The UN Trust Fund against Violence against Women is a funding opportunity for NGOs working on gender-based issues in different countries around the world. While large organizations can request funding of up to US $300,000, small and grassroots organizations can apply for grants of up to US $100,000. However, projects have to be fairly innovative and in line with the priorities of the Fund.
In order to submit a good application, it is important to conceptualize the right project with an effective strategy and express it through your proposal. But while developing such a project, it is necessary to refer to other projects working to address the same issue. The best practices and lessons learned from such previous projects help in designing an innovative project proposal. Besides, referring to those projects – that received successful funding from UN Trust Fund during the previous years – enhances your knowledge about the potential areas and strategies can receive potential funding.
We have compiled a list of some innovative projects which received funding from UN Trust Fund in 2009-10 and 2011-2012 grant cycles. You can go through these projects below to understand the rationale under which they were proposed and what kind of strategy they adopted to address the issue of gender-based violence. Click below on the links for more information:
- Addressing Acid Burning of Girls implemented by ASTI
- AÇEV ‘s Project on ‘Involving Fathers to work against VAW’
- WUTMI’s Project on Creating Awareness on Violence against Women Issues
- UN agencies implementation of creating “violence free villages” in Indonesia
- Addressing sexual violence in Rural Areas where migration is high: A Project of BCDC in China
- CARE International’s “Promoting the Safety of Women Workers in the Beer Industry” in Cambodia
- Raising Voices: ‘Developing Activist Kit for Preventing Violence against Women and HIV’
- ICTJ’s Promoting Gender Equality in Conflict-affected Areas Project
- IRC Project on Community-based Multi-sectoral Response to Gender-based Violence
You can also refer to some project ideas to address Violence against Women (VAW) in Developing Countries developed previously:
- Empowering Vulnerable Women through Knowledge and Awareness
- Media Sensitization against Violence against Women
- Economic Empowerment to reduce Domestic Violence
- Addressing Trafficking of Women
- Increasing Women’s Participation in Decision-making to reduce Violence against Women
- Youths as Agents of Change to address Violence against Women
- Sensitizing the Actors who can be involved in Prevention of Violence against Women at the local-level
- Working with Men – the White Ribbon Way
- Female Foeticide as a Form of Violence against Women
- Don’t forget to check out SASA – An Activist Kit for Prevention of Violence against Women and HIV
