Grants and Contributions

This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women (AGYM) to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Assiut and Minia Governorates, Upper Egypt. The project focusses on enhancing knowledge of SRHR and improving access to gender-responsive adolescent-friendly SRHR services, including family planning, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) support. The project seeks to improve the capacity of civil society, government and institutional actors to promote SRHR and gender equality in public policies and programs. Project activities include: 1) training and coaching health facility staff and private providers to improve service delivery of gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly and environmentally friendly SRHR and SGBV to AGYM; 2) rehabilitating and improving health facilities to better meet the needs of AGYM, including those living with disabilities; 3) organizing training and social engagement initiatives to enhance knowledge and attitudes of SRHR topics, life skills, health and nutrition, positive gender norms, and SGBV for AGYM and their parents, as well as religious and community leaders; and 4) providing capacity-building support and training to government and civil society actors, including women’s rights organizations (WRO), to better mobilize public support and advocate for the implementation of government SRHR and GE policies. The project will target about 100 health facilities, and directly benefit approximately 39,434 people, including 33,500 direct beneficiaries and 5,934 intermediaries.

This project aims to empower women and strengthen their economic status in Morocco's oasis zones. The Socio-economic Empowerment of Women in Oasis and Argan Grove Areas (ASEFOA) project will support women's entrepreneurship and the fight against gender, socio-cultural and institutional barriers in order to promote the active participation of women in the oasis and argan grove areas in social and economic development, and the emergence of a sustainable agricultural sector in those areas. Project activities include: 1) carrying out a study of present and future barriers and opportunities for women's and mixed professional organizations; 2) providing technical assistance to women's professional organizations in implementing the capacity-building plan; 3) developing a solutions mechanism for financing small-scale technical assistance projects and upgrading local infrastructure. The ASEFOA project is expected to directly benefit 6,600 women and 1,500 men registered in 1,044 professional organizations. In addition, it should indirectly benefit 515,000 working people living in the targeted areas of Morocco.

This project aims to support the Egyptian government's national food and nutrition strategy 2023 to 2030, in order to promote maternal and child nutrition. Project activities include: 1) organizing workshops with national partners to support the Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; 2) implementing advocacy activities to strengthen support for legislation to improve nutrition and food security; 3) developing a monitoring framework for the implementation of the Action Plan against Anemia; 4) increasing the availability of gender-disaggregated nutritional data; 5) providing technical support for the development of the National Investment Framework for Girls; 6) developing training manuals for health workers on menstrual health and anemia; 7) developing breastfeeding support and Baby-Friendly Hospital initiatives; 8) training health personnel in nutrition, WASH, food and water conservation, and recycling; 9) equipping health facilities with materials, education and communication materials relating to maternal and child health and nutrition; 10) rehabilitating WASH services in primary health care facilities; 11) supporting nutritional awareness and screening services in schools; 12) equipping community organizations with kitchens and nutritional equipment; 13) developing guidelines for nurseries and organize events to promote gardening among children and parents; 14) purchasing supplies for kitchens and gardens. This project aims to target 200 public establishments, including 10 hospitals, 35 schools and 150 nurseries in Egypt. It expects to directly benefit 305,000 patients and 2,000 healthcare professionals, and indirectly benefit 9.4 million people.

This project proposes a $55 million investment to secure and reinforce the building blocks of Mozambique’s health system to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable communities in the country. Implemented in 10 out of Mozambique’s 11 provinces, this project will reach nearly 5 million people in historically underserved districts with critical services. By investing in the essential foundations of the healthcare system -- such as rehabilitating district hospitals with resilient infrastructure and access to clean water, ensuring sustainable access to quality family planning services, and expanding community health programs - this project will build stability in health care delivery. Additionally, it aims to reestablish functional surgical units, enhance access to sexual and reproductive health services, and deliver essential nutrition interventions to 1.5 million children. These investments will help to prevent early pregnancies, reduce maternal and newborn deaths, prevent stunting, and improve the basic health and wellbeing of Mozambicans while leveraging additional investments in the health system.

Counteracting Transnational Repression and Protecting Civil Society in the Digital Age, aims to increase the safety and security of civil society actors and human rights defenders, with a focus on communities impacted by transnational repression. Over a 24-month period, the project would deliver targeted digital security support through Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline, conduct advocacy to combat transnational repression tactics like surveillance and spyware, and facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement on digital security threats through the RightsCon Summit Series.

This project supports the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) in their final push to eradicate the wild poliovirus (WPV) in Afghanistan, one of only 2 remaining polio endemic countries (the other being Pakistan) by 2027. A significant number of Afghan children remain unvaccinated, and this project aims to increase polio vaccine campaign activities for Afghan children under the age of 5. Project (WHO) activities include: (1) coordinating operations and conducting research, analysis, monitoring, and evaluation; (2) providing technical and operational support for campaign administrators; (3) coordinating the training and deployment of human resources for supplementary technical assistance; and (4) securing logistics to access hard-to-reach areas. Project (UNICEF) activities include: (1) procuring the vaccines and cold chain equipment; (2) providing technical assistance for administrators responsible for the advocacy, communication, and social mobilization of the vaccinati

With Canada's support, the United Nations (UN) Department of Peace Operations and Department of Management Strategy, Compliance and Policy aim to enhance UN peace operations trough training and capacity building to support field mission globally. Project activities include: (1) enhancing policy, guidance, and training on child protection for civilian and uniformed personnel. This is done to reinforce the child protection mandate in UN peace operations; (2) supporting the UN system to plan and manage transitions from peacekeeping missions by increasing the capacity of national, regional, and international partners to sustain peace beyond mission withdrawal; (3) supporting the UN advisory and mobile teams to work with troop and police contributing countries on their national explosive ordinance disposal curricula and to bring them in line with the UN minimum standards; (4) providing specialized advice and technical assistance to missions with protection of civilians mandates, and ensuring protection of civilia

This project supports the United Nations (UN) in increasing the meaningful participation of women in peace operations. Project activities include: (1) creating a network for uniformed women in UN peace operations; (2) accelerating implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda; (3) implementing strategic communications to support gender-responsive and accountable UN peacekeeping; and (4) training uniformed women on specialized tasks in United Nations mission headquarters.

This project aims to increase bodily autonomy, agency, and enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by those experiencing poverty, marginalization, and vulnerability. It particularly focuses on women, girls, adolescents, and persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). Project activities include: (1) training and supporting facilitators and educators to raise awareness on SRHR, which intends to increase uptake of and help safeguard health services during emergencies; (2) developing SRHR training materials for healthcare service providers, including community healthcare workers; (3) providing technical assistance to health systems to review and update abortion guidelines and protocols; (4) training and sensitizing healthcare service providers on gender-responsive and youth friendly services for safe abortion; and (5) providing technical support to women’s rights organizations and youth-led organizations on coordination and mo

Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world and faces significant challenges in ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of its population, particularly for women and adolescent girls. The project aims to address these challenges by strengthening the healthcare infrastructure to provide comprehensive integrated SRH care, improve access to family planning, enhance the capacity of health care workers and service providers, and address cultural norms that impede progress, through supporting a rights-based approach to SRHR and the implementation of related policies and commitments.