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Service Committee
Mission
 Promote international service and ZISVAW projects
 Encourage and support local service projects focused on
Zonta´s mission
 Increase internal and external visibility of these projects to
increase global awareness of Zonta´s contributions to
advancing the status of women, as well as the credibility of our
organization
 Emphasize the importance of supporting these projects
ZI
ZIF
Member organization
Charity organization
Income comes from member
fees only
Income comes from donations
only
Cover all operative expenses
and costs regarding ZI and ZIF
Cover committments for service
projects and education programs
GOAL / budget for the biennium 2012-2014
International Service programs
ZISVAW
Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund
JMK
YWPA
Rose Fund
USD
2 000 000
1 162 000
700 000
232 000
144 000
700 000
Totally
4 938 000
GOAL / budget for the biennium 2012-2014
Zonta has about 30 125 members in the world meaning that if we all
donate on average 164 USD/member this biennium (82 USD/year/
member) we will reach the goal
During the last biennium we – District 21 – donated 1 Swedish Krona/
day each, which comes up to 138 USD per member on average (69
USD/SD/year/member)
The District Board recommends all members in District 21 to reach and
top the goal from last biennium, meaning that the Board challenges all
of us to donate 164 USD/member in the biennium 2012/14
GOAL / budget for the biennium 2012-2014
How can we reach the goal?
 All clubs make yearly donations to ZIF
 Increase individual donations from Zonta members, Zonta friends,
companies and other external actors and resources
 Donate 1 Swedish Krona a day!
GOAL for the biennium 2012-2014 – International
Service Projects
 Liberia Fistula program (UNFPA)
 Elimination of New Pediatric HIV Infection & Prevention and Response
to Survivors of Domestic and Gender Based Violence in Rwanda
(UNICEF)
GOAL for the biennium 2012-2014 – ZISVAW (UNWomen)
 Mass Communication with a Purpose: Global Partnership on
Edutainment for Social Change
1st year in Bangladesh and Nigeria.
2nd year also Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Mali, Niger, Pakistan,
Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Vietnam
 Safe Cities for Women in Honduras
 Empowering Women in Rural Samoa
to Combat Violence
GOAL for the biennium 2012-2014 - Education
and Leadership programs
 Amelia Earhart Fellowships (Madeleine Holmberg 2012 i D21)
 Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships
 Young Women in Public Affairs Awards (YWPA)
Zonta International Service Projekt
Liberia Fistula program
…21,9 % of women in Liberia are
between 15 and 19 years old when
they give birth for the first time
…for every woman who dies, there
are 20 more who suffer from the
consequences of a difficult
pregnancy or complicated
childbirth
There is treatment…
$675
will give a woman back her life
$5
to feed a patient for one week after surgery has
been completed
$10
to transport a patient to the hospital
$80
for surgical tools
$60
for a caesarean section
Zonta International (in cooperation with UNFPA)
Zonta has supported the project since 2008
450 000 USD (2008-2010), 500 000 USD (2010-2012)
1 000 000 USD (2012-2014)
Equipped 2 fistula centers in Liberia
Trained 6 doctors, 70 nurses and assistants
who have treated 875 fistula patients
Trained 20 survivors from fistula, 16 journalists
and 10 students in order for them to inform
how fistula can be prevented and treated
Socially reintegrated 196 survivors from fistula
GOAL 2012-2014
Fistula is a heart-breaking
problem
Zonta plays a major role in
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Raising awareness
Building medical capability
Giving many young women
who live in a state of constant
despair…
Their Lives Back
Zonta International Service Project in Rwanda
Republic in eastern Central Africa with
a population of 10,9 million
of which half are children
One of the poorest countries in the
world
Critical problems
 Treating HIV positive women
 Prevent transmission of the virus
to children
 Give women health care and reproductive health
service
 Stop and prevent gender based domestic violence
Zonta International (cooperation with UNICEF)
• Supported the project since 2008
600 000 USD (2008-2010),
500 000 USD (2010-2012),
1 000 000 USD (2012-2014)
• Increased possibility for
pregnant women to be HIV tested
(42% in 2005 to 70% in
2010!)
• Helped 78% of HIV positive
women and 74% of children born
with HIV to be treated with
antiretroviral medication
GOAL 2012-2014
 Establish policies and guidelines to prevent HIV
 Increased percentage of pregnant women receiving full PMTCT
service for their children exposed to HIV
 Decreased transmission of HIV after breast feeding to about 5%
 Increased number of HIV positive women seeking help in health
care centers
 Increased number of young women who are aware of how HIV
can be prevented and how unplanned pregnancy can be
avoided
GOAL 2012-2014
 Increased number of survivors
seeking care after gender based
domestic violence
 Increased number of victims
receiving multi disciplinary care
and follow-up
 Increase in evidence and
interviews from one stop centers
that lead to increased
percentage of convictions for
domestic and gender-based
violence
GOAL 2012-2014
 Eliminate mother-to-child
transmission of HIV in Rwanda
by 2015
 Reduce incidence and lessen
the impact of gender-based
violence
ZISVAW project - Edutainment for Social Change
(UN Women)
Edutainment means to entertain and educate at the same time via mass
communication
(TV- and radio soap operas, music videos, computer games, cartoons, street theater, social media, talk shows &
reallity shows)
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Affect behavious, norms and attitudes
Give evidence to existing violence against women
Point out what can be regarded as normal and sound
Help survivors to understand their rights and how they can receive help
1st year an extensive program in planned in Bangladesh and Nigeria
2nd year the program will be implemented in 10 more countries
ZISVAW project - Empowering women
in rural Samoa to combat violence (UN Women)
 Physical and sexual violence in the home is common in Samoa.
This abuse is considered an inevitable part of family life
 Samoa Victim support group (SVSG) will carry out the project
GOAL 2012-2014
 Increased awareness of the frequency of violence against women
 Increased number of people who
- have changed their attitude regarding violence against women
- speak up against violence against women
- take steps to prevent, protect women
 Increased number of organizations who have the capacity to carry
out and organize successful edutainment campaigns
ZISVAW projektet Safe Cities for Women
in Honduras (UN Women)
Violence against women in
Honduras has increased by more
than 20% between 2010 and 2011
GOAL 2012-2014
Use the same successful
program as in Guatemala and
El Salvador in order to
 support women in their
rights to participate in the
establishment of a safe
community
 reduce private and public
violence
GOAL 2012-2014
Stronger community with women who have
 Access to information of how the police and the legal system can
protect them and their communities against violence
 Resources and ability to form networks to fight violence against
women
 Self-confidence enough to fight violence in their own lives and in their
society
 Power and support to report violence to the police or SVSG
 Increased self-confidence and self-esteem
 Economically independent with ability to contribute to the national
economy