INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
It is a great previledge to send this message to all the women of the world on the eve of this especial day: Elimination of Violence against Women. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said 8 March 2007, “Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned.”
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her. Perhaps the most pervasive human rights violation that we know today, it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development. Statistics paint a horrifying picture of the social and health consequences of violence against women. For women aged 15 to 44 years, violence is a major cause of death and disability. In 1994 a study based on World Bank data about ten selected risk factors facing women in this age group, rape and domestic violence rated higher than cancer, motor vehicle accidents, war and malaria. Moreover, several studies have revealed increasing links between violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Women who have experienced violence are at a higher risk of HIV infection. A survey among 1,366 South African women showed that women who were beaten by their partners were 48 percent more likely to be infected with HIV than those who were not.
The economic cost of violence against women is considerable. A 2003 report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the costs of intimate partner violence in the United States alone exceed US$5.8 billion per year: US$4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productiv
ity losses account for nearly US$1.8 billion. Violence against women impoverishes individuals, families and communities, reducing the economic development of each nation. In 1996, the UN General Assembly established the UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women. The Trust Fund is managed by UNIFEM and is the only multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports local, national and regional efforts to combat violence. Since it began operations in 1997, the Trust Fund has awarded more than US$19 million to 263 initiatives to address violence against women in 115 countries. Raising awareness of women’s human rights, these UNIFEM-supported efforts have linked activists and advocates from all parts of the world; shown how small, innovative projects impact laws, policies and attitudes; and has begun to break the wall of silence by moving the issue onto public agendas everywhere.
UNIFEM is a UN Development Fund for Women created in 1976. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies around the world that promote women’s human rights, political participation, and economic security and its mandate is to support innovative activities benefiting women in line with national and regional priorities; serve as a catalyst, with the goal of ensuring the appropriate involvement of women in mainstream development activities, as often as possible in the pre-investment stage; and play an innovative and catalytic role in relation to the United Nations’ overall system of development cooperation. Its impact is on women’s lives. In over 100 countries it provided targeted financial and technical support to reducing women’s poverty and exclusion; ending violence against women; halting the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls; and supporting women’s leadership in governance and post conflict reconstruction. It has National Committees to support its mission through their dynamic membership programs, public education about UNIFEM and global women’s issues, and fundraising efforts to support UNIFEM programs worldwide. Currently, there are National Committees in 16 countries, Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
Applications should be centered on supporting implementation of national policies, laws and action plans on ending violence against women. The contact address is at this Website: http://www.unifem.org/ . Government authorities at the national and local levels, civil society organizations and networks, including non-governmental, women’s and community-based organizations and coalitions and operational research institutions and UN Country Teams in partnership with governments and NGOs may contact with the UNIFEM Headquarters’ Executive Director Ms Ines Alberdi, 304 East 45th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017, UNITED STATES. For your prior information about the application process, please consult the following documents:
UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND IN SUPPORT OF ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – 2009
BUDGET SUMMARY
Title of the Project:
Submitted by:
It is a great previledge to send this message to all the women of the world on the eve of this especial day: Elimination of Violence against Women. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said 8 March 2007, “Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families, and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence — yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned.”
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her. Perhaps the most pervasive human rights violation that we know today, it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development. Statistics paint a horrifying picture of the social and health consequences of violence against women. For women aged 15 to 44 years, violence is a major cause of death and disability. In 1994 a study based on World Bank data about ten selected risk factors facing women in this age group, rape and domestic violence rated higher than cancer, motor vehicle accidents, war and malaria. Moreover, several studies have revealed increasing links between violence against women and HIV/AIDS. Women who have experienced violence are at a higher risk of HIV infection. A survey among 1,366 South African women showed that women who were beaten by their partners were 48 percent more likely to be infected with HIV than those who were not.
The economic cost of violence against women is considerable. A 2003 report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the costs of intimate partner violence in the United States alone exceed US$5.8 billion per year: US$4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productiv
ity losses account for nearly US$1.8 billion. Violence against women impoverishes individuals, families and communities, reducing the economic development of each nation. In 1996, the UN General Assembly established the UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women. The Trust Fund is managed by UNIFEM and is the only multilateral grant-making mechanism that supports local, national and regional efforts to combat violence. Since it began operations in 1997, the Trust Fund has awarded more than US$19 million to 263 initiatives to address violence against women in 115 countries. Raising awareness of women’s human rights, these UNIFEM-supported efforts have linked activists and advocates from all parts of the world; shown how small, innovative projects impact laws, policies and attitudes; and has begun to break the wall of silence by moving the issue onto public agendas everywhere.UNIFEM is a UN Development Fund for Women created in 1976. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies around the world that promote women’s human rights, political participation, and economic security and its mandate is to support innovative activities benefiting women in line with national and regional priorities; serve as a catalyst, with the goal of ensuring the appropriate involvement of women in mainstream development activities, as often as possible in the pre-investment stage; and play an innovative and catalytic role in relation to the United Nations’ overall system of development cooperation. Its impact is on women’s lives. In over 100 countries it provided targeted financial and technical support to reducing women’s poverty and exclusion; ending violence against women; halting the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls; and supporting women’s leadership in governance and post conflict reconstruction. It has National Committees to support its mission through their dynamic membership programs, public education about UNIFEM and global women’s issues, and fundraising efforts to support UNIFEM programs worldwide. Currently, there are National Committees in 16 countries, Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
Applications should be centered on supporting implementation of national policies, laws and action plans on ending violence against women. The contact address is at this Website: http://www.unifem.org/ . Government authorities at the national and local levels, civil society organizations and networks, including non-governmental, women’s and community-based organizations and coalitions and operational research institutions and UN Country Teams in partnership with governments and NGOs may contact with the UNIFEM Headquarters’ Executive Director Ms Ines Alberdi, 304 East 45th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017, UNITED STATES. For your prior information about the application process, please consult the following documents:
UNITED NATIONS TRUST FUND IN SUPPORT OF ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – 2009
BUDGET SUMMARY
Title of the Project:
Submitted by:
REQUESTED TO THE UN TRUST FUND
Budget notes: Please note the above is a sample budget format; Applicants must reflect further details against core set of deliverables. Please note that all budgeted items are for costs related to direct programme activities only. *UN Trust Fund will not support additional staff for UN organizations. Since the UN Trust Fund places a great deal of emphasis on monitoring and evaluation, please include 10% of activity costs for external evaluation, as well include costs for baselines and ongoing monitoring.
Contact for South Asia Regional Office
Regional Programme Director: Chandni Joshi
D-53, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 INDIA
Tel: +91 11-24646471 or +91 11-24698297 and Fax: +91 11-24622136
Mail: chandni.joshi@unifem.org and Website: http://www.unifem.org.in/
Countries with UNIFEM Programmes: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
It is a great pleasure the UN has taken serious action to save the women community from male domination across the globe. Thanks to the UNO leaders and staff.
Dr S R Mangang
President, ifop
Dated: 25 November 2008
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