A/HRC/26/17 E/CN.6/2014/8 60. Trust Fund grantees are advancing proven and innovative programmes to counter and prevent violence against women and girls. In Mauritania, SOS-Esclaves is advocating for the reform of the 2007 Anti-Slavery Act to allow civil society organizations to pursue claims on behalf of female slaves, remove the burden of proof from the victims and ensure that the State shoulders its responsibilities. 61. Building on a successful initiative previously supported by the Trust Fund, CARE International is scaling up interventions to address sexual harassment in the garment, tourism and hospitality industries in Cambodia. The Breakthrough Trust is replicating its proven “edutainment” methodology in six Hindi-speaking states in India. The Danish Refugee Council is establishing mobile legal aid clinics to meet the needs of returnees and internally displaced women in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. 62. Five new grantees are strengthening the implementation of laws and policies to end violence against women. In Antigua and Barbuda, the Directorate of Gender Affairs is implementing the 2013-2018 National Strategic Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence. In Morocco, Initiatives pour la Protection des Droits de la Femme is enhancing women’s access to justice and to economic and social rights in a multifunctional centre known as “Batha centre”. In Myanmar, Action Aid is rolling out a successful pilot programme to increase access to justice in rural areas. In Armenia, Society Without Violence is promoting the integration of a gender perspective in public education policies. In Serbia, the B92 Foundation is expediting the implementation of the National Strategy for Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women in the Family and in Intimate Partner Relationships by developing an agribusiness economic empowerment programme for survivors. 63. Addressing the intersection of HIV/AIDS and violence against women remains a global concern. Two new grantees, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life and the Association of Positive Women Indonesia, are working to increase access to healthcare services and to integrate into the health sector the needs of women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, women living with disabilities and sex workers. In Fiji, Medical Services in the Pacific is operating mobile clinics in seven rural market locations, bringing services and information into women’s workplaces. 64. Five programmes will address the needs of adolescent girls. In South Africa, Grassroot Soccer is expanding its “Skillz Plus” sports-based curriculum to foster girls’ empowerment, expand girls’ awareness of sexual and reproductive rights and increase access to services for survivors of gender-based violence. In Bangladesh, Nari Progati Sangha is working with schools to create safe learning environments for girls. Plan International in Viet Nam is piloting a research-based model for building gender-responsive schools in Hanoi. The Ukrainian Women’s Fund is promoting zero tolerance for violence among Ukrainian youth. In Kosovo, the European Centre for Minority Issues is improving access to violence prevention and protection services for girls and adolescents from minority communities. VII. The way forward 65. Trust Fund programmes to prevent violence against women and girls are mobilizing communities in order to change beliefs, attitudes and practices that perpetuate and normalize violence. These initiatives are opening up safe spaces for girls in which they can thrive and develop their potential. They are promoting 13-61736 15/16