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In 2019, the United Nations’ Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and Spotlight Initiative established a strategic partnership to channel funding to civil society organizations (CSOs) working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in conflict and crisis situations. As part of this effort, WPHF and Spotlight Initiative also collaborated to strengthen networking and peer learning among CSO partners from across the world through the Global Learning Hub (L-HUB) online events.

WPHF and Spotlight Initiative’s partnership led to new support to Association des Femmes de Madeline (AFM…

The Mutuelle de solidarité (MuSo or Solidarity Fund for VAWG Survivors in English) responds to the economic dependence of women survivors of violence. It is both a popular financing tool and a self-help group. Since 2020, as part of Spotlight initiative, CAPAC - Centre d'Animation Paysanne et d'Action Communautaire - has been developing this solidarity fund system among women in Haiti to enable them not only to accumulate savings and grant loans tailored to their needs, but also to facilitate access to a contingency fund and external financing.

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By the end of 2021, a total of 12…

Grantees of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women used core institutional funds for a variety of purposes which have contributed to the sustainability of WROs and CSOs, including: 

Self-care and staff resilience: In Argentina, Fundación Andhes, an organisation that trains cis, trans and lesbian women to become legal advisors for survivors of violence, used its core funding to hire a psychologist to support staff responding to reports of violence. In Nigeria, the HACEY Health Initiative also engaged a therapist to support their staff. Staff in the HACEY Health Initiative reported…