The President Kaljulaid Foundation is looking for solutions to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Estonia, and convened expert groups to map out possible solutions.
&#8220;Experts in intimate partner violence know we&#8217;re up against more challenges than there are problem solvers and time to address them. Yet, all experts are brimming with ideas,&#8221; noted President Kersti Kaljulaid after meeting with the second panel of specialists.
&#8220;So, what exactly should we tackle in Estonia in the near future, aiming for fewer instances of intimate partner violence and healthier human relationships? Many dedicated individuals in Estonia have grappled with this complex issue for years, some for decades. We&#8217;re now making a concerted effort to pool their wisdom,&#8221; Kaljulaid clarified.
Hannaliisa Uusma, director of the Foundation&#8217;s IPV field, remarked that the project has garnered significant interest from experts. &#8220;Representatives from media, government ministries, the sports sector, law enforcement, healthcare, various businesses, educational institutions, and a host of non-profit organizations have all shown a heartfelt commitment to reducing IPV in Estonia and making assistance more accessible,&#8221; said Uusma.
The President Kaljulaid Foundation is a non-profit entity founded to promote democracy, digital culture, and the respect for human rights and freedoms, both in Estonia and on a global scale.
The brainstorming sessions were attended by:
Good Deed Foundation 
Estonian Midwives Association 
Responsible Business Forum 
Estonian HR Society 
TALTECH Institute of Business Management 
NGO Child Protection Union 
Pärnu Women&#8217;s Support Centre 
Estonian Women’s Shelters Union 
Feministry 
NGO Children in Intimate Partner Violence 
Estonian Chamber of Disabled People 
Peaasi.ee 
Estonian Anti-Doping and Sports Ethics Foundation 
LHV 
Tallink 
Journalists Kärt Anvelt, Laura Mallene, Keiu Virro 
Ministry of Social Affairs 
Ministry of Justice 
Police and Border Guard Board 
Office of the Prosecutor General 
Viru District Prosecutor&#8217;s Office 
Social Insurance Board, Victim Support 
Tartu Department of Social Welfare and Health 
Tallinn City Government 
Tartu University Hospital 
Women&#8217;s Support and Information Centre 
IKEA 
Estonian LGBT Association

PKF looking for solutions to intimate partner violence with expert group

Hannaliisa Uusma is the inaugural head of intimate partner violence prevention at the President Kaljulaid Foundation.
The pervasive issue of domestic violence in Estonia affects each and every Estonian, making it a collective problem that urgently demands our attention. Here at the President Kaljulaid Foundation, our objective is to significantly curtail intimate partner violence and inspire commitment at every level—individuals, grassroots initiatives, and both public and private sectors.
A startling 64% of Estonian women have experienced physical violence in their homes, far exceeding the European average of 35%, as reported by the Ministry of Justice. Yet, public opinion polls suggest that the majority of Estonians consider domestic violence to be a private family matter.
We beg to differ. Supporting society&#8217;s vulnerable populations constitutes one of the President Kaljulaid Foundation&#8217;s core pillars. We aim to amplify civic engagement on the topic of intimate partner violence, while unlocking the untapped potential of the private sector.
Hannaliisa boasts a wealth of experience in addressing this issue, a fact well-known to experts in the field. Among her notable achievements, she led a 2016 initiative at the Social Insurance Board to broaden the reach of the MARAC model (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences)—a system developed in the United Kingdom and widely adopted in Finland that identifies high-risk victims and coordinates multi-disciplinary protective measures. Two years ago, Hannaliisa was honored with a violence prevention award.

Hannaliisa Uusma: the inaugural head of intimate partner violence prevention at PKF

President Kersti Kaljulaid, at the request of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has taken up the task of leading a high-level UN panel on the teaching profession, along with the former President of Trinidad and Tobago, Paula-Mae Weekes. The initiative&#8217;s goal is to propose measures to reduce the global teacher shortage and ensure adequate preparation in today&#8217;s world.
&#8220;Education has been hit by one crisis after another. Demographic processes, the coronavirus pandemic, the consequences of climate change, and wars have reduced the availability of education and made the teaching profession even more complex. In different ways in different places, but the end goal is the same everywhere,&#8221; explained President Kersti Kaljulaid about the background of the panel. &#8220;There is a shortage of teachers everywhere, and we are increasingly seeing that the previous preparation and skills of teachers do not meet the challenges of the 21st century.&#8221;
The panel collects and offers recommendations on how to ensure a highly trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher for every learner. The panel&#8217;s report, to be submitted by the end of November this year, contributes to broader efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 in preparation for the 2024 Summit of the Future, and helps promote follow-up measures of the Education Transformation Summit. In addition to the leaders, the panel has 15+3 members. The list of members can be viewed here: <a href="https://press.un.org/en/2023/sga2211.doc.htm">https://press.un.org/en/2023/sga2211.doc.htm</a>.
The panel&#8217;s work is supported by the joint secretariat of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
At the same time, President Kaljulaid&#8217;s two-year role as the Global Advocate of the United Nations Secretary-General for Every Woman Every Child comes to an end.

