Grants and Contributions

This project aims to increase the inclusive, sustainable, and gender-sensitive socio-economic well-being of Venezuelan migrants and refugees and vulnerable members of host communities, especially women, while emphasizing LGBTQI+ individuals' inclusion and Indigenous groups. Project activities include: (1) providing legal and financial support services to Venezuelan migrants and refugees to regularize their migration status; (2) training participants on soft and technical skills to enable them to access employment opportunities; (3) working with private sector companies to address barriers to decent work; and (4) supporting government capacity strengthening to ensure inclusive, equitable, and gender-sensitive livelihoods programming.

UNFPA focuses on three main areas: reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and population and development strategies.

Project activities include: (1) developing a toolkit to guide provision of gender-responsiveness, cultural sensitivity and adolescent friendly health and nutrition services; (2) organizing exchange visits for health workers to experience and learn from skilled and qualified SRH providers; (3) training community groups on SGBV, its impact on physical and psychological health, and prevention; and (4) engaging with government bodies to adapt existing policies or promote policy changes (as needed) and allocate sufficient resources for resilient health systems that can met the SRHR needs of rights-holders.

Through this 15-month project, Black Queer Youth Collective will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the need to develop an organization that supports Black Queer and Trans individuals. The project will focus on incorporating the organization; establishing a Board of Directors; developing protocols for Human Resources and Administration; and finalizing an annual operating budget. These activities build on the organization’s strategic plan.

The supplemental funding will be used to increase the human resources working on the project to ensure the activities are completed successfully.

The project will consist of a one-day student-led research conference on how Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender-based Analysis Plus principles can be embedded into defence policy and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations, ultimately fostering a culture of inclusivity and equity within the CAF.

The initiative aims to provide better protection for children living in vulnerable situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), by involving the government, communities, families and the children themselves, particularly girls and children of diverse gender identities. The project aims to improve the protection and well-being of vulnerable children, particularly girls, in three DRC cities: Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Bunia.

The project will empower women and gender-diverse tenant leaders, maintaining a focus on intersectionality and rural and remote communities, to mobilize tenant rights education, enhance awareness of legal resources, and advocate for stronger tenant protections.

The project will broaden the reach of legal education and information materials to non-English speaking tenants and those facing legal and systemic barriers to housing stability as a result of gender-based violence. Resources will be translated into multiple languages to support tenants to understand their rights and help them feel empowered to advocate for themselves.

Through this 15-month systemic change project, Prince Albert Métis Women's Association, will scale Ooshtaa: Building Capacity to Identify and Reduce Barriers to Economic Security for Indigenous Saskatchewan Women to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. It will scale to expand the project to rural and northern communities to address the systemic barriers disproportionately impacting Indigenous women. It will work to address economic security with partners organizations to improve outcomes for women and reduce systemic barriers affecting the economic security of Indigenous women in rural and northern Saskatchewan. To do so, the project will collaborate with industry, government and human service leaders to develop pragmatic, implementation-ready, evidence-based solutions using the Barrier Identification & Solution Protocol

Through this 27-month project, Fernie Pride Society will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by mapping and compiling a comprehensive list of services, businesses, and resources available to the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies in the Columbia Basin Region of British Columbia. This service and opportunity directory will be available in print and electronically and will allow community members to use this tool to find 2SLGBTQ+ and adjacent services and businesses in the region. The project will also engage partner organizations, research, record and document the disappearing Queer History of the Columbia Basin. Once documented, this history will be available online and in a book format.