Grants and Contributions

Project activities include: (1) providing adequate shelter and essential basic items to 2,500 vulnerable households; (2) distributing dignity kits for women and girls, which contain items required to maintain feminine hygiene, dignity and respect in their daily lives, benefiting up to 3,000 women and girls; (3) constructing or rehabilitating household emergency latrines, benefiting up to 2,000 people; and (4) building the capacity of local NGOs to address gender and protection, and their understanding of humanitarian and “Do No Harm” principles.

Through humanitarian partners providing assistance, the project aims to mainstream gender equality in the delivery of humanitarian action and empower women and girls in the context of the humanitarian response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Project activities include: (1) developing analyses to further better understand the issues with using and collecting data on multi-year funding; (2) carrying out additional analyses to provide better data on crisis-affected populations separated by gender and age; and (3) mapping resources dedicated to addressing gender-based violence programs, focusing on the Syria Crisis.

P006576001, P006576002 & P006576003: This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). ECW uses these funds, along with other donor’s funding to achieve its mandate.

ECW is the only global fund designed to deliver rapid, flexible support to address gaps in financing, capacity and coordination to ensure that girls and boys in crisis situations have access to quality education. ECW is hosted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and is administered under UNICEF's financial, human resources and administrative rules and regulations, while operations are run by an independent ECW Secretariat.

ECW is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. It was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors.

Based on the recognition that continuous access to quality learning is a priority for children and families affected by conflicts, natural disasters and displacement and that no organization can do it alone, ECW comes as a ground-breaking initiative bringing together public and private partners eager to work together differently and mobilise the funding required to deploy immediate and sustainable programmes tailor-made to the educational needs of these children.

ECW focuses on mobilizing governments, and humanitarian and development actors to raise predictable, multi-year financing, build the capacity of national and global actors, and improve coordination of education responses to crisis. ECW supports activities designed to meet education needs for crises-affected children and youth between the ages of 3 and 18.

ECW supports activities such as the provision of learning materials and psychosocial support, school and classroom equipment and infrastructure, teacher training and support as well as non-formal education programs. ECW aims to reach 8 million affected children and youth by 2021, including those with disabilities, improving their learning outcomes and enhancing their socio-emotional well-being and employability.

The project works with the Peruvian ministries of Education, of Health, and of Women and Vulnerable Populations, as well as with civil society organizations to promote gender-sensitive and inclusive education, and health and protection services.

P006617001: The project seeks to address gender inequality, and the prevention and response to gender-based violence in the humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis, through three objectives: (1) advance gender equality in humanitarian response programming; (2) support Canada’s leadership role in the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies, a multi-stakeholder initiative that works to transform the way gender-based violence is addressed in humanitarian emergencies; and (3) protect and empower displaced adolescent girls living in Cox’s Bazar.

Project activities for the Rohingya refugee crisis response include: (1) conducting, drafting and promoting a gender operational review of the Rohingya response; (2) generating girl-centered evidence; and (3) providing a comprehensive appreciation of attitudes and perceptions about adolescent girls living in Cox’s Bazar.

P006617002: The project seeks to address gender inequality, and the prevention and response to gender-based violence in responses to humanitarian crisis throughout the world, through three objectives: (1) advance gender equality in humanitarian response programming; (2) support Canada’s leadership role on the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies, a multi-stakeholder initiative that works to transform the way gender-based violence is addressed in humanitarian emergencies; and (3) protect and empower displaced adolescent girls.

Project activities include: (1) developing a gender analysis tool and position paper to promote a more progressive understanding of gender, diversity and gender equality in humanitarian settings; (2) developing gender equality indicators; (3) convening thought-leaders, experts and stakeholders from humanitarian, development, human rights, academia and the private sector; (4) documenting good practices on successfully integrating gender equality practices throughout project cycles; (5) providing technical assistance to key international and local actors to strengthen gender equality into their programs; (6) analyzing the current Call to Action Road Map to shape the next phase of the initiative; (7) developing a comprehensive strategy on Call to Action implementation at country level with a focus on strengthening engagement of national and women’s organizations; (8) conducting research on how conflict and displacement impact child marriage; and (9) piloting family strengthening and violence prevention with sibling interventions.

This 26-month project will strengthen the organizational capacity of OCTEVAW with a particular focus on communications and outreach, advocacy and revenue generation. Capacity building activities will include the development of an advocacy strategy and tool kit, a knowledge transfer strategy, a comprehensive communications strategy, and a digital media strategy. OCTEVAW will also identify and develop revenue generation strategies to ensure its long-term sustainability.

The supplemental funding will be used to develop a strategic plan that integrates and centres the needs of 2SLGBTQIAS+, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.

This 26-month project will strengthen the organizational capacity of OCTEVAW with a particular focus on communications and outreach, advocacy and revenue generation. Capacity building activities will include the development of an advocacy strategy and tool kit, a knowledge transfer strategy, a comprehensive communications strategy, and a digital media strategy. OCTEVAW will also identify and develop revenue generation strategies to ensure its long-term sustainability.

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change.

The impacts on vulnerable Palestinians include limited access to safe water and sanitation, persistent food and income insecurity, and the risk of sexual and gender-based violence.

With GAC’s support, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) supports the food security sector coordination platform to ensure the effective coordination of food security-related interventions pursued by national and international organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. Project activities include: (1) engaging food security actors in sharing information on planning, priorities and findings, and assessing gaps and areas of duplication; (2) building the capacity of organizations working in the food security sector in implementing gender-sensitive programming by providing these organizations with training, technical advice and analyses on gender-related issues in food security; (3) contributing to inter-sectorial coordination by identifying needs and response modalities that may require harmonized inter-cluster responses; and (4) rolling out the resilience marking exercise for the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for the West Bank and Gaza.