A/HRC/32/3 E/CN.6/2016/8 partners and others, the President of the Sudan signed an amendment to remove an adultery clause from the legal definition of rape. Previo usly, if a married woman was raped but was unable to prove the assault, she would be accused of adultery, a crime punishable by up to 100 lashes. Since 2013, over 2,400 victims/survivors of gender-based violence who would otherwise not have had access to medical services, including surgeries relating to rape, were assisted through transit houses in South and North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which are supported by the Trust Fund. 49. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a programme implemented by the Panzi Foundation worked to upscale the internationally recognized holistic Panzi model in one-stop centres and affiliated facilities providing integrated, human rights-based medical, psychosocial, legal and socioeconomic support. In partne rship with Physicians for Human Rights, the programme also trained medical, legal and psychosocial professionals. During the reporting period, 163 new cases of sexual violence were reported in the programme’s two target areas (Walungu and Minova). 50. In Sierra Leone, an International Rescue Committee project sought to increase access for survivors to justice as a key element of preventing violence against women and girls. The programme worked with partners to strengthen the implementation of the Gender Acts, a series of legal frameworks to prosecute sexual and gender-based violence. For example, the International Rescue Committee developed tools to monitor enforcement and trained family support units of the Sierra Leone Police to support adequate implementation. 51. In Egypt, a project by Al Shehab Institution for Comprehensive Development worked with women and girl survivors of violence, women domestic workers, female sex workers and women living with HIV/AIDS in two marginalized communities in Cairo. By the end of June 2015, a new drop-in centre had been established, providing legal and psychological services. Between April and June 2015, the programme touched the lives of 111 women and girl survivors of violence and of 231 women domestic workers, sex workers and women living with HIV/AIDS in the targeted communities. D. Providing multisectoral services for survivors, paying particular attention to the needs of underserved women and girls 52. As the report of the Secretary-General on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly acknowledged, progress “has been particularly slow for women and girls who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination ” (see E/CN.6/2015/3). Groups such as women with disabilities, indigenous women, members of ethnic minority groups, and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women are more likely to live in poverty, to be at greater risk of violence and to have very limited access to justice, redress and the integrated services needed to overcome violence. Several Trust Fund-backed projects focus on marginalized women as agents of change working to prevent and end violence against women and girls. 53. In Kosovo, the European Centre for Minority Issues is implementing a programme focusing on reducing the risk of domestic violence and early and forced marriage in minority communities. The project primarily targets women and girls 15-22220 13/17