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33. Trust Fund grantee, the Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health responded to
the heightened need for services resulting from the escalating conflict i n the
Donetsk region, which continued to fuel increased instability and violence in the
region. Nearly 300 state and non-governmental organization service providers
engaged in training on responding to cases of violence against women, with a
special focus on girls and young women living and working on the streets and
HIV-positive women and girls. In addition, a protocol drafted by the Ukrainian
Foundation for Public Health was approved by members of a multisectoral working
group, partner agencies and the Ministry of Social Policy.
34. A total of 306 survivors of violence against women — 117 in Kyiv and 189 in
three up-scale cities — were identified, referred and received assistance. The
number of clients receiving programme services rose to 329 and 176 sur vivors of
gender-based violence, including HIV-positive and/or street-involved women and
girls, were engaged in the empowerment training programme.
35. With support from the Trust Fund, the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
is implementing a project that seeks to address violence against women in conflict,
post-conflict and transitional settings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Libya, Sudan and Uganda. The project’s goal is to advance gender justice in
countries under investigation by the International Criminal Court. Working with a
wide range of local partners, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice documentation
data and advocacy directly contributed to the gathering of evidence that supported
the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes in nine cases relating to the four
project countries. In 2014, the project reached 4,959 women and girls and
31,612 secondary beneficiaries across the target countries.
36. In Uganda, the Parliament adopted a landmark resolution calling for
reparations for war-affected women and other victims of the Lord’s Resistance
Army. The resolution followed years of advocacy by the women ’s movement,
including the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and their partners. The
resolution came at a crucial moment and helped to create greater momentum for
gender justice.
37. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local partners highlighted continued
improvements in documentation, thanks to the Women’s Initiatives for Gender
Justice project. The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice documentation was used
to identify witnesses and directly contributed to the inclusion of additional charges
of rape and sexual slavery of child soldiers in the International Criminal Court
indictment of Bosco Ntaganda. This was the first time that a military leader had
been indicted under international law for acts of sexual violence committed against
child soldiers within his own militia.
38. Almost 774 survivors of gender-based violence who would otherwise not have
had access to medical support were referred through the Women’s Initiatives for
Gender Justice-supported Transit House project in North Kivu, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. Survivors received an initial medical assessment and
psychosocial support; 70 per cent went on to receive specific medical treatment,
including surgery for rape-related injuries.
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