Grants and Contributions

Developing gender equity and equality through enhancing women and girls' access to humanitarian services in northern Syria and Turkey

This project aims to increase the number of women police officers within the Haitian National Police (HNP), thereby contributing to improving security and peace in the country, particularly in the project’s target areas. Project activities aim to allow young women, primarily from at-risk areas where violence and insecurity are prevalent, to join the HNP and contribute to the country’s peace and security efforts. The project also works to contribute to advancing intervention practices and the policing and security culture in Haiti by integrating more women into its police forces.

Project activities include: (1) providing financial resources or re-granting to in-country partners through COVID-19 Emergency Fund; (2) collecting and analyzing data to document and publish three reports including policy recommendations to be used as advocacy tools; (3) conducting capacity building sessions with LGBTI human rights defenders on leading and coordinating advocacy campaigns/meetings; and (4) on-going awareness raising on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics issues and technical support to duty-bearers at the international level in various United Nations spaces.

Strengthening capacity of elected female leaders to promote gender-friendly governance in Nepal through better access to justice and services for women with “Gov-her-nance: Building democracy from the bottom-up with women”.

This project aims to support Sudan’s transition to a civilian-led, democratic, gender-equal state by addressing Sudan’s discriminatory legacy against women.

Promoting the implementation of Mexico’s Labour Reform, with a gender perspective, to improve female workers conditions, through training and the creation of networks

Strengthening Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Mogadishu, Somalia through advocacy and empowerment workshops, intergenerational dialogues, and Social Media Campaigns

Strengthening the ability of female journalists and activists to combat gender stereotypes and stigma through monitoring media and training.

Understanding Gender-based violence and the impact of COVID-19: A journalistic investigation and specialized training on the impact of the COVID-19 emergency measures on women, their integrity, dignity and productive capacities, and the institutional response in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

P006667001: This project aims to improve equitable and sustainable livelihoods for women and men smallholder farmers in Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor, with a particular focus on the empowerment of women farmers, to ensure that they can withstand economic and climate shocks. This project uses a women’s economic empowerment approach. This project supports smallholder farmers to become empowered and resilient agricultural producers, capable of adapting to climate change and supplying products of high quality and in quantities to access formal markets. This project also works to improve food security and address impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on poor rural families.

P006667002: This project aims to improve equitable and sustainable livelihoods for women and men smallholder farmers in Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor, with a particular focus on the empowerment of women farmers, to ensure that they can withstand economic and climate shocks. This project uses a women’s economic empowerment approach. This project supports smallholder farmers to become empowered and resilient agricultural producers, capable of adapting to climate change and supplying products of high quality and in quantities to access formal markets. This project also works to improve food security and address impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on poor rural families.