocial and legal assistance to survivors. In Villa El Salvador, Peru, building the capacities of grass-roots women’s organizations contributed to increased knowledge about the intersection between violence against women and HIV and AIDS. 09-65802 15