Grants and Contributions

This project provides support to the NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security to implement the NATO Action Plan to mainstream United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR) related to women, peace and security and other related resolutions.

This project aims to contribute to more inclusive and participatory governance in the municipalities of Wadi Khaled, in Northern Lebanon.
The goal is to help local leaders and community members (Lebanese residents and Syrian refugees) to develop respectful relationships with one another, and collaborate more effectively to promote social stability. The project is inspired by the concept of a “Diwan” (An Arabic word symbolizing an audience hall or tent, where community members gather to socialize and resolve conflicts). This project targets women and youth, who have traditionally been left out of local decision-making processes, as well as various local leaders and governance actors. Project activities include: (1) providing training workshops; (2) organizing community roundtable discussions; (3) planning community projects; (4) supporting youth community centers; and (5) encouraging cross-municipality collaboration.
This project involves 480 direct beneficiaries and 5,000 indirect beneficiaries.

The Trust Fund in Support of Peace and Security in Mali, through the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) provides support to Malian-led efforts to resolve the crisis, and support the implementation of the Algiers Peace Process signed in July 2015.

This initiative aims to reduce violence against women during the elections in Haiti. The goal is to overcome the lack of representation of women in Parliament and promote their political empowerment so that they can take part in the decisions that affect the country’s development and stability. Gender-based electoral violence is considered a primary obstacle to women holding leadership positions and their full participation in the electoral process in Haiti. To bring about structural and behavioural changes, the United Nations Women initiative proposes an approach focused on three areas: (1) a legal framework on violence against women during the elections; (2) governance for the principal institutions involved in the election process (the Provisional Electoral Council, the Haitian National Police; Justice; the political parties); (3) the macho attitudes and sexist and aggressive language against women during elections.

This project aims to increase the capacity of international organizations and transitional justice mechanisms to investigate and prosecute sexual and gender-based violence crimes committed during conflicts by deploying gender-based violence experts to justice and accountability mechanisms around the world. The project also works to provide up to fifteen deployments in response to urgent requests for expertise to support accountability for conflict related sexual and gender-based crimes.

Project activities include: (1) helping children to recover from the stress of being exposed to violence both as witnesses and perpetrators; (2) avoiding children’s future engagement in violence, including association with other armed groups; and (3) guiding children to take up positive, peaceful and non-military roles within their families and communities.

Since 2005, Canada has been supporting the Organization of American States’ Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS). Canada aims to continue this funding to the MAPP/OAS as it supports and monitors the Government of Colombia’s development of tools and institutional frameworks for reintegration, transitional justice and reparation for victims, reconciliation and land restitution, and ensuring the credibility, impartiality and effectiveness of these processes.

The project aims to empower local communities to address their water needs through public engagement and advocacy. It focuses on the need to reach new water arrangements to better meet Palestinian needs for increased water supply, and both Israeli and Palestinian needs to prevent pollution from wastewater. The project is working in the Hebron-Negev-Gaza watershed, which is shared by both Israelis and Palestinians, and exemplifies the key concerns related to water and conflict in the region.

Project activities include: (1) the establishment of local Israeli and Palestinian community based forums, meetings and roundtables with decision makers; (2) publication of reports; and (3) a social media campaign. The project is also giving a special focus on the water-related challenges that impact women and seeks to empower female community leaders to bring their unique perspectives to the forefront.

Based on the findings of the Global Study on Implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), it is critical that dedicated technical capacity on gender equality and women’s participation and leadership is placed at the center of current UN peace and security reform efforts. This project supports the placement of a Senior Gender Advisor from UN Women to the Executive Office of the Secretary General.

This project aims to increase security and stability in Haiti by: (1) enhancing the capacity of civil society organizations and the Haitian National Police to manage peace and security challenges; (2) having spaces and activities that bring together youth, the community and the Haitian National Police in an effort to reduce mistrust and violence; and (3) improving local development and income generating activities for vulnerable groups to productively engage them in society and their communities.