The UN Trust Fund has played a key role in elevating women's rights organizations (WRO) leadership in key international human rights and public advocacy spaces throughout 2025. For instance, at the fifty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council, it co-hosted the side event “Voices of Resilience from the Frontlines: Advancing Efforts to End Violence against Women and Girls in the Context of Backlash” with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Women Geneva Office. This event brought together more than 90 feminist leaders, United Nations officials and Member State representatives. It amplified grantee partners’ experiences of adapting and sustaining their work amid escalating backlash and provided a platform to launch the 2025 Call for Proposals, a CFP that generated an unprecedented demand of 2.1 billion USD in funding from civil society partners.
The UN Trust Fund has played a key role in elevating women's rights organizations (WRO) leadership in key international human rights and public advocacy spaces throughout 2025. For instance, at the fifty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council, it co-hosted the side event “Voices of Resilience from the Frontlines: Advancing Efforts to End Violence against Women and Girls in the Context of Backlash” with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Women Geneva Office. This event brought together more than 90 feminist leaders, United Nations officials and Member State representatives. It amplified grantee partners’ experiences of adapting and sustaining their work amid escalating backlash and provided a platform to launch the 2025 Call for Proposals, a CFP that generated an unprecedented demand of 2.1 billion USD in funding from civil society partners.