Grants and Contributions

This project delivers on Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy priorities of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, and human dignity.

This 36-month project aims to work towards institutional change in housing policies and practices at local, provincial, territorial and federal levels, by ensuring that they are informed by a holistic, inclusive and intersectional feminist voice and reflect the housing needs of women and children across Canada, with a focus on those who are affected by barriers to safe, affordable and appropriate housing.

This will be achieved through a trauma informed approach, and the implementation of a gendered feminist lens, to create and provide resources in a safe environment, encouraging women to make informed decisions about their lives and futures.

The National Youth Working Group will provide input into the targeted plan and contribute to its broad activation.

A feminist Advisory Committee and collaboration with women’s groups will ensure accountability.

This 31-month project will support a feminist response to and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic changes.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response to and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change.

This will be achieved by 1) work with feminist organizations based in cities across the country to develop collective strategies for advancing a feminist municipal recovery plan across municipalities, 2) conduct ongoing systemic change work to ensure gendered response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the municipal and provincial levels, 3) scale-up advocacy and liaise with provincial Members of Parliament and groups to develop province-specific approaches to policy change on affordable housing.

The 2024 supplemental funds will cover costs associated with 1) exploring a new framework for feminist policy change through the development of a policy paper focused on using the care economy and 2) expanding CAWI’s reach to young women and supporting their advocacy skill development through a Women’s Action Forum being held in March 2024.

This project aims to contribute to the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of the Colombian Peace Agreement through a feminist lens. The project also works to address the increase in post- Peace Agreement violence, particularly sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against Afro-Colombian women and girls in Barbacoas, Buenaventura, the Caribe, Norte de Cauca, and Tumaco regions.
Project activities include: (1) conducting awareness raising activities on SGBV committed against Afro-Colombian women and girls; (2) increasing knowledge on services for survivors of SGBV, including domestic violence, through the publication and distribution of coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and response materials; (3) conducting workshops to improve responses to SGBV by authorities and civil society operating in the focus regions of the project; (4) preparing and submitting to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace of an emblematic case on SGBV committed against Afro-Colombian women and girls; (5) holding community hearings on SGBV that promote healing and reconciliation; and (6) advocating for the continued implementation of the Ethnic Chapter through an Afro-Colombian feminist lens.

This is done by supporting their activities, building their institutional capacity and promoting network- and alliance-building, as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change.

This project aims to support Sudan’s transition to a civilian-led, democratic, gender-equal state by addressing Sudan’s discriminatory legacy against women. This project contributes to legal reform, raises awareness, provides support for women’s political participation, and trains youth on human rights and feminism to sustain reforms in the future. Inter Pares works collaboratively with local counterparts to deepen women’s political power in Sudan through engagement with transitional political structures and foster an environment that supports women’s inclusion and addresses the root causes of misogyny and patriarchy in Sudan. Project activities include advocacy, capacity-building and relationship-building.