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Zonta International Foundation
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Zonta International Foundation Funding
• Funds the charitable and
education programs of
Zonta International.
• Contributions go entirely to
program support and
development.
• Zonta International
membership dues support
operating expenses.
2014-2016 Fundraising Goal
US$5,306,000
Rose Fund
$200,000
Education
$1,076,000
International
Service
$2,044,000
ZISVAW*
$1,986,000
*ZISVAW: Zonta International Strategies to End Violence Against Women
2014 - 2016
Prevention of Root Causes Through Education
International Service & ZISVAW Projects
Education and Leadership Development Programs
2014‐2016 Projects
FUND
AGENCY
SHORT TITLE
UNFPA
Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
UNICEF
HIV‐Free Generation in Rwanda
UNTF
Gender Responsive Schools in Vietnam
ZISVAW
UNFPA
Delaying Early Marriage in Niger
UN WOMEN
Voices against Violence in 12 countries
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship
Young Women in Public Affairs Award
Rose Fund
TOTAL
International
Service
USD
600,000
800,000
644,000
1,000,000
986,000
700,000
232,000
144,000
200,000
5,306,000
Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
US$600,000
Goals:
• Help eliminate obstetric and
traumatic fistula
• Reduce maternal mortality,
morbidity and sexual
violence against women
• Improve health and socioeconomic status of more
than 400 women and girls
• 100 inoperable fistula
survivors will be identified
and empowered by 2016
Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
Progress
• Resumed full operations in
December 2014, following a
decrease in the incidence of
Ebola
• A pilot revolving fund loan
scheme greatly increased health
facility delivery from 5 percent of
the clinic’s area population to 25
percent.
• Procured and distributed
essential drugs and medical
supplies for maternal health
services for use in two facilities in
Owensgrove District.
Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
Progress
• 20 fistula survivors were trained in advocacy, communication
and counseling skills to serve as advocates for fistula
prevention sensitization and identification of new cases during
and after the Ebola epidemic.
• A community outreach and sensitization campaign reached
more than 10,000 community members.
HIV-Free Generation in Rwanda
Goals:
• Contribute to a nation free of AIDS
and build an HIV-free generation.
• Support the national scale-up
strategy for One Stop Centers.
• Invest in community-based
prevention of violence.
• Improve access to HIV prevention
and care in underserved and
vulnerable populations.
HIV-Free Generation in Rwanda
• Strengthen national capacity
for programming for HIV
positive adolescents and HIV
health systems
• Implement and monitor
standard package of
minimum multi-sectoral
protection services for victims
of violence
• Empower women and girls to
protect and claim their rights
to safety and dignity
HIV-Free Generation in Rwanda Progress
• Increased number of health
facilities providing Prevention
of Mother to Child
Transmission services
• 89 percent of HIV-infected
mothers are receiving
antiretroviral therapy (up
from 62 percent the previous
year)
• Reduction in new pediatric
HIV infections
• Adolescent friendly
services are now a key
component of the program
with more than
7,000 beneficiaries, aged
10-19 years
Gender Responsive Schools in Vietnam
US$644,000
Goals:
• Create a school environment for
adolescents that is free from
gender-based violence.
• Promote gender equal norms
and respond to gender-based
violence in and around 20
schools in Hanoi.
Gender Responsive Schools in Vietnam
• Actively engage adolescent
school children in preventing
and responding to schoolrelated gender-based
violence
• Hanoi Department of
Education and Training
recognizes the Gender
Responsive Schools model,
continues to implement the
model in project schools, and
takes action to scale it up in
the school system
Gender Responsive Schools in Vietnam
Progress
• To date, Plan Vietnam has
trained 450 youth leaders
on leadership and
innovative communication
skills.
• As a result, 20 school-wide
events were successfully
initiated on school-related
gender-based violence
and were covered by 36
local newspapers and
radio programs.
• In addition, 366 students—
including 196 girls—have
visited the school
counseling offices to seek
psycho-social support and
assistance.
Gender Responsive Schools in Vietnam
Progress
• The project trained 500 teachers, giving them knowledge
on gender and gender-based violence.
• Post-training test results found an increase of up to 30
percent in the teachers’ knowledge.
Delaying Early Marriage in Niger
US$1,000,000
Goals:
• To reduce early marriage and
early pregnancy in four regions of
Niger
• Reach 25,000 adolescent girls
over 2 years; 400,000 members
of their community will benefit
from increased awareness.
Delaying Early Marriage in Niger
Adolescents will:
• Develop health, social, and economic
assets
• Know their rights and be in a stronger
position to defend them
• Be safer and have a measure of
protection against violence
• Have the basic tools required to lead
fuller lives as adults
• Be able to actively participate in the
socio-economic development of their
communities.
Delaying Early Marriage in Niger Progress
Pilot Phase: November 2014
• The girls improved their health knowledge and changed
their health-seeking behavior.
• The girls now aim for autonomy and have enhanced their
financial capacities.
• The girls know how to be heard and they want to be heard.
• The girls say no to early and forced marriage.
• Parents change their perceptions of their girls.
• Dialogue starts in communities.
Delaying Early Marriage in Niger Progress
• 95.6 percent of participants
believe they now know how
to take better care of their
health.
• The contraceptive rate has
doubled.
• Adolescent girls are now
able to protect themselves
against STIs and know
where to get an HIV test.
Goals:
Voices Against Violence
US$986,000
• To prevent and reduce gender
discrimination and violence
against women and girls through
non-formal education and youth
engagement and leadership
• Increase awareness and
knowledge of gender based
violence through non-formal
education activities
• Develop action plans for
participants to roll out the
curriculum
Voices Against Violence
• Increase engagement of young
people in prevention of gender
stereotypes, discrimination and
violence against girls and
women through advocacy and
peer education
• Enhance understanding of
participants of the safety
measures to deliver the
curriculum
Voices Against Violence Progress
• The first of four regional workshops
was held in Pune, India, in
December 2014.
• 48 trainers from seven countries
(Fiji, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Philippines and Sri Lanka)
participated.
• Each of these trainers is expected to
run national trainings that will train
an additional 30 leaders in their
home countries to deliver the Voices
Against Violence curriculum to
young people, ages 5 to 25 years.
Amelia Earhart Fellowship Fund
US$700,000
US$700,000
• 35 US$10,000 Fellowships are awarded each
year to recipients from all over the world
Jane M. Klausman Women in Business
Scholarship Fund
US$232,000
•
12 international scholarships of US$7,000 each
•
32 district/region scholarships of US$1,000 each
Young Women in Public Affairs Award
US$144,000
•
10 international awards
of US$4,000 each
•
32 district/region awards
of US$1,000 each
Donate Today
Donate to one of the following Funds:
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Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship
Young Women in Public Affairs
International Service
ZISVAW
Rose
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