A/HRC/32/3 E/CN.6/2016/8 the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into real and transformative efforts to end violence against women and girls. As the Trust Fund approaches its twentieth anniversary, there is greater determination than ever that the Fund rise to the challenge. To that end, the Fund has set the ambitious goal of increasing its grant-giving by more than 40 per cent in 2016, to $20 million, with a specific focus on giving by the private sector and individual giving, as well as voluntary contributions by Member States. 67. The review of the recommendations made by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-seventh, to be undertaken in 2016, provides a crucial opportunity to evaluate Trust Fund efforts to operationalize those recommendations, which are reflected in the main priority areas set out in the Trust Fund’s strategic plan for 2015-2020. Information management is an area where the Trust Fund, through the work of its grantees, has a unique role to play, hence the development of a global evidence hub in 2016. The Trust Fund will continue its grant-making investment in innovative and catalytic programmes to prevent and address violence against women and girls, including through the use of technology, the media and participative community engagement to change harmful norms and attitudes that fuel violence. It will support projects that work to address the lack of ongoing national political action and adequate resources in order to bridge the gap between governments’ binding commitments, laws and policies and the lived experien ces of women and girls. 68. Work to prevent and end violence against women cannot be divorced from broader efforts to achieve equality between men and women. The Trust Fund will continue to support initiatives that promote specific, measurable and achieva ble results. In pursuit of results-based, sustainable and replicable initiatives, the Trust Fund will strive to assist governments, the United Nations system, policymakers and legislators to be both proactive and responsive in advancing the realization of women’s rights, working in partnership with civil society organizations. In this way, the Trust Fund will aim to leverage its role in order to support the broadest possible expansion of choice and opportunity for all women and girls. 15-22220 17/17

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