GENDER EQUALITY IS KEY TO ACHIEVING THE MDGS

Together with national, donor and UN partners, and with women's networks and groups worldwide, we support stronger action on gender equality and women's empowerment along four dimensions of change: strengthened legal and policy frameworks; institutional capacity and processes that are aligned with commitments to further women's human rights; greater civil society capacity to monitor and track progress and demand accountability; and new personal and community relationships that empower women and sustain gender equality. Grantees address the multiple forms of violence that women experience, including home-based violence by family members; violence inflicted through early or forced marriage, and female genital mutilation; violence in situations of conflict and crisis; and violence related to trafficking and HIV/AIDS.