Grants and Contributions

This project aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care for marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24, in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Haiti. Project activities include: (1) providing training to teachers and educators on comprehensive sexual education; (2) providing training to health care providers on high-quality, gender-sensitive and adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for adolescent girls and young women; (3) organizing awareness-raising campaigns targeted at parents and community members on improving their general knowledge about the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls and young women, to dispel stigma, and to encourage productive communication around sexual and reproductive topics; (4) working with youth and women’s rights groups to advocate for better SRHR policies in all three countries; and (5) leading an educational campaign across Canada, particularly targeting young Canadians, to raise awareness around SRHR and sexual and gender-based violence.

This project aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care for marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24, in Benin, Burkina Faso, and Haiti. Project activities include: (1) providing training to teachers and educators on comprehensive sexual education; (2) providing training to health care providers on high-quality, gender-sensitive and adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for adolescent girls and young women; (3) organizing awareness-raising campaigns targeted at parents and community members on improving their general knowledge about the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls and young women, to dispel stigma, and to encourage productive communication around sexual and reproductive topics; (4) working with youth and women’s rights groups to advocate for better SRHR policies in all three countries; and (5) leading an educational campaign across Canada, particularly targeting young Canadians, to raise awareness around SRHR and sexual and gender-based violence.

This project aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for vulnerable adolescent girls and women aged 15 to 24 in Rwanda. The project’s activities include: (1) training and supporting community youth educators, so as to equip them to raise awareness among their peers and communities about sexual and reproductive health and rights; (2) training health care workers and health facility administrators on providing adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services including family planning, abortion and post-abortion care, maternal and newborn health care, and support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; and (3) a Canada-based awareness-raising campaign aimed at involving young Canadians across the country in advocacy around sexual and reproductive health and rights.

This project aims to help adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 25 access better sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care in Malawi. Project activities include: (1) running a mass-media campaign at the national level to raise awareness and support for more inclusive sexual and reproductive health and rights-related policies and services for adolescent girls and boys and young women and men; (2) providing training and coaching to health care providers in facilities across Malawi about providing gender-sensitive and adolescent-friendly SRH services; (3) providing training and coaching to teachers and educators-in-training about providing comprehensive sexual education to young Malawians; and (4) organizing and supporting over 800 advocacy and peer groups of adolescent girls and boys, and young women and men.

LEAF’s project will advocate for feminist law reform promoting reproductive justice. LEAF will explore issues including child care, child protective services, pay inequity, domestic work, and women’s labour force participation. Key activities: Addressing existing discriminatory legislation, policies, and practices through collaboration and community consultation, and working closely with feminist organizations to propose/review policy and law reform for reproductive
justice in Canada Designing and implementing policies and practices to increase women’s participation in democratic, private, and civic leadership Strengthening and bolstering the feminist movement throughout Canada by building our networks, and conducting further consultations on these specific areas Outcomes: Advocate for concrete provincial law reform linked to reproductive justice, and federally (as necessary) with project collaborators Convene the feminist movement throughout Canada to advocate for
new policy and law reform changes related to reproductive justice as proposed through community engagement Create meaningful law reform change for women, girls, and gender diverse people impacted by current discriminatory policies.

This project aims to ensure the prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by setting up an integrated multi-sector service center (IMSC), and provide sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and related community activities for the benefit of populations living in high-risk areas of the city - Kinshasa province. These services enable SGBV survivors to obtain medical, psychosocial, legal and socio-economic integration care, so that they can regain their dignity as full participants in Congolese society in the critical context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, where SGBV is exacerbated. Project activities include: (1) constructing/renovating and supplying an IMSC and other health structures supported by the project for the holistic care of SGBV survivors; (2) mobilizing and sensitizing activities in the community in favor of gender equality and positive masculinity; and (3) providing training to community leaders, religious leaders and members of civil society associations in the health zones targeted for SRH and prevention and SGBV response.

This project aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care for marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly adolescent girls and women, in Mali, Niger, and Sierra Leone. The project’s activities include: (1) raising awareness among adolescent girls and women around sexual and reproductive health and rights through community education campaigns; (2) training community-based health care providers and health facility staff about providing gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services and care; (3) educating men and adolescent boys, community leaders, government officials and other people in positions of power on gender-based discrimination, models of positive masculinity, and prevention of domestic and sexual and gender-based violence (among other topics); and ((4) helping girls’ and women’s rights and advocacy groups demand better and more inclusive and accessible sexual and reproductive health and rights policy from their governments.

This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, particularly girls who have dropped out of school. Project activities include: (1) providing training and support on SRHR and life skills to adolescent girls; (2) providing training and support on financial literacy and entrepreneurship to adolescent girls; (3) building understanding and support for adolescent girls’ rights among parents, community leaders, men and boys; (4) building the capacity of health care providers and health care managers to deliver appropriate and respectful sexual and reproductive health care to adolescent girls and boys; and (5) building the capacity of youth groups and women’s rights groups to advocate for improved laws, policies and services concerning adolescent SRHR. The project expects to benefit over 200,000 girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 19. CARE is implementing this project in partnership with the Centre for Reproductive Rights, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, and Restless Development.

This project aims to help adolescents and young adults, between the ages of 10 and 24, and their communities access better sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care in Ghana, Mozambique, and Uganda. Project activities include: (1) forming and overseeing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) youth clubs and peer groups, to provide a venue for educating young people on SRH topics, and also to encourage young people to share their knowledge about SRHR-related information with their communities; (2) providing training and coaching to teachers and educators to deliver education and support to adolescents and young adults on SRHR topics; (3) providing training to health workers and health facility administrators and managers to deliver high-quality SRH services, particularly for adolescents and young adults; (4) supplying equipment (including water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure) to health care facilities across all three countries; and (5) running mass-media campaigns to raise community awareness around SRHR topics, and encourage advocacy and demand for better policy and services.

This Project supports UNICEF’s multi-sectoral response plan to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mali. The plan seeks to limit COVID-19 related mortality and consequences on protection, health and education for the most vulnerable children. Project activities include: 1) developing gender responsive and age sensitive hygiene and infection prevention campaigns; 2) ensuring the availability of WASH services and products in healthcare facilities and schools and for vulnerable populations, such as internally displaced people (IDPs) and host communities, 3) providing infection prevention and control materials and training to health care workers; 4) providing adequate protection services to girls and boys at risk, to prevent and respond to sexual abuse, family separation, gender based violence (GBV), and stigmatization; 5) providing school aged children and their caregivers access to distance learning opportunities; and 6) supporting the schools in their preparedness to reopening and reintegrating vulnerable children in a safe learning environment.

With Canada’s assistance, the Project aims to reach 5,000,000 people (50% women and girls) nationwide with adequate information on hygiene and other prevention measures through gender-responsive communication, community engagement, and social mobilization. Approximately 400,000 children aged 0 to 19 (50% girls) will benefit from targeted interventions in WASH, health, child protection and education from six regions including Bamako, Gao, Kayes, Koulikouro, Mopti et Tombouctou.