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Title:

Back to School Better: Increasing Gender-Responsive Education for Refugee and Displaced Girls

Agreement Number:

7422645 P009605001

Agreement Value:

$6,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 2, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021

Description:

This project aims to increase gender equality and promote the empowerment of refugee and displaced girls in Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Mali. This project works to address the barriers to the personal safety of girls, as well as the systemic/cultural barriers they face to realizing their right to education in the context of coronavirus (COVID-