Focusing on Zontas Mission

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Focusing on Zontas Mission
Zonta International seeks to improve the legal,
political, economic, health, educational and
professional status of women through service and
advocacy.

• At the international level
• Zonta supports educational scholarships,
  violence prevention programs and international
  service projects, with funding from the Zonta
  International Foundation.
• At the local level
• Clubs support Zontas mission through service
  and advocacy projects that serve the needs of
  women in their local community.

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International Service Projects 2008-2010
Safe Cities for Women in El Salvador and
Guatemala (US600,000) with UNIFEM Reduction of
Obstetric Fistula in Liberia (US450,000) with
UNFPA Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
of HIV in Rwanda (US600,000) with UNICEF
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ZISVAW Projects 2008-2010All ZISVAW grants
support the UN Trust Fund to End Violence
against Women administered by UNIFEM
Ending Violence Against Women through Community
Action in Cambodia (US300,000) Combating
Violence Against Women and Supporting the
Implementation of Protective and
Anti-discriminatory Laws and Policies in Egypt
(US200,000) Community-based Center for Housing
and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Violence
in Syria (US100,000)
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International Service Projects
International Service Projects seek to improve the

• Economic,
• Educational,
• Health, or
• Legal

status of women in developing countries or
countries in transition.
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International Service Projects 2008-2010

• Guatemala and El Salvador
• Liberia
• Rwanda

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Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
in Rwanda
By the numbers
190,000 Rwandans, including 27,000 children, are
HIV positive
90 of children with HIV contracted the virus
from their mothers during pregnancy, childbirth
or breastfeeding. Almost all of these cases could
have been prevented if the mother had access to
proper medical treatment.
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Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
in Rwanda
UNICEF (US600,000)
This project can virtually eliminate the passage
of HIV from mother to child by providing

• HIV testing and counseling
• Health care
• Prenatal and obstetrical services
• Antiretroviral medications during pregnancy
• Nutritional support
• Income-generating activities

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Safe Cities for Women in Guatemala and El Salvador
UNIFEM (US600,000)
In El Salvador an estimated 1,000 women were
murdered between 1999 and 2005.
More than 3,200 Guatemalan women have been
kidnapped, murdered, and in many cases, raped,
tortured and mutilated in the last seven years.
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Safe Cities for Women
UNIFEM will make these dangerous cities safer for
women by

• Focusing on urban violence as a gender issue,
• strengthening womens rights to active
  citizenship,
• educating the public about violence against
  women, and

• helping women collaborate with the local
  government and urban planners to create public
  policies that decrease the risk of violence
  against women.

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Reduction of Obstetric Fistula in Liberia UNFPA
(US450,000)
What is obstetric fistula? Obstetric fistula is a
hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged labor
without prompt medical intervention, leaving
women with

• chronic incontinence,
• a stillborn baby (in most cases), and
• the continuous smell of leaking urine or feces,
  or both.

Left untreated, fistula can lead to ulcerations,
kidney disease, and nerve damage in the legs.
Source http//www.endfistula.org/fistula_brief.ht
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Reduction of Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
UNFPA will contribute to the elimination of
obstetric fistula and the reduction of maternal
and newborn mortality by ensuring

• Access to quality fistula treatment and improved
  emergency obstetric care
• Supporting women socially and economically to
  start a new life in their communities.

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Zonta International Strategies to Prevent
Violence Against Women (ZISVAW)
ZISVAW Projects seek to reduce the incidence of
violence against women and girls by changing the
personal and/or political knowledge, attitudes
and behaviors contributing to violence against
women.
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ZISVAW Projects 2008-2010
In partnership with UNIFEM, administrator of the
UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women,
Zonta will support projects in

• Cambodia
• Egypt
• Syria

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Ending Violence Against Women through Community
Action in Cambodia (US300,000)
This project works with womens and mens
community groups to

• change harmful attitudes and behaviors through
  education and counseling,
• advocate for the enforcement of laws that protect
  women,

• teach women their legal rights and assist them in
  accessing the legal system and social services,
• provide counseling to perpetrators and potential
  perpetrators to change them into non-violent male
  role models.

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Combating Physical Violence Against Women and
Supporting the Implementation of Protective and
Anti-discriminatory Laws and Policies in Egypt
(US200,000)

• Supports the implementation of laws prohibiting
  the performance of genital mutilation,
• provides legal, medical and psychological aid to
  women, and
• helps shelters better respond to needs and rights
  of women survivors of violence.

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Community-based Center for Housing and
Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Violence in
Syria (US100,000)
A one-stop centre providing

• legal advice for women,
• access to education, and vocational training,
• family counseling, and
• counseling for perpetrators of violence against
  women.

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• What can you do in your community?

Identify and respond to local opportunities to
prevent violence against women and advance
womens education, health care, legal rights,
and economic security. For example

• Work with local authorities to reform public
  policies to make neighbourhoods and campuses
  safer for women.
• Increase womens and girls access to local
  preventative health care programs (e.g.,
  mammograms, vaccinations, and Pap smears).

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What can you do in your community?

• Support local HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, and
  treatment programs for pregnant women.
• Collaborate with local media, healthcare
  professionals, and police officials to prevent
  and respond to violence against women.
• Participate in the global 16 Days of Activism
  Against Gender Violence Campaign
  (25 November - 10 December
  2008).

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What can you do in your community?

• Advocate for the implementation of local and
  national policies, laws and action plans on
  ending violence against women.
• Mentor girls interested in fields in which women
  are under-represented.
• Encourage women to apply for an AE Fellowship,
  JMK Scholarship, or YWPA Award.

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Zonta International Commitments
Our success depends on contributions to Annual
Funds to support the charitable and educational
programs of Zonta International.

• Amelia Earhart Fund supports graduate (PhD)
  fellowships for women studying aerospace related
  sciences and engineering.
• International Service Fund supports projects that
  seek to improve the economic, educational,
  health, or legal status of women.
• Jane M. Klausman Fund supports scholarships for
  young women pursuing careers in business
  management.
• Young Women in Public Affairs Fund supports
  awards to encourage young women to participate in
  public and political life.
• ZISVAW Fund supports projects that seek to reduce
  the incidence of violence against women and
  girls.

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Zonta International Commitments

• Fundraising Commitments 2008-2010
• Every Zonta Club contributes at least one-third
  of all service funds collected to the Zonta
  International Foundation. Where this is not
  applicable, other ways should be found to
  contribute your portion.
• Every Zontian makes an individual annual gift to
  the Foundation.
• Every Zontian investigates and considers a
  planned gift to our Foundation.

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