A/HRC/44/3 E/CN.6/2020/8 region. The grantee has free legal clinic for survivors of domestic violence that it is working to expand with group counselling and with training courses on financial skills and life skills. It is also conducting research among survivors about their experiences with service providers to identify key areas for improvement. Furthermore, the grantee is working with police, social service workers, local municipalities and health-care providers to create a multisectoral strategy aimed at better protecting women at risk of domestic violence and ensuring a more streamlined process of survivor support with better identification and referral. The grantee has established a working group made up of local and institutional service providers and has worked to increase public information and initiate dialogues about domestic violence through visits to women in rural areas and through rural community workshops. 30. In Serbia, the Mental Disability Rights Initiative is using a small grant from the trust fund to implement a project aimed at empowering women and girls with mental disabilities to report custodial violence and gain access to services. During the year, the grantee led a workshop in which women and girls with mental disabilities in custodial institutions learned about gender-based violence, were taught the skills to report it and given guidance on how to use the protection mechanisms available to them. Following the training, 19 women with mental disabilities reported that they knew of at least one prevention and protection mechanism they could turn to for support. The project is also working with service pr oviders in custodial institutions and holding training sessions. Fourteen service providers attended the project ’s training sessions and 11 committed to making the services they offer more accessible to women and girls with disabilities. With support from the project, Iz Kruga Vojvodina, a local implementing partner of the Mental Disability Rights Initiative that supports women with disabilities who have experienced violence, has piloted a programme of group activities and psychological support for women in custodial institutions. 31. In Kenya, a project implemented by the Refugee Consortium of Kenya, an organization led by women, is working with Somali refugees in the Nairobi and Garissa areas. Many of those refugees have been in the area for almost two dec ades. The aim of the project is to improve access to justice for survivors of violence against women and girls and increase the rate of successful prosecution through better access to legal aid, representation and support. During 2019, a total of 519 women and girl survivors of violence received psychological counselling and education to address trauma and other issues related to violence. In addition, 10 community -based counsellors were trained to provide psychological first aid to survivors and to identif y women and girl survivors and direct them to referral pathways. Thus far, 72 women survivors of violence (3 in Nairobi and 69 in Garissa) have been represented in court by the Refugee Consortium of Kenya. In addition, 12 community dialogue forums on the prevention of various forms of violence against women and girls, and response pathways were held, reaching 309 anti-violence champions, aimed at ending violence against women and girls and increasing awareness of gender-based violence. Furthermore, 118 members of the judiciary, law enforcement officers, probation officers and civil society members received training to enhance service delivery on access to justice for survivors. 32. As a result of discrimination, many indigenous women and girls living in extreme poverty and having very limited access to legal and social services are exposed to high levels of violence (see E/CN.6/2015/3). Addressing the needs of indigenous women and girls, one the world’s most underserved populations, is a priority for the trust fund in view of its objective to leave no one behind. One of the projects the trust fund is supporting in that connection is being implemented in Guatemala by Mujeres Transformando el Mundo. Its aim is to improve access to 19-21597 9/15