A/HRC/19/30 E/CN.6/2012/13 with vital information on child sexual abuse, incest and implications in terms of HIV. In 2011, the grantee’s intervention model and policy recommendations were adopted at the national level by the Ministry of the People and Social Development as part of the Government’s efforts to revise and improve its policies on child sexual abuse and incest. 13. Grantees of the Fund in such countries as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Peru are using strategies to empower women and girls facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, implementing programmes that holistically address the entrenched inequalities that contribute to violence. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rights for All is building the capacity of Roma women to gain access to justice and influence decision-making processes by delivering paralegal support to nearly 100 survivors of violence and nurturing a cadre of 12 Roma women leaders. This Fund grantee has helped to bring about, for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a dialogue with State institutions on the status of Roma women in society. In Peru, Asociación de Comunicadores Sociales Calandria is training indigenous and Afro-descendant young people to serve as leaders in an anti-violence movement, empowering them to directly engage local and regional governments in implementing an action plan for the rights of adolescents in the city of Piura. This grantee has engaged nearly 90 public officials in indigenous regions in its efforts, ensuring that the unique intercultural model of violence prevention that it established is systematically integrated at the local level, where it will have the most impact on the everyday lives of community members. Expanding access to support services for survivors 14. The Fund supports coordinated, holistic and multisectoral responses that address the interrelated needs of survivors of violence, including health, psychosocial support, legal representation, employment and training opportunities. 15. In all regions, the Fund supports projects that are focused on empowering and building the protective assets of adolescent girls through the provision of vital services. In Tajikistan, the Child Rights Centre is filling a critical gap in support services for girls between the ages of 10 and 18 who have been affected by, or are at risk of, sexual exploitation, early marriage and trafficking. In an effort to strengthen the capacity of the existing child protection system, the grantee has established a referral network of 10 regional non-governmental organizations in local districts across Tajikistan. In only three months, more than 330 girls were provided with assistance, demonstrating a dramatic increase in service delivery to this target group. In Bolivia, Asociación Cuna is piloting a unique 24-hour mobile programme of violence prevention, intervention, reintegration and empowerment services for adolescent girls living on the streets in the country’s most crime-ridden cities. Working as part of a network of 16 Government and non-governmental institutions in the city of El Alto advocating for the rights of at-risk girls, this grantee has drafted and submitted to the Bolivian legislature a number of bills aimed at preventing violence against this vulnerable population. 16. Through a grant from the Fund, Acid Survivors Trust International is implementing a comprehensive strategy to end acid burn violence against women in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda. In order to improve access to rehabilitative services for survivors, local implementing partners have developed a unique central database 11-63260 5

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