Grants and Contributions

The project aims to generate political and technical dialogue at national and territorial levels, particularly in regions with a significant presence of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and Venezuelan refugees and migrants. It also encourages the involvement of government officials, traditional authorities, and civil society organizations where adolescents and young people actively participate.

WISEST will partner with this organization by connecting with mentors, providing expertise and work experience for racialized immigrant and refugee young women.
Ongoing evaluation of the STEM Leadership Laboratory and policies will be conducted to inform a new strategic plan.

P007395001: February 2019 – From new violence in peaceful areas of the country, such as the Ituri province, to multiple Ebola outbreaks, and the forced return of hundreds of thousands of Congolese refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), 2018 has pushed the limits of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s humanitarian assistance.

At present, more than 2.2 million people, more than half the population, require humanitarian assistance, over 434,000 people are internally displaced, and over 462,000 are living in neighbouring countries as refugees. High levels of instability and looting are hindering partners’ ability to respond to needs relating to widespread food insecurity, high levels of child malnutrition, and high maternal and child mortality rates.

An environmental scan will allow CRR to better manage the volunteer base, helping in recruiting participants and refugees with lived intersectional experiences, which will in turn improve the trauma-informed workshops on pre and post arrival planning, with materials to circulate in both official languages.

The project will focus on girls, adolescent & women, including those experiencing disabilities, internally displaced people (IDPs), migrants, refugees, LGBTI youth and young mothers.

The initiative will address a main push factor of irregular and forced migration – the lack of safe, equitable, flexible, quality and relevant educational and training opportunities.

Project activities include: (1) analyzing existing Violence against Children Surveys (VACS) data with a focus on barriers to girls’ and adolescent girls’ education in 12 fragile or conflict-affected countries (excluding Guatemala which will benefit from knowledge exchange); (2) advocating for increased understanding and use of new data from secondary analyses to maximize data that is already available, by key education actors in government and civil society; (3) developing a new methodology for conducting a VACS in a humanitarian setting to gain an understanding of violence against children in refugee camps/settlements, and also with special attention to girls’ and adolescent girls’ education; and (4) providing technical assistance to develop multi-sectoral and gender-transformative National Action Plans in Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras and El Salvador, to prevent and respond to barriers to education for girls and adolescent girls, especially violence.

Activities include: (1) monitoring the situation of children affected by armed conflict and reporting to the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Human Rights Council and other destinations for action; (2) engaging in high-level advocacy to promote awareness of, and support for global initiatives to end grave violations against children affected by armed conflict; (3) working in consultation and partnership with key stakeholders, including member states, regional and sub-regional organizations, UN system partners, civil society and NGOs to mainstream the issue into policy and strategic planning, and to strengthen engagement with regional, political & military organizations; (4) making children and armed conflict concerns an integral part of peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding; (5) creating awareness about other protection issues related to children and armed conflict, including post-conflict situations and the specific needs of internally displaced and refugee children, and the girl child, and the deliberate targeting of children by extremists groups; and (6) mobilizing support for immediate and sustained monitoring to action plans signed with parties to conflict and the United Nations with a view to the timely delisting of parties that have fully complied with action plans from the Secretary-General's annual report to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict.

icddr,b’s mandate is to find low-cost innovative solutions to public health problems facing low- and middle-income countries through scientific research. icddr,b’s research and health services contribute to the well-being of women and girls in the area of disease prevention and control (including cholera vaccines administered to Rohingya refugees), sexual and reproductive health and rights, prevention and treatment of malnutrition, prevention of child marriage, and the first population-based research on gender-based violence in Bangladesh.

Conflict-related Sexual and Gender Based Violence (GBV) linked to the conflict in Tigray has increased needs for support to survivors across Tigray, as well as the adjacent regions of Amhara and Afar. Gaps in services include women and girl’s safe spaces (WGSS) for increasing numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Shire and Mekelle, and mobile medical teams offering reproductive health care, community outreach, and initial clinical response and referral for survivors of GBV.

This UNFPA project proposes to addresses gaps in response, assist in rebuilding government and local capacity for survivors of sexual violence, and increase GBV awareness and risk mitigation through protection measures. Essential Sexual Health and Reproductive services would reduce maternal morbidity and mortality, and serve as an entry point for GBV education and services.

The project would target locations in Tigray including Mekelle, Agidrat, Adwa, Axum, Shire, Maychew, Humera, Alemata, and areas in Afar and Amhara hosting IDPs as a result of the Tigray conflict.