A/HRC/10/43 E/CN.6/2009/10 Programming to develop the capacity of key policy, service delivery and media institutions to address violence against women and girls 37. UNIFEM has a long-standing history of support to and partnership with Governments to enhance capacities in prevention and response to violence against women. In Rwanda, the UNIFEM-led, UNDP-supported programme on enhancing protection from gender-based violence expanded its work with the Rwanda Defence Forces to train military officers and established a gender coordinating desk within the Defence Forces, with focal points attached at brigade and battalion levels, an intervention replicated by Burundi and the Sudan. In Liberia, UNIFEM worked within the security sector to obtain commitments towards ensuring integration of women-friendly practices into their operations with respect to the prevention and response to sex and gender-based violence cases. In Burundi, UNIFEM worked with the police and judiciary to improve protection mechanisms for survivors, and in Uganda, supported the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to institutionalize training on sex and gender-based violence for all police recruits in the northern region. 38. In the justice sector, UNIFEM, in collaboration with the non-governmental organization Pro-Femmes, trained Gacaca judges in Rwanda in dealing with sex and gender-based violence cases, which led to the transfer of such cases to the formal justice system. UNIFEM also established a partnership with the Supreme Court of Rwanda, training judges and prosecutors and highlighting the need to review court procedures in order to facilitate access to justice for sex and gender-based violence survivors. In Liberia, UNIFEM worked with the police, prison authorities, judges and law court officials to apply gender justice principles to sex and gender-based violence cases. In Haiti, UNIFEM supported the Ministère à la condition féminine et aux droits des femmes to develop training modules and train justices of the peace on gender-based violence, including methods of prosecuting sex and gender-based violence cases in select communities across two provinces. In Viet Nam, UNIFEM provided assistance for a two-day training course for 100 National Assembly deputies on the supervision of the implementation of gender equality laws, including the Family Violence Prevention Law. 39. UNIFEM has also supported the efforts of its partners in the media, such as the Association of Women Journalists in Burundi, which conducted training sessions, held events and disseminated information on the Penal Code and rape. Partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda were also given support to implement radio programmes on care for sex and gender-based violence survivors, with awareness-raising radio messages informing communities of available services. 40. UNIFEM continues to develop critical global partnerships with groups and networks that are vital allies in expanding the reach of violence prevention efforts. At the institutional level, UNIFEM has joined forces with the MenEngage Alliance, which represents over 450 organizations working with men and boys to promote gender equality and end violence against women and girls. In November, UNIFEM solidified collaboration with Religions for Peace, the world’s largest and most representative multireligious coalition, to harness the power of communities of faith around the world to help end violence against women and girls. 41. UNIFEM also continues to play a key role in large-scale inter-agency initiatives on violence against women, including as a founding and active member of United Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Inter-Agency 08-66140 15