Grants and Contributions

This technical assistance project is in support of a $120 million sovereign loan to the Republic of Moldova and aims to support climate resilience and gender equality in rural areas of Moldova. This is done through sustainable management of forest, pasture and agricultural resources, as well as economic and educational empowerment of women. Project activities include: (1) delivering gender-sensitive trainings on climate-smart agriculture, forest management, and integrated ecosystem-based agroforestry; (2) establishing nurseries for forest community -based enterprises; and (3) providing technical equipment and training to local public authorities.

This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding, strengthening institutional capacity and bolstering feminist alliances, as WROs and their networks are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and movements worldwide. It recognizes that those groups working at intersecting forms of discrimination and in crisis- and conflict-affected countries are funded even less. The Renewed WVL Program includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching s

This project aims to increase the climate and biodiversity resilience of local communities in Nigeria, including men and women in the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Plateau, Ogun, Lagos, and Edo states. Project activities include: (1) launching 2 calls for proposals for local organizations working with women on climate action and biodiversity in Nigeria; (2) training selected organizations and women beneficiaries in fundraising, financial literacy and climate-smart agriculture; (3) delivering gender-sensitive skills training of target communities in biodiversity conservation, and climate adaptation and mitigation; (4) implementing gender-sensitive local climate action awareness campaigns; and (5) building capacity of the local implementing partner in the design and implementation of gender-sensitive climate action projects.

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting their activities, building their institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the globally recognized, significant gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world.

The project’s ultimate outcome is to increase the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and the advancement of gender equality in Tanzania. The project will directly benefit around 20 women’s networks, 30 WROs, 20 YFOs, and 10 LBTQI+ organizations (exact number TBD by the feminist grant-making committees after reviewing applications), 3,000 women, 2,000 young women, and 16 non-binary people. Indirectly, it will reach more than 40,000 individuals through programming, advocacy, and networks, not only in urban settings, but also in rural, undeserved, and Indigenous communities.

This project aims to enhance the well-being of unpaid caregivers and care receivers, particularly women and people with disabilities in selected municipalities in Havana and Pinar del Río, Cuba. Humanity and Inclusion seeks to partner with Cuban organizations to transform how care work is seen and provided, especially for the benefit of women caregivers and care receivers with disabilities. This aligns with the changes being implemented in Cuba around care work for life and Canada´s feminist approach to unpaid and paid care work. Project activities include: (1) supporting collection and analysis of data on care, gender and disability by reference centers in both provinces; (2) providing technical assistance, equipment and materials to local care system institutions and civil society organizations; (3) reviewing and transforming local development strategies from a care, gender and disability approach; (4) implementing community awareness programs on equal sharing of care, including innovative initiatives with

This project supports the South African government to improve accountability, efficiency and transparency in the public administration to promote inclusive and gender-responsive governance. Project activities include: (1) developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and address all forms of harassment; (2) enhancing anti-corruption and discipline management systems; and (3) implementing robust lifestyle audits and optimizing procurement policies to promote sustainability and accountability within the climate and energy sectors in South Africa.

The project aims to reach 12,000 public servants within 49 national departments, 114 provincial departments, 8 cities, and 205 local municipalities.

This project aims to contribute to the United Nations (UN) capacity to address and mitigate misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech in peace operations. Project activities include: (1) delivering training-of-trainers courses to troop and police instructors from contributing countries and field missions; (2) supporting the UN Department of peace operations team in developing and delivering training, and supporting field personnel responsible for information operations in field missions; (3) developing and training on new tools to address and mitigate misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech in UN peace operations; and (4) strengthening strategic and digital communications to support UN peace operations.

This project aims to improve the protection of Indigenous peoples at risk of cultural and physical extinction and environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from the Colombian departments of Arauca, Caquetá, Cauca, Guaviare, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santa Marta and Sierra Nevada.

Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to authorities to help them adopt and implement protection measures for Indigenous people; (2) supporting Indigenous peoples with technical assistance and facilitating their participation in dialogue with state institutions. It does so to increase gender-inclusive individual and collective rights in implementing protection policies and improve Indigenous justice and self governance in the peace processes impacting their territories; (3) advocating for increased engagement by Colombian authorities to protect Indigenous people’s rights to land and resources; (4) building the technical capacities of national and local level institutions to protect EHRDs and

This project supports the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) capacity build uniformed men and women medical and paramedical personnel for peace operations. UNITAR delivers basic field trauma training, including mental health components, and advanced medical training or a training of trainers. The United Nations (UN) selects troop- and police-contributing countries based on their ranking, participation in previous trainings, and come from Africa and Asia. Project activities include: (1) conducting needs assessments; (2) undertaking a preparatory workshop for trainers; (3) delivering up to 4 3-week basic field medical training, including mental health components; (4) delivering up to 4 2-week advanced medical or mental health training; and (5) delivering up to 4 2-week trainings of trainers course on basic field medical training.

Taking care of gender-based violence survivors in eastern DRC.