A/HRC/32/3 E/CN.6/2016/8 from Serbian, Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, but beneficiaries also include community-based groups, educational professionals and boys and men. In a groundbreaking initiative, eight women from these minority groups have been trained as paralegals. Beneficiaries paid tribute to the vital support they had been given. One survivor of gender-based violence said: “Dijana [a paralegal] saved me. I don’t know whether I would have been able to move on with my life if I hadn ’t met her”. Skills training and strengthening the employability of survivors is another key aspect of the programme. 54. The non-governmental organization Najoti kudakon, through one of its projects, is working to enhance the implementation of recent legislation on domestic violence in Tajikistan and to improve access to services, particularly in the rural and isolated areas of the region of Kulob. In addition to running the only shelter for survivors of domestic violence in the country, the organization is spreading its support networks through the establishment of six women’s support groups in remote rural areas. The groups have become active community mobilizers, organizing events and preparing material to share information about the new law and women’s rights, as well as improving referral mechanisms for survivors and access to multisectoral services. During the project period, nine cases of violence against women reached the courts as a result of legal aid provided by the project. 55. In Serbia, a programme run by the Association of Women — Sandglass is working to strengthen prevention and response services in Rasina, one of the most underdeveloped districts of the country. In the first si x months of 2015, the project helped three women’s groups establish specialist support services for women survivors of violence; the working hours of a support helpline were increased from 15 to 23 hours per week, and the number of women survivors seeking assistance also rose; and 65 new beneficiaries (women survivors of violence) accessed specialist support services. 56. In Colombia, the Trust Fund supported an initiative by the Organización Nacional de Indígenas de Colombia to strengthen measures to prevent and respond to violence against indigenous women. Impunity for such crimes, which some studies indicate affect up to 70 per cent of indigenous women, is widespread. The programme documents and conducts research into violence against indigenous women, raises awareness among the community and relevant authorities and provides psychocultural, social, legal and psychological support to survivors and their families. In total, 150 cases have been registered and 48 per cent of the women affected have received support services. 57. In Guatemala, Fundacio Sida i Societat is working to strengthen the institutional capacity and coordination of organizations working on the issues of violence against women and HIV. The project seeks to overcome the stigma and discrimination faced by sex workers, who are mostly young, indigenous women, which prevent them from getting the support they need. In the border town of Escuintla, working with government officials, a mechanism was validated to register cases of violence against sex workers on a monthly basis. The mechanism served as the basis for a referral system involving the national police, the national hospital of Escuintla, the Health Directorate and the government’s judicial office on femicide. 58. A Community Media Center project supported by the Trust Fund is working to shed light on the pervasiveness of violence against women in Gaza (State of Palestine) and to put pressure on decision makers to formulate policies and 14/17 15-22220