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The UN Trust Fund took specific steps to ensure that organizations were strengthened and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic. Feedback from Civil Society and Women’s Rights Organizations (CSOs/WROs) in 2020 and 2021 showed that many were concerned about survival of the women and girls they serve, while ensuring their organizational existence. In response to needs voiced by CSO/WRO partners, the UN Trust Fund organized a series of webinars and training. Training covered areas such as...
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The UN Trust Fund took specific steps to ensure that organizations were strengthened and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic. Feedback from Civil Society and Women’s Rights Organizations (CSOs/WROs) in 2020 and 2021 showed that many were concerned about survival of the women and girls they serve, while ensuring their organizational existence. In response to needs voiced by CSO/WRO partners, the UN Trust Fund organized a series of webinars and training. Training covered areas such as project modification (96 per cent of attendees rated this as useful or very useful); cash-based interventions (80 per cent of attendees rated this as useful or very useful); and procurement and recommended procedures (94 per cent of attendees rated this as useful or very useful). In a post training survey, all respondents indicated that the knowledge and skills gained from the training will be useful for them even beyond the management and implementation of the current project. In general, organizational capacity development activities reached more than 1,100 grantee participants in 2020. Grantees were also provided with training on effective management of projects, preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as ethics and safety.
Medica Kosova , a UN Tr ust Fund grantee, raises awareness among women’s organizations of the Istanbul Convention, which guided preparation of the Kosovo (Under UN SCR 1244 (1999)) National Strategy against Domestic Violence. Medica Kosova works to increase efforts by national and local government bodies to implement the National Strategy. In addition, Medica Kosova supports women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence such as assisting women in applying for the status of survivors...
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Medica Kosova, a UN Trust Fund grantee, raises awareness among women’s organizations of the Istanbul Convention, which guided preparation of the Kosovo (Under UN SCR 1244 (1999)) National Strategy against Domestic Violence. Medica Kosova works to increase efforts by national and local government bodies to implement the National Strategy. In addition, Medica Kosova supports women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence such as assisting women in applying for the status of survivors of conflict related sexual violence. It works with women’s organizations in relatively small municipalities, focusing on women in under-served communities, including Roma women. During the COVID-19 pandemic, staff worked closely with women survivors of violence and local services. The organization also took steps to enhance communication and awareness of the women and girls with whom they work. During the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Veprore Shehu, Executive Director of NGO Medica Kosova, a UN Trust Fund grantee said, “Five team members (a psychologist, lawyer, psychosocial counsellor, project assistant and executive director) make phone calls to survivors asking about their well-being, challenges they face during this period of isolation and their daily activities with their close families.”