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communities. 115 As reported by the Trust Fund for Victims in its Fall 2010 Programme
Progress <strong>Report</strong>, 116 the preliminary findings show three main issues:
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The impact of violence has a gender aspect. According to the preliminary findings
made public by the Fund, female beneficiaries of its projects ‘… have experienced
more severe psychological and social consequences. This, in turn, might relate to how
women approach issues of rehabilitation, reparation and reconciliation’. 117
The interviewees’ views on reparations and justice are influenced by their daily needs,
the kind of violence experienced and its consequences. According to the preliminary
findings made public by the Fund, there seems to be a link between ‘… women and
girls’ attitude and their more severe self-reported psychological symptoms and more
negative relations vis-à-vis their families and communities’. 118
According to the Trust Fund for Victims, the preliminary findings also show that the
beneficiaries that recognise the assistance they are receiving as coming from the TFV,
view it as a form of recognition from the Court. 119
The full report of the evaluation will be made public before the end of 2011.
The Trust Fund has identified its priorities for 2012 as improving its fundraising results
and financial reporting, conducting an assessment of the Kenyan Situation, initiating
activities in CAR supporting victims of sexual and gender-based violence, evaluating
activities in the DRC and northern Uganda, analysing and publishing the results of the
longitudinal study, and preparing for Court-ordered reparations. 120
115 Learning from the TFV's Second Mandate: from Implementing Rehabilitation to Assistance to Reparations,
Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>, Fall 2010, p 11.
116 Learning from the TFV's Second Mandate: from Implementing Rehabilitation to Assistance to Reparations,
Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>, Fall 2010.
117 Ibidem, p 11.
118 Ibidem, p 12.
119 Ibidem.
120 Proposed Budget Programme for 2012 of the International Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10, 21 July 2010, p 147.
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