A/HRC/16/34 E/CN.6/2011/9 14 districts of the country, moving towards sustainable livelihoods and a life free from violence. Securing budgetary and policy commitments for implementation 17. The United Nations Trust Fund supports projects that fill critical gaps in implementation of laws and policies addressing violence against women, ranging from standardized data collection to political advocacy to developing capacities of government officials and other stakeholders charged with implementation or enforcement of laws. 18. Nearly 60 per cent of grantees collect and analyse data that can be used to build the evidence base necessary for formulating policy and monitoring progress towards the implementation of national commitments to end violence against women. A cross-regional initiative of Women in Cities International collects data to support policies aimed at eliminating daily harassment and sexual violence in urban spaces. In four cities on four continents (Delhi; Dar es Salaam; Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation; and Rosario, Argentina) the initiative engages women in participatory research activities such as street surveys, neighbourhood safety audits, and group discussions to gather their knowledge on key safety concerns in their communities. In all cities, the data has convinced policymakers and other stakeholders to improve the safety of public spaces. The local partner in Delhi was invited by the city’s Municipal Corporation to provide inputs into a road redesign project, marking the first time that women’s safety concerns have been included in an urban design project in India. In Petrozavodsk, data from the surveys on women’s safety convinced local police chiefs to produce the nation’s first set of genderdisaggregated municipal crime statistics. 19. Grantees of the United Nations Trust Fund are almost universally working to strengthen institutional and professional capacities of those tasked with the implementation of laws, policies and action plans to end violence against women. The non-governmental organization Refleksione successfully piloted a crosssectoral referral system to implement Albania’s newly adopted Law on Domestic Violence at the local level. In each of the five targeted municipalities, the programme trained over 300 public sector professionals and established two institutions at the local level: a decision-making council comprised of government agencies working on domestic violence and a technical working group of service providers to implement the council’s decisions. Now with budgetary commitments from four cities and with renewed support from the United Nations Trust Fund, Refleksione is doubling the scope of the programme to serve 10 municipalities. Another grantee develops the capacity of local women’s organizations in six Pacific Island countries (Samoa, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Tonga, the Cook Islands and Solomon Islands) to advocate for fixing gaps in national legislative frameworks addressing violence against women. In Nauru, after women’s organizations urged members of Parliament to incorporate model legislation on violence against women into revisions of the penal code, the draft legislation was amended to include an expanded definition of rape and the criminalization of domestic violence. 20. Other grantees of the United Nations Trust Fund focus on enforcement of laws that address violence against women through strengthening judicial systems and improving access to justice for survivors of violence. Solidarite féminine pour la paix et le développement intégral (SOFEPADI), a women’s rights organization 10-67259 7