President Kaljulaid to lead UN high-level panel on the teaching profession

At the outbreak of the war in Ukraine last year, the President Kaljulaid Foundation began to collect donations to support independent Ukrainian media, whose operation had been severely affected by the full-scale war. A total of 340,000 euros was donated to Ukrainian media through the foundation. Thanks to everyone who chipped in!
In April of this year, the President Kaljulaid Foundation and the Estonian Embassy in France jointly organized a benefit night in Paris, the aim of which was to raise money for Ukrainian children. This money will be used to buy computers for children in children&#8217;s villages in the Zhytomyr region, so that they can better participate in schoolwork, much of which is online.
The goal was to collect 50,000 euros, and this goal was met. Thus, the President Kaljulaid Foundation has collected nearly 400,000 euros for Ukraine.
Do you want to continue to support Ukrainian media?
Make a transfer to the account of President Kaljulaid Foundation MTÜ EE667700771006842520 (SWIFT: LHVBEE22) 
In the payment description, write: In support of free media in Ukraine
The amount collected will be transferred to independent Ukrainian media publications.
Do you wish to support the rest of the projects of the President Kaljulaid Foundation? The easiest way is to use this form:
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The President Kaljulaid Foundation collected 340,000 euros for Ukrainian media

The President Kaljulaid Foundation and the Estonian embassy in France jointly organized a fundraiser to support Ukrainian orphans living in children’s homes in the region of Zhytomyr, West of #Kyiv. The aim was to collect €50 000 to provide computers to the children, essential for the children to get access to education.
The goal was met. The children will get their computers. &#8220;Our utmost gratitude belongs to everyone who contributed. We have overcome the target amount as of today, but we will not stop here!&#8221;, said president Kaljulaid after the event.

President Kaljulaid Foundation and Estonian embassy in Paris collect over €50k  for Ukrainian children

Let&#8217;s summarize &#8211; the first year of the President Kaljulaid Foundation.
When creating the fund, president Kaljulaid set the goal of promoting the values that she stood for as head of state &#8211; democracy, human rights, rule of law, freedoms and digital leadership.
Taavi Linnamäe, CEO of the foundation, summarizes the first year as follows: &#8220;The former head of state&#8217;s fund is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Estonia, which requires a lot of analysis, new ideas and testing. The first year was, on one hand, the year of launching the fund &#8211; building a team and network, finding and creating funding opportunities, forming a longer view and strategy, just like with any starting organization. On the other hand, a number of completely new initiatives were undertaken, and their volume, range of topics, impact and scope will certainly grow in the coming years. In addition, the creation of various speaking opportunities for President Kaljulaid around the world, countless meetings in Estonia and further afield &#8211; the opportunities where we stood up for values important to the foundation and President Kaljulaid have actually been countless.&#8221;
 
Some of the most important initiatives of the President Kaljulaid Foundation in 2022:
At the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the foundation began to collect donations to support independent Ukrainian media. A total of 340,000 euros was donated to Ukrainian media through the foundation. Thanks to everyone who chipped in!
To mark 20 years passing since the opening of the first Estonian women&#8217;s shelter in Tartu, the President Kaljulaid Foundation organized a conference on intimate partner violence &#8220;Tangotantsust lähenemiskeeluni,&#8221; the focus of which was to bring together different parties involved in intimate partner violence and find common solutions.
Throughout the year, the foundation organized various projects, interviews and performances to promote the green revolution. In September, the fund organized a seminar on financing the green turn. President Kaljulaid continues to be the patron of the Estonian Eco-Schools, and the foundation also financially supports their activities.
The role of the global advocate for Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) means preparing an annual report, publishing articles, working with the network, meetings at the UN and keeping the issue in the spotlight at various UN events, etc.
During the year, the fund helped organize nearly 30 work trips abroad, two of them to Ukraine.
 
If what we have done and the values that the foundation and President Kaljulaid stand for are important to you, then you too have the opportunity to help out! Donations are one of the main sources of financing the activities of the President Kaljulaid Foundation, and we thank everyone who has already supported the fund! Donate to:
 
President Kaljulaid Foundation MTÜ
IBAN: EE667700771006842520
SWIFT: LHVBEE22
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Ideas and suggestions? Plans to discuss? Get in touch! The easiest way to do that is to write to foundation-at-kerstikaljulaid.ee
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Report: the first year of the President Kaljulaid Foundation

Yesterday, the President Kaljulaid Foundation transferred 38,000 euros collected with the support of donors to independent Ukrainian media channels. That brings the total donated to Ukrainian media through the fund to 249,000 euros.
In the last round of donations, the fund supported four Ukrainian independent media houses: Ukrainskaya Pravda, Novoye Vremya, Rubryka and Kyiv Independent.
Donations have been received from many people and organizations, from a few euros to tens of thousands. Among others, the Korean disaster relief organization Hope Bridge made a large donation, and the students of Tartu VOCO also collected money for the fund.
&#8220;The war has been going on for over four months now. Among all this horror, it has been good to see that we will not forget the Ukrainians so quickly,&#8221; said President Kersti Kaljulaid. &#8220;We understand that they are also fighting for us and that they need help in their fight. Yes, also military help, but the rest of their society also needs a lot of support. So does the independent press, whose income largely evaporated at the end of February, but on whom Ukraine depends now perhaps more than ever.&#8221;
According to Kaljulaid, the fund supported journalists precisely because, even if the market no longer functions in such a situation, Ukrainians and the whole world, including the non-free world, need independent journalism in Ukraine. &#8220;Journalism without money does not work. Families need food, homes need heating, computers, cameras and fuel for cars are needed for work. However, independent media will continue to be one of the cornerstones of a free Ukraine. Restoring the country will be a very large and complex project, and a strong media will definitely help keep the system clearer and more honest,&#8221; emphasized Kaljulaid.

