A/HRC/26/17 E/CN.6/2014/8 clearly heard, affirming that freedom from violence is not optional, but an inalienable human right. 6. Despite the increasing global focus on violence against women and girls, the right to live a life free of violence continues to be systematically violated in public and in private, in times of war and of peace, and in all societies. The most recent global estimates on the prevalence of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence suggest that one in three women worldwide will experience either physical violence by a partner or sexual violence by a non-partner in her lifetime. 2 Globally, as many as 7 per cent of women reported ever having been sexually assaulted by a non-partner in their lifetime. 3 7. The international legal framework that obliges States to address violence against women and girls continued to develop during the year. Security Council resolutions 2106 (2013) and 2122 (2013) strengthen the operationalization of previous resolutions on sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations and on the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict. Furthermore, 135 Member States have endorsed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict (see A/68/633, annex). In addition, Member States made an important and welcome commitment to eradicate such widespread violations of human rights when, in March 2013, the Commission on the Status of Women, at its fifty-seventh session, adopted the agreed conclusions on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (see E/CN.6/2013/11-E/2013/27, chap. I. A.). The agreed conclusions adopt a comprehensive approach in addressing violence against women and girls and place a special focus on prevention and on responses to survivors. 8. Eradicating violence against women and girls requires sustained social and political will and engagement, increased financial resources, effective legal and policy responses and comprehensive interventions. The present report details the contributions of the Trust Fund to achieving an impact in three specific areas: preventing violence against women and girls, expanding access to justice and support services for survivors of violence and expediting the implementation of laws and policies aimed at ending violence against women and girls. III. Translating promise into practice 9. The Trust Fund draws on more than 17 years of experience in its work to ensure that women and girls enjoy the right to live a life free of violence, exclusion __________________ 2 3 13-61736 World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council, Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence (Geneva, 2013), p. 2. Ibid., p. 18. A different study conducted in 2013 by Partners for Prevention (a regional joint programme of UNDP, UNFPA, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and UN-Women), in six countries across Asia and the Pacific, found that nearly half of the men surveyed reported perpetrating physical or sexual violence against a female partner and that nearly a quarter of men reported raping a woman or a girl. Emma Fulu and others, “Why do some men use violence against women and how can we prevent it? Quantitative findings from the United Nations multi-country study on men and violence in Asia and the Pacific” (Bangkok, UNDP, UNFPA, UNV and UN-Women, 2013). 3/16