Past Conflict Respond Fund Partners

How We've Helped in Yemen

We partnered with a local organization, Yemen Women's Union, to raise awareness of gender-based violence and provide psychosocial support for women survivors. 

Within the community, Yemen Women's Union formed protection committees and held awareness sessions that educated the community about gender-based violence and highlighted support programs for survivors.  

During the six-month partnership:  

• 314 women survivors of gender-based violence attended awareness-raising sessions 
• 174 women survivors of gender-based violence received targeted psychosocial support sessions  
• 51 women survivors received specialized psychiatric care 

How We've Helped in Bangladesh

With local NGO Research, Training, and Management International, we invested in the women and girls who will be the future of the Rohingya community. We supported access to skills training, which will create greater opportunities for women and girls to start small businesses or find paid work.    

"Community mobilization meetings" with Rohingya youth demonstrated why investing in women and girls' job skills helps rebuild Rohingya communities. Local leaders hosted events to address social norms and traditional practices that limit women and girls’ participation in society and show how they can be drivers of change. 

During the eight-month partnership:  

• 120 Rohingya women and girls (ages 18-35) received vocational skills training in tailoring, computer skills, and small enterprise development 
• 100 government officials and thousands of camp residents were reached through community awareness-raising to foster support and understanding of the importance of skills development for female youth, a very controversial notion in the deeply conservative Rohingya society 

How We've Helped in Ethiopia

Through our Conflict Response Fund, we partnered with Agar Ethiopia Charitable Society, Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development, and Mums for Mums, supporting survivors of sexual violence and war in Ethiopia. These organizations work with women and girl survivors to provide sexual and gender-based violence services and empower their futures.