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FAIR Fund Programs:
In the past 3 years, FAIR Fund has supported programs for over 10,000 young women that are geared toward ending violence against women. Program initiatives and projects are conceptualized and managed by local partners, thus ensuring beneficial long-term civic involvement and interest. Youth, in particular younger women, are program leaders and managers in each of FAIR Fund’s programs. Our programs are based on the concept of “evidence-based activism,” whereby FAIR Fund conducts in-depth baseline assessments and field research on the needs of youth in a particular community, the historical context of gender-based violence and human trafficking in the region, and the current gaps in programmatic and advocacy support to protect youth from all forms of gender-based violence. This research is often coupled with direct surveys and interviews with youth themselves to determine their own experiences and attitudes toward their situation and ambitions in becoming civically active to address gender-based violence.
Program Overview
In 2006, FAIR Fund focused on five specific programs: preventing youth trafficking in the greater Washington, DC area, building an international student movement against trafficking in persons, reducing orphan youth’s risks toward sexual and labor exploitation in select Eastern European countries, and educating African street girls about how to protect themselves from sexual violence. FAIR Fund is a member of the Washington, D.C. Anti Trafficking Task Force and co-leads the Youth Service Committee. As well, FAIR Fund is a member of and the Committee Chair of the International Committee for the Freedom Network USA, a collaborative network of anti-trafficking organizations across the United States. FAIR Fund staff have trained over 400 Washington area youth service providers and law enforcement officials about best ways to identify and assist youth at risk of commercial sexual exploitation, a form of human trafficking. In 2007, FAIR Fund will continue to serve the needs of youth by working with them and their communities to create a world where women and youth are free from a life of gender-based violence.
 
FAIR Fund Programs At a Glance
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