Grants and Contributions

In 2018, the overarching theme of ‘fragile environments and human health’ and the cross-cutting subtheme of ‘gender equality’ encourage reflection and learning on topics that are central to Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.

It is essential to ensure life-saving interventions as related to reproductive health services and protection from and response to sexual and gender based violence,

Through GAC's support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) seek to provide support to vulnerable people, particularly women and girls in Bangladesh, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), in Yemen and Libya. Project activities include providing them with: (a) emergency obstetric care and sexual and reproductive health services; (b) protection from and response to gender-based violence; and (c) health services, equipment and medication, dignity kits and reproductive health kits.

The aim of this project is to increase the productivity and contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to inclusive green economic growth in Caribbean region. Project activities include: i) promoting an environment that enables innovation and inclusive green growth; and ii) supporting SMEs (especially women-owned enterprises) to grow, innovate and enter into new sectors and markets.

This 42-month project will find sustainable solutions to systemic and institutional housing barriers for women who are victims of domestic violence in British Columbia to improve their economic security. The barriers are diverse, ranging from bias and stigma associated with being on income assistance, to barriers such as the need for positive landlord references and the lack of affordable units. The organization will partner with agencies to implement solutions within four communities across BC and address identified barriers through new policies, protocols, and approaches that will be widely shared with key stakeholders.

The supplemental funding will be used for completion of four community pilot sites action plans that will incorporate the intersection of housing barriers and COVID-19, establishing online communications for community partners and stakeholders, hire two research assistants, and support the recipient adapt to the changing needs of affordable long-term housing during the pandemic.

The project seeks to increase demand for and use of sexual and reproductive health services by increasing knowledge of SRHR among women and adolescent girls and by reducing gender-related barriers to seeking these services by working with men, boys and cultural leaders in addition to women and adolescent girls.

Activities include: conducting research and analysis on gender equity issues, raising awareness of gender inequality issues at the institutional and community levels, working with local governments to support rural development projects using renewable energy, and researching sector best practices in greening early childhood education curriculum.

Project activities include: (1) putting in place prevention initiatives that support targeted households and communities for decreasing harmful practices, attitudes and behaviours toward women and girls; (2) fostering innovative approaches to improving service providers’ capacity to provide gender-responsive services for victims and survivors of violence; and (3) building the capacity of civil society actors and human rights advocates to advocate for policy and legal frameworks to protect women and girls’ rights.
A consortium led by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women implements this project, including the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Project activities include: (1) providing psychosocial and legal support to help women survivors recover from and seek justice for the physical and psychological violence they have experienced; (2) providing training to women human rights defenders and organizations and other key stakeholders on national and international human rights frameworks and gender-based analysis, as well as organizational strengthening; (3) developing or improving National Action Plans and the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) on women, peace and security; and (4) establishing South-South exchanges to facilitate networking, mutual learning and skills building.

This project is expected to directly reach more than 35,000 beneficiaries (78% women and 22% men) in the five countries/territories, including approximately 9,500 women survivors of gender-based violence. In addition, it is expected to reach 200,000 (150,000 women and 50,000 men) indirect beneficiaries nationally, including extended families, community members, networks, government employees and other stakeholders, as well as another two million indirect beneficiaries internationally through networks, coalitions, and social media.