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expressed an interest in following the legal procedures to register their houses and
farms. In addition, 19 women have applied for the status of survivors of conflict related sexual violence and will be enrolled in the reparations scheme that provides
them with a monthly lifetime pension.
39. In four regions of Argentina, a project led by the organization FUSA para la
Salud Integral con Perspectiva de Género y Derechos Asociación Civil has formed an
interdisciplinary workgroup to develop policy proposals and strategies to change
local laws and policies on violence against women and girls with disabilities so that
they adhere to international human rights standards. The organizers of the project are
also engaging with and providing training for organizations that advocate for the
rights of people with disabilities; thus far, 24 women and girls from such
organizations have received training on the rights of women and girls with disabilities
and acquired the tools necessary to share what they have learned with a wider
audience. Preliminary agreements have been reached with health centres to expand
the services they offer, and revised protocols are being reviewed by the ethics
committees of those health centres.
40. In Chile, Corporación Humanas implemented a project that brought together
groups of migrant women; lesbian, bisexual and transgender women; women living
with disabilities; and women living with HIV/AIDS to advocate for a comprehensive
law that ends violence against women and girls and under which such violence is
recognized not only in the private sphere, but also outside the family context. As part
of the project, Corporación Humanas worked with six Chilean women’s rights
organizations, namely Corporación Círculo Emancipador de Mujeres y Niñas con
Discapacidad de Chile, Fondo Alquimia, the Amanda Jofré syndicate, Agrupación
Lésbica Rompiendo el Silencio, the International Community of Women Living with
HIV/AIDS and Warmipura, to draft the bill on the rights of women to a li fe free of
violence. The bill, which was presented to Congress at the end of the project, reflects
the many manifestations of gender-based violence, incorporates provisions of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women a nd is
aimed at encouraging institutions and regulations to take an intersectional approach
to ending violence against women. More than 600 underrepresented women and girls
participated in active discussions about what should be in the bill. The inclusion o f
the diversity of women’s experiences in the language of the bill is a historic milestone
for Chile. During the project, the six organizations formed alliances and networks that
increased their visibility and expanded their local impact to new arenas incl uding
government and local institutions. Advocacy around the bill also raised the awareness
of professionals working in public service institutions of the prevalence of violence
against women within those institutions.
IV. Results and evidence
41. Between January and November 2019, the trust fund team conducted 20
monitoring missions to projects in 12 countries and territories. Apart from the
monitoring and evaluation components, the visits enabled stronger and more direct
dialogue with grantees to increase the team’s understanding of the challenges faced
and the kind of support and capacity-building that would be most beneficial, with a
particular focus on providing training and support to small organizations.
42. In 2019, another step forward was taken with the evidence hub, one of the pillars
of the current strategic plan, with new knowledge products, including two evidence
briefs focusing on the work of grantees on prevention and service provision in school based interventions and on projects involving police.
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