A/HRC/41/3 E/CN.6/2019/7 15. Small grant recipients are currently implementing projects in 27 countries and territories across the trust fund’s active portfolio. Examples of the range of work that they are carrying out are provided below. 16. In Armenia, the Women’s Support Centre implemented a project for the prevention of domestic violence that built up a national response programme to support survivors. People trained through the project provided counselling, shelter and support services to 443 women and girls, 41 of whom had sought refugee status or were internally displaced and 336 of whom were survivors of domestic violence. Guidelines and community action plans were finalized and widely disseminated to key actors in the field, establishing a framework for greater multisectoral cooperation and the development of mechanisms for implementing the law on domestic violence. The Support Centre held several meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister for Social Affairs and provided information and feedback on best practices, in particular with regard to managing a shelter for survivors of domestic violence. As a direct result of the two-year trust fund-supported project, the Centre has also been approached by the police to help them with the de velopment of mechanisms and protocols to address domestic violence. 17. In Cambodia, the Samatapheap Khnom Organization is implementing a project, including the recruitment and training of three social workers, to strengthen the capacity and autonomy of victims of family-based violence in Chey District, which comprises 28 urban communities plagued by high levels of domestic violence. The project has identified 72 women at risk of, or survivors of, family violence and has provided them with psychosocial support, including weekly follow-up home visits. Several women were referred for emergency health care and others benefited from information about safe shelters and their legal rights. In addition, a coordination meeting in June brought together 14 local authorities and 11 non-governmental partners, inter alia, to discuss referral services and future plans to support survivors of domestic violence. 18. In Guyana, the organization Help and Shelter is implementing a project to address and prevent sexual and gender-based violence in three schools and two communities by building consensus, engagement and competencies within a community-based framework. A total of 298 students – 138 girls and 160 boys between the ages of 10 to 17 – have participated in awareness-raising sessions. Topics covered include domestic violence, family violence, child abuse, puberty and adolescence, children’s rights and how to get help and support. Thus far, a total of 85 students – 45 girls and 40 boys, 44 of whom were new cases – have received counselling. Four capacity-building training sessions have been attended by 52 teachers. The topics addressed included gender equality, child abuse and protection and response and referral systems. III. Strategy-led grant-giving 19. In line with its strategic plan, 2015–2020, the trust fund focuses its grant-giving on three key objectives: supporting work on primary prevention of violence against women and girls; increasing and improving the access to multisectoral services for survivors of violence; and strengthening the implementation of national laws, policies and action plans. Examples of the key achievements of grantees in those areas are provided below. 18-21716 5/16

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