Grants and Contributions

The project aims to increase women and girls' access to civic and political leadership opportunities in Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Argentina to achieve better representation and gender equality. Over a 24-month period, the project would monitor and document the impact of information manipulation on women participating in electoral processes through national-level surveys and statistical analysis, conduct training and workshops to equip women candidates and activists with strategies to identify and combat gendered information manipulation, and launch awareness and advocacy campaigns to educate the public and policymakers on its effects on women's political participation.

This project aims to address the high rates of unintended pregnancies; maternal mortality; sexual and gender-based violence; and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs.

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, strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements, as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents.

It aims to strengthen trade support institutions (TSIs) in 16 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to deliver inclusive, gender-responsive, and sustainable services to SMEs. The project also seeks to improve the ability of TSIs to integrate gender equality and social inclusion into their operations and to enhance the export readiness of SMEs. Project activities include: (1) training TSIs to deliver export-readiness and climate-resilient services to SMEs; (2) developing gender action plans and tools to support inclusive service delivery; and (3) coaching SMEs to improve their export offerings and connect with international buyers.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 goal of the project is to create space and place within the ocean economy for Indigenous peoples, and more specifically women and gender-diverse individuals, to grow and thrive in meaningful careers in the blue economy.