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and Johnson and the Fund, these organizations will continue building the evidence
base with regard to what works in addressing the twin pandemics of violence against
women and HIV/AIDS. For example, in Malawi the Coalition of Women Living
with HIV and AIDS will pilot a programme aimed at training women to serve as
paralegals in violence cases, mobilizing communities to criminalize marital rape,
and upscaling existing support for women living with HIV. Likewise, the Ukrainian
Foundation for Public Health will provide high-quality health and legal services for
survivors currently excluded or marginalized by the State, including women living
on the streets or living with HIV/AIDS;
(d) The Fund is supporting five new projects in conflict and post-conflict
settings in 2011, awarding close to $4 million to these vital initiatives and, for the
first time, providing grants to projects in Iraq and South Sudan. In newly
independent South Sudan, the American Refugee Committee will assist the
Government in developing guidelines for the clinical management of rape survivors
and a secure information management system for the collection of timely data on
incidents of violence. With support from the Fund, Physicians for Human Rights
will train forensic experts in five East and Central African countries in which the
International Criminal Court is currently investigating rape as a war crime, with the
aim of developing a functioning medico-legal system. In Sierra Leone, the
International Rescue Committee will ensure access to justice for survivors of
violence through piloted mobile legal clinics, the training of justice officials and
community mobilization. In Cambodia, the Victims Support Section of the
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia will secure the successful
prosecution of forced marriage and other gender-based crimes committed under the
Khmer Rouge, by empowering survivors to participate actively in legal proceedings.
In Iraq, International Medical Corps will facilitate survivor access to vital health
and justice services, supporting key ministries and raising awareness about genderbased violence through multimedia outreach.
VII. The way forward
41. Moving into its sixteenth year, the Fund will continue to support high-quality,
evidence-based programmes that achieve targeted results with maximum impact. In
accordance with the strategic direction set forth in “Vision 2015”, the Fund will
enhance its processes for collecting and disseminating knowledge about what works
in ending violence against women. With a view to facilitating cross-learning, the
Fund will create multiple global platforms for connecting grantees using similar
strategies or interventions.
42. The Fund will continue, through its annual Call for Proposals, to award grants
to projects aimed at closing the gap with regard to the implementation of national
and local laws, policies and action plans that address violence against women.
However, in order to further advance the Fund’s strategic plan, which foresees the
gradual launching of special funding categories, the 2011 Call for Proposals notably
included a special focus area on addressing violence against women in conflict,
post-conflict and transitional societies. The Fund intends to utilize this special
thematic focus area as an opportunity to harness the historic mobilization of
multiple stakeholders for collective action to address conflict-related violence
against women and girls. Through this special focus area, the Fund will be not only
filling a critical gap in financing for women’s and girls’ post-conflict needs, but also
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