Grants and Contributions

This project aims to enhance economic empowerment and increase prosperity for low-income women and youth, particularly female youth, in the West Bank. The project seeks to achieve this by adopting a gender transformative approach to recognise, formalise, and amplify women and youth's existing roles in the agricultural and renewable energy sectors. Project activities include: (1) conducting policy advocacy initiatives to address policy barriers to women and youth's entrepreneurship; (2) providing entrepreneurship and business management training opportunities for women and youth; (3) assisting established MSMEs in expending their operations, accessing markets and adopting green business models; and (4) empowering renewable energy and energy efficiency engineers by providing career advancement opportunities and preparing them for leadership roles.

This project seeks to improve equality and enjoyment of human rights, particularly women and marginalized populations in Vietnam, the Philippines and Mongolia. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to government institutions on the development and operationalization of inclusive governance frameworks, particularly for women and marginalized populations; (2) providing technical assistance to government institutions on monitoring and evaluation; (3) supporting knowledge exchange among institutions to strengthen interagency consultation in support of effective and inclusive decision-making and implementation of governance initiatives; (4) providing technical assistance and advisory services to government institutions on inclusive communications strategies to improve inter-agency linkages; and (5) providing technical assistance to public institutions in organizing public consultations for direct engagement of citizens in government decision-making, particularly for women and marginalized

Habitat for Humanity Canada in collaboration with Fiji Women's Rights Movement will facilitate a 2-day Women’s Housing Forum in Fiji. The Pacific Women in Housing Forum will bring together women, people who identify as women, women with disabilities, young women, Indigenous and two-spirit women, and male gender champions from across the Pacific including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Toga, Samoa, and Vanuatu to learn about climate resilient and affordable housing and document the barriers and opportunities to women accessing safe and climate-resilient, affordable housing. Four participants from each of the participating countries will be invited to attend the Women’s Forum and the subsequent Pacific Regional Housing Forum. The anticipated impact is that women, including Indigenous women, in Canada and the Pacific have an increased understanding of climate-resilient housing practices to better secure and support their homes, as well as the policy environment and key asks for their governments, such as

This project aims to enhance the employability and entrepreneurship of women, youth, persons with disabilities and refugees in Lebanon. It seeks to do so by strengthening Lebanon’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) environment to be more gender-inclusive and market-responsive. The project aims to improve the skills and opportunities of at least 2,160 beneficiaries to support their economic participation. It seeks to improve the capacity of TVET institutions, programs and curricula to be more aligned with labour market and gender-specific needs, while also improving the job readiness of jobseekers and strengthening the capacity of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises to establish or grow their businesses.

With Canada's support, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) aims to enhance the meaningful participation of uniformed women in United Nations peace operations. UNITAR is working with Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) to ensure barriers to women's meaningful participation are identified and the recommendations implemented. Project activities include: (1) conducting analysis to identify individual T/PCC barriers and opportunities for uniformed women in peacekeeping operations, based on assessment results; (2) supporting institutional reform and developing gender-inclusive policies and practices; (3) conducting training and mentorship programs with a focus on leadership, specializing in mid-level management training for women officers; and (4) conducting awareness-raising activities, within each country, to highlight the importance of gender equality and the benefits of women’s participation in peacekeeping operations.

The proposed project aims to deliver technical equipment and training to strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to combat cybercrime and enhance its resilience to cyber-based and cyber-enabled threats, while supporting broader objectives to fortify the security and integrity of Canada’s critical infrastructure from abroad. These objectives will be achieved by strengthening criminal justice sector responses in Ukraine to enhance their ability to investigate, prosecute, and deter cybercrime as well as provide targeted support to improve Ukraine’s cybersecurity infrastructure.

The project aims to strengthen and expand grassroots women's movements to promote gender equality and equity across all aspects of life. It will directly engage over 3,000 women in ten provinces in Indonesia: Aceh, South Sumatra, Lampung, Yogyakarta, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Central Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi. Additionally, the project will reach more than 20,000 individuals from both state and non-state actors to support women's political agendas for gender justice.

This initiative will serve as a bridge for grassroots women to collaborate with larger women's organizations and movements at local, national, regional, and international levels. It will also connect with individuals, influencers, media, and youth groups to amplify women's voices and agendas, driving changes in socio-economic, political, and cultural policies and practices.

Project activities include: conducting discussions and workshops to develop and revise materials for awareness and capacity building in 12 SP Communities and the National Secretariat, organizing learning circles in 12 SP Communities, implementing a Feminist Leadership School (FLS) in 12 SP Communities and the National Secretariat, conducting Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) within the FLS framework in 12 SP Communities and the National Secretariat.

This project aims to enhance the protection and promotion of the rights of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru, by providing direct support to refugee and migrant-led organizations. Project activities include: (1) delivering a transformative leadership training program for refugee and migrant leaders, including women; (2) implementing social media and communication campaigns to reduce xenophobia and promote social cohesion between migrants and host populations; (3) strengthening the capacity of refugee and migrant-led organizations to advocate for policies, programs, and practices that increase the protection of refugee and migrant rights; (4) facilitating the participation of refugee and migrant-led organizations in local, national, and regional migration forums and decision-making spaces; (5) providing grants to community-based refugee and migrant-led organizations in order to improve their service provision to displaced populations. The project benefits 2,300 refugees and migrants from Venezuela (60% women) and other nationalities, as well as 19 refugee and migrant-led organizations. The project also indirectly benefits 700,000 refugees and migrants (65% women) across the seven participating countries.

This project aims to enhance the climate resilience of cocoa producers and their vulnerable families, particularly indigenous ones, in Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martín. It seeks to promote climate-smart, nature-based solutions (NBS) for small cacao farmers and their families to improve productivity and counter deforestation. The project also strengthens associations and cooperatives to improve governance, business performance, and connections to niche markets. The project focuses on women’s empowerment throughout its implementation to enable greater participation and influence in their families, associations, cooperatives, and the cacao agricultural sector in general.

Project activities include: (1) supporting research on cacao NBS; (2) providing technical training on cacao NBS and technical support for cocoa farmers; (3) helping associations or cooperatives and their members set up and implement diversified cacao agroforestry plots and prepare for ‘zero deforestation’ certification standards; (4) delivering an inclusive organizational strengthening program for participating associations or cooperatives; (5) developing gender-sensitive and climate change-resilient business plans and strategies; (6) setting up transformative women leadership schools within participating associations or cooperatives; and (7) facilitating market access by linking innovative financing mechanisms and connections with potential buyers.

The project directly benefits 30,000 people, consisting of over 6,000 small cacao farmers (70% women) and their families, in the Amazonas, Cajamarca and San Martin provinces, with at least 50% being from indigenous groups. It also indirectly benefits 460,000 people who live off the incomes generated by cocoa plants and derived products by improving governance in the sector and strengthening associations or cooperatives.

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 in Global South countries. The Program responds to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and movements worldwide.

This project will complement the renewed WVL program to strengthen women’s organizations and feminist movements, including WVL partners’ engagement with the feminist funding ecosystem. Project activities include: 1) Developing a membership engagement strategy; 2) Providing online training to increase knowledge of the funding landscape; 3) Organizing in-person convenings to be co-developed with participants; and 4) Conducting an annual flagship event during the Commission on the Status of Women meetings featuring WROs and donors in dialogue together.