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establishment of a gender-based violence committee that has trained and sensitized
residents in the Rutsiro District on the prevention of sexual violence against women
and children.
44. UNIFEM facilitates a number of opportunities for information-sharing,
exchange of knowledge and learning to bolster the advocacy and implementation
efforts of partners. A UNIFEM-supported regional workshop convened by the
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation brought together United Nations Trust Fund
grantees, local authorities and service delivery organizations from Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to impart their experiences
and knowledge in implementing coordinated community responses to domestic
violence. At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, UNIFEM
organized, in collaboration with UNFPA and UNDP, a satellite session on the
intersections between violence against women and HIV and AIDS, which
highlighted programmatic learning for evidence-based advocacy and strategic policy
interventions towards improved implementation and scale-up. In the Caribbean,
UNIFEM supported the development of a violence against women and HIV training
course addressing prevention, treatment and care, as well as responses to emerging
policy issues. As part of the UNIFEM and Red Mŭjer y Hábitat Safe Cities
Programme, supported by the Government of Spain, an online learning course was
created on urban violence, insecurity and discrimination. At the global level,
UNIFEM is developing an online site that will provide country-level implementers
with step-by-step programming guidance, promising practices and lead tools on
ending violence against women and girls.
45. UNIFEM plays a key role in promoting the implementation of Security
Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) in partnership with various
stakeholders. These efforts include the UNIFEM-facilitated Wilton Park conference,
undertaken in collaboration with United Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in
Conflict, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and troop-contributing
Governments, including Canada and the United Kingdom, on the role of military
peacekeepers in addressing sexual violence during armed conflict; the Arria
Formula, hosted by the United Kingdom, which fed into background discussion
material for the Security Council debate on the theme “Women, peace and security:
sexual violence in situations of armed conflict”; and the UNIFEM and Joan B. Kroc
Center for Peace and Justice co-sponsored conference on crafting human security in
an insecure world, where the policy and operational aspects of implementing
Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) were addressed. UNIFEM also collaborated
with the French Presidency of the European Union to hold a conference on the
implementation of Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008),
aiming to ensure that European Union security, police and justice missions are
equipped to respond to women’s security and justice needs.
46. UNIFEM sustains awareness-raising initiatives and campaigns of its own and
through support to its partners to build public consciousness on violence against
women and girls. Every year across the globe, UNIFEM avidly participates in the
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. In collaboration with
UNFPA and other partners, UNIFEM supported a BBC seven-part series entitled
Women on the Frontline, which profiled issues of rape, femicide and trafficking in
various countries. In one of the largest and most renowned campaigns of UNIFEM,
Say NO to Violence against Women, over 5 million signatures, including from
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