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findings among practitioners and partners. Examples of final evaluations received in
2018 are provided below.
51. The grantee Restless Development, Nepal, implemented a project in two regions
of the country to: (a) reduce the incidence of the harmful traditional practice of
chhaupadi, which includes forcing women and girls to sleep in a hut during
menstruation; and (b) improve nutrition and health, social support and access to
education during menstruation for women and girls. In the final evaluation, it was
found that the project had significantly decreased the incidence of the practice. The
project reached 45,990 women and girls, far exceeding its target of 28,00 0, and,
through the project, the proportion of women and girls who slept (or who were forced
to sleep) outside in a hut fell from 19.4 per cent to 5.5 per cent. By the end of the
project, far fewer women and girls reported that they were given reduced port ions of
dairy products during menstruation, and all the male community leaders believed that
the harmful traditional practice should be eliminated (as compared with 71 per cent
at the start of the project).
52. In the United Republic of Tanzania, the grantee Equality for Growth worked
with traders to reduce sexual, verbal, physical and political violence against female
traders in two districts (Ilala and Temeke) as well as to improve protection and support
when violence does occur so that women can more fully exercise their economic
rights. In the final evaluation, it was found that the project had contributed to a better
trading environment for female market traders. In addition, 86 per cent of women who
took part in a survey stated that, after the project, violence against women in the
marketplace had decreased. By the time of the project’s completion, between four and
seven cases of violence against women were being reported each month in the markets
surveyed, down from some 20 cases per month in 2015, and as a result of the
authorities’ improved capacities, more than 90 per cent of the female traders
interviewed were able to obtain access to services to address violence against women.
53. Between January and November 2018, the trust fund team conducted
29 monitoring missions to projects in 21 countries, eight of which were to provide
training and support to small organizations. One such visit was to a project
implemented in Egypt by Al Shehab Institution for Comprehensive Development,
which was aimed at supporting marginalized women who experience violence and/or
are at risk of HIV infection. In a final evaluation of the project, it was found that
women’s understanding of personal and structural violence had improved, as had the
level of their interaction with support services. By the end of the project, health-care,
legal, psychological and anti-violence programmes had reached 1,662 at-risk women
in Cairo and helped to bring about significant behavioural change. Based on the
success and learning potential of this project, the grantee was invited to submit a
second proposal for a project, which will enhance the provision of essential services
for women who have been the most marginalized in four informal, urban communities
in greater Cairo.
54. The trust fund team also visited the project entitled “Improving access to fife
with no violence” for women survivors in central and northern Montenegro, which is
using a small trust fund grant to improves the access of women and children who are
survivors of violence to specialized support services in four economically
disadvantaged and geographically isolated communities. Through the project, new
bilingual support services in Montenegrin and Albanian have been introduced on the
national SOS helpline, responding to the needs of Roma women. Now regularly
available eight hours per week, the service has provided information to some
200 women.
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