Zonta International Service & ZISVAW Projects

2012-14• 5 projects overwhelmingly approved by the Delegates

to the ZI Convention in Torino • To be funded through our Clubs’ & our individual donations

•Zonta funds $802K (~1/2 project total)

•Managed by UN Women & delivered by Oxfam Novib

•Working to help local organizations harness the power of the mass media to fight gender-based violence

Edutainment- Mass Communication with a Purpose

Year 1: in Nigeria & BangladeshYear 2: in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Vietnam

Safe Cities for Women in Honduras

will build on the successesof the Women in the City initiatives in Guatemala &El Salvador to help women in Nueva Suyapa & Villanueva recover public spaces for women, children & their communities.

Zonta: $250K with UNWomen

Empowering Women in Rural Samoa to Combat Violence

Samoa Victim Support Group will deliver the project on behalf of UN Trust Fund

Training village reps, Partnering with police,

Conducting workshops on preventing violence @ home,

Growing networks of support,Training in economic independence

Zonta : $110K

Elimination of MTCT of HIV in Rwanda by 2015

Support Rwandan Gov’t in forming strategy for expansion of geographically-distributed 1-stop centers.

Support integration of HIV/PMTCTinfo into data monitoring tool, strengthening follow-up with exposed mothers & their children.

Reduce incidence & lessen impact of gender-based violence.

Strengthen access to comprehensive package of youth-friendly services for the growing number of adolescents living with HIV (with a focus on young girls).

Zonta : $1M, continuing this partnership with UNICEF since 2008

LiberiaFistula

ProgramMoving from project-based treatment to treatment integrated into the Government’s national health system. Program will be expanded to provide support to women with more chronic fistula problems.

Zonta: $1M, has continued this sponsorship since 2008 in cooperation with UN Population Fund.

These are targeted, monitored programs that are a great investment for your $$.

These international service projects & Zonta’s scholarships

are what Zonta’s all about…

It’s how we ‘walk our talk’ internationally. It’s how we’re known.