Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Achieving Equality through Human Right Education
Agreement Number:
7405364 P006668001
Agreement Value:
$17,680,395.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 18, 2019 - Jun 30, 2024
Description:
The project aims to empower women and girls for the advancement of gender equality in their communities.
The project addresses key gender equality issues identified as barriers to the empowerment of women and girls and resulting in women being largely under-represented in leadership roles in organizations – of government, civil society and the private sector. To address this gap, the project aims to mobilize women and support them with enhanced knowledge skills and capacity to assume leadership roles at the community level, create opportunities for collaboration with broader movements and provide them with effective tools to influence duty bearers. Men and boys are also engaged in efforts to shift attitudes, behaviours and practices in order to advance gender equality at all levels.
The project is implemented in Burkina Faso, Haiti, Kenya, Senegal, and Tanzania, as well as regionally in Anglophone and Francophone Africa, and globally through Equitas’ in-Canada annual International Human Rights Training Program involving participants from developing countries of all continents. Equitas also uses its online community as a key tool to share knowledge, lessons learned and best practices, promoting exchanges and collaboration amongst its alumni worldwide and in each region, as well as providing online training programs, all with a particular focus on advancing gender equality.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes for the project include: (1) Increased leadership of women in community mobilization activities that advance gender equality; (2) Enhanced collaboration among women’s organizations and human rights’ groups to advance human rights in their countries; and (3) Increased opportunities for women’s organizations to influence duty bearers in fulfilling better their human rights obligations related to gender equality.
Location:
Montreal, Quebec, CA H3A 1E7
Reference Number:
064-2019-2020-Q2-00198
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
118833292
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education
Federal Riding Name:
Ville-Marie--Le Sud-Ouest--Île-des-Soeurs
Federal Riding Number:
24077
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.