A/HRC/13/71 E/CN.6/2010/8 support for data-collection systems, social mobilization and prevention strategies, and addressing sexual violence in conflict situations. III. Activities of the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women 5. Since its inception, the United Nations Trust Fund has been a key global mechanism for catalysing change by supporting innovative strategies for ending violence against women and girls. In line with the strategy of the Fund for 20052008, the overall emphasis of its grant-making is on supporting the implementation at the global, regional, national and local levels of laws, policies and action plans agreed upon by countries to address violence against women and girls. 6. Paragraphs 7 to 35 below summarize progress made in implementing the United Nations Trust Fund’s strategy for 2005-2008, under which the Fund continued to operate in 2009 while an external evaluation covering the same period was conducted. The present report is set out in accordance with the strategy’s five pillars: impact, involvement, efficiency, knowledge management and capacity development, and resource mobilization. Highlights from the external evaluation are also presented. Enhancing impact: supporting the implementation of laws, policies and action plans 7. In order to address the serious gaps in moving from commitment to action to end violence against women and girls, the grant-making of the United Nations Trust Fund has strategically focused on supporting the implementation of laws, policies and action plans. Grantees work to develop the capacity of relevant stakeholders to enforce laws and implement policies and to improve service quality for survivors. Strategic partnerships broaden and sustain their efforts. Programmes supported typically work across sectors, especially those of health, justice, security and education, and involve both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. 8. In 2009, the United Nations Trust Fund had a portfolio of 81 active grants, covering 76 countries and territories, with a total value of nearly $30 million. These included two- to three-year grants approved since 2006 that were still being implemented. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean had the largest portfolio (24 per cent), followed closely by Africa, and Asia and the Pacific (23 per cent each). Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Arab States had the smallest portfolios (15 and 8 per cent, respectively), and cross-regional programmes accounted for 7 per cent. Paragraphs (a) to (f) below present highlights of achievements related to selected grants, based on reports received in 2009: (a) Prevention strategies: United Nations Trust Fund grantees use prevention to stop violence from occurring altogether. Grantees in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Rwanda, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen have used prevention strategies that target the roots of violence by empowering women to claim their rights and by enlisting men and boys in efforts to change gender norms and make violence unacceptable. In India, the international human rights organization Breakthrough used mass media to raise awareness, 09-65802 3