WHERE THE FUNDS GO
Your support during these 16 Days of Activism is crucial in our collective efforts to ensure the safety of women and girls worldwide.
Violence against women is a global crisis, affecting millions worldwide, including right here in Australia.
From domestic violence to trafficking, it manifests in many forms with profound physical, psychological, and societal consequences. Despite decades of advocacy, its prevalence remains alarmingly high.
Your fundraising efforts will be donated to UN Women Australia, which supports our advocacy efforts both here in Australia and globally through the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.
Together, through the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, we can make tangible strides towards a world where women and girls are Safe. Everywhere. Always.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF), managed by UN Women, is the only global grant-giving mechanism exclusively dedicated to preventing and ending violence against women and girls globally.
Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives for millions of women and girls around the world. Over two decades of persistent efforts from global activists have resulted in improved international laws and standards to end violence against women and girls. Yet, resources to adequately implement these improvements remain woefully lacking and insufficient to combat the unacceptable rate of violence, harassment, and abuse.
The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls. It is committed to funding organisations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
In 2025, the new portfolio of grantee partners continues this mission, advancing innovative and old approaches to addressing violence against women, each tailored to the unique needs of local contexts. For example, in Cambodia, one initiative will spearhead a national women-led participatory research project on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, generating robust evidence to inform advocacy and policy, while in Serbia, another project will use social hackathons to bring together women, activists, and local communities – providing them with the skills, space, and support to design safety solutions, strengthen leadership, and amplify their voices in decision-making. These initiatives underscore the UN Trust Fund’s ongoing commitment to tackling emerging and evolving forms of violence affecting women and girls worldwide.
In 2024, UN Trust Fund projects reached over
7.7 million women and girls
How your funds can help
$29
can provide psychological assistance to a woman or girl survivor of violence who is living with or affected by HIV/Aids in Egypt
$49
could provide 50 young women and girls in Kenya with handbooks, protecting their sexual and reproductive health and rights
$71
could help fund safety planning for a woman at risk of violence in Ukraine
$153
can provide three women survivors of sexual violence with medical support in a camp for internally displaced persons in Nigeria
$250
could support advocacy and campaigning to put an end to gender-based violence in Australia
$380
can provide adolescents with an awareness raising kit on positive masculinity and violence against women and girls’ prevention in Morocco
Stories of Change
Empowering Indigenous Women to Combat Femicide in Guatemala
Supporting vulnerable women in war-torn Ukraine
Reclaiming Life after Acid Attacks in Cambodia
UNTF Impact in 2024
$87.5 million in grants distributed to grassroots programs and initiatives in 74 countries
At least 13,200 women and girls were able to access justice in cases of violence through UNTF grantee partners
180 civil society and women's rights organisations focused on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls received grants
41,359 women and girls accessed specialist services to heal and recover from violence through UNTF grantee partners
Due to projects focused on prevention and support, the UN Trust Fund was able to change the lives of at least 6,697 women and girls living with disabilities
