Grants and Contributions

Through this 18-month project, missINFORMED will build its capacity to advance gender equality by developing a sustainability strategy. This strategy will ensure the organization addresses the health and health system information needs of young women and gender diverse people across Canada. The project will leverage community-based insights, third-party expertise, and continuing education and networking to ensure a sustainable future for the organization to serve the community of women, girls, and gender-diverse young people in Canada.

Through this 17-month project, the Ontario Native Women’s Association will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address Indigenous women’s voices in leadership and decision-making roles and will enhance their capacity to better engage with all levels of government on issues related to human rights.

Through this 29-month project, the Comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ needs and barriers to equality. To achieve this, the Comité will enhance representation and engagement of Francophone and Francophile 2SLGBTQI+ communities in governing bodies through mobilizing and educating community partners on social media and organizing consultation workshops to gauge needs and expectations. Primary activities include initiating a dialogue and fostering collaboration with Anglophone queer organizations on joint initiatives to promote representation and inclusion, creating a specialized training program focused on developing skills and governance/leadership, and creating a tool and best practices guide to develop a monitoring and evaluation system for measuring the impact of new member engagement.

By the end of the project, the Comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest will have increased the visibility and representation of Francophone 2SLGBTQI+ communities in local and regional governing bodies.

Through this 17-month project, Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan Inc. will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address board development, governance and training needs and ensure it is in a strong position to continue their work supporting member agencies to provide services to those experiencing gender-based violence.

Through this 9-month project, SOVEREIGN Core will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need for greater organizational sustainability and enhanced leadership.

Improving the protective environment and access to quality GBV services including gender mainstreaming activities in Banadir Region, Somalia.

Through this 17-month project, the Collectif des femmes immigrantes du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean will build its capacity to advance women’s equality. It will address the organization’s need to improve its capabilities in coordination, organizational management, and communications management. The project will include boosting the Collectif’s representation, networking, and collaboration with community organizations; developing a strategic plan; creating a website; and holding training to build Collectif members’ skills.

Through this 29-month systemic change project, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity and representation in leadership through systemic change. The project will engage with diverse senior women survivors of violence who face challenges in securing employment, pilot a program to promote senior women in leadership roles and support them to develop awareness raising and advocacy tools to challenging stereotypes. They will then collaborate with employers, job placement agencies, and relevant stakeholders to promote systemic policy changes in their institutions to improve senior women's access to the job market. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

It will enable equitable access to trading opportunities by eliminating gender-based barriers that prevent women from benefiting from the full potential of trade as framed by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

Supporting survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Kenya through capacity strengthening of Women’s Shelters and GBV helplines in Nairobi, Kajiado and Kiambu counties.