The President Kaljulaid Foundation donates 38,000€ to Ukrainian independent media

President Kersti Kaljulaid today opened an Ukraine-themed open-air photo exhibition on Weizenbergi street in Kadriorg, next to the ice cellar. The exhibition focuses on her visits to Ukraine before the war of 2022.
&#8220;Estonian-Ukrainian ties have been very close for many years. That is why I also often spoke to my Ukrainian colleagues and visited Ukraine regularly &#8211; the last time only a week before the start of the great war. Many of the areas visited are now in ruins, occupied or under fire. However, there are many memories left from these visits and, yes, pictures, &#8221; president Kaljulaid described the story of the exhibition.

President Kaljulaid opens Ukraine-themed photo exhibition

The President Kaljulaid Foundation has transferred the first 100 000 euros to Ukrainian free media, fundraised by donations in the past weeks.
&#8220;Thank you to all donors! There&#8217;s a saying that the first casualty of war is truth. This generosity demonstrates understanding regarding how important the free press is towards the functioning of a democratic country and for getting a true picture of the situation both inside the country as well as abroad. The journalists of Ukraine are doing the most difficult jobs of their lives in unimaginably difficult circumstances,&#8221; president Kersti Kaljulaid said.
After the war began, the Kersti Kaljulaid Foundation has been in contact with many large media houses of Ukraine to figure out the most essential ways to support them. &#8220;It&#8217;s very clear &#8211; nothing works without money, including journalism in the middle of a warzone. Their incomes have collapsed as you can&#8217;t exactly sell ads in the circumstances. On the other hand, they have new large expenditures for relocation, logistics, communications and so on,&#8221; she explained.
In the first round, the Kersti Kaljulaid Foundation supported the media houses of Ukrainskaya Pravda and Novoe Vremya, both among the most widely distributed in Ukraine.
&#8220;The war hasn&#8217;t stopped. Therefore we will continue to support the independent media of Ukraine,&#8221; said President Kaljulaid. &#8220;There&#8217;s a shortage of many things in Ukraine, but there&#8217;s also a shortage of money &#8211; money to buy fuel, food, accommodation, means of communication. The international community owes much to the independent media of Ukraine. Today we prove that we care that their jobs can continue.&#8221;
The President Kaljulaid Foundation still implores everyone to support Ukrainian media channels.
To do that,
<ul>
<li>make a transfer to the account of President Kaljulaid Foundation MTÜ: EE667700771006842520 (SWIFT: LHVBEE22)</li>
<li>enter “For Ukrainian independent media” in the transfer details box.</li>
</ul>
Everything thus collected will be transferred to independent media outlets of Ukraine.

The President Kaljulaid Foundation transfers 100 000 euros to Ukrainian free media

It’s both the most important and most difficult time of their lives for Ukrainian journalists. Their working conditions are dismal &#8211; they worry about the safety of their families, loved ones and themselves, and must at the same time contend with questions such as where to live, how to buy gas for their vehicles, or what to buy food with.
The international community, not to mention the citizens of Ukraine, are indebted to the journalists of Ukraine. It’s directly up to the free and independent publications and journalists how factual info spreads during a fast-moving conflict and how the entire world reacts to the horrors of war dealt upon the people of Ukraine by Putin.
In the past week, the incomes of Ukranian publications have all but collapsed. And yet their expenses and uncertainty about the future have risen to unimaginable levels. They need to relocate, they need to create working conditions in extremely difficult circumstances. They need communications, food and living quarters. And their families need basic necessities.
If we are able to help the journalists of Ukraine to do their jobs, it’s our duty to do so. The best evaluators of what they are in need of are the free and independent journalists of Ukraine themselves. Therefore, the President Kaljulaid Foundation implores everyone to support Ukrainian media channels.
To do that,
<ol>
<li>make a transfer to the account of President Kaljulaid Foundation MTÜ: EE667700771006842520 (SWIFT: LHVBEE22)</li>
<li>enter “For Ukrainian independent media” in the transfer details box.</li>
</ol>
Everything thus collected will be transferred to independent media outlets of Ukraine.

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The President Kaljulaid Foundation collected 340,000 euros for Ukrainian media

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Report: the first year of the President Kaljulaid Foundation

The President Kaljulaid Foundation donates 38,000€ to Ukrainian independent media

President Kaljulaid opens Ukraine-themed photo exhibition

The President Kaljulaid Foundation transfers 100 000 euros to Ukrainian free media

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