A/HRC/23/17 E/CN.6/2013/8 technical assistance and trainings to national policymakers and others involved in the design of transitional justice measures. In Thailand, the International Rescue Committee will scale up an already proven approach to service delivery for genderbased violence in humanitarian contexts, through a survivor-centred, multisectoral approach to address the needs of survivors in two refugee camps along the Thailand/Myanmar border, and by helping a local community-based organization to become the leader of this approach. VII. The way forward 44. As the Trust Fund approaches its seventeenth year of grant-making, it will continue to offer a global platform to Member States, civil society organizations and the United Nations system for concerted efforts towards eliminating violence against women. Through its grants, the Trust Fund will continue to support high quality, evidence-based programmes that will improve the lives of women and girls around the world. It will continue to be a catalyst for new ideas, a source of support for strategic action and a hub of knowledge on emerging best practices in the field. Building on the knowledge generated by its grantees on the ground, the Trust Fund will continue to shed light on the necessary components of a global approach that enables a holistic response to end violence against women. 45. In order to meet the increasing demand for grants from the Trust Fund, efforts will be redoubled to ensure that necessary resources and attention are obtained. As of December 2012, the Governments of Australia, Austria, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Turkey and the United States of America have contributed to the seventeenth grant-making cycle of the Trust Fund, alongside formal pledges from the Governments of Germany and the Netherlands. 46. Closing the gap on the implementation of national laws, policies and action plans will continue to be the overarching framework of the Trust Fund’s call for proposals. In particular, the Trust Fund will seek to support areas of work that remain underresourced and largely underserved by existing development programming. Given that exposure to violence at a young age has devastating and potentially lifelong physical and mental health consequences, the call for proposals launched in November 2012 included a special focus area on addressing violence against adolescent and young girls. This capitalizes on the first ever International Day of the Girl Child, which was celebrated on 11 October 2012, and will reinforce the commitment to respect, protect and realize the human rights of girls. This area of grant-making focuses on preventing and protecting adolescent and young girls from all forms of gender-based violence, abuse and exploitation, and ensuring that girls who experience violence receive critical services and access to justice. This includes addressing violence against those most at risk of violence, such as girls who are out of school, isolated by marriage, or “invisible” domestic workers. The funding window allows the Trust Fund to provide much needed resources and support to non-governmental organizations, Governments and United Nations country teams dedicated to advancing the rights of adolescent and young girls through integrated interventions that address and respond to their needs. By doing so, this new cohort of grantees will also be generating essential knowledge on best practices and identifying models that can be scaled up and replicated in other contexts. The Trust Fund envisions working closely in 2013 with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Coalition for Adolescent Girls and others to share information on 16 12-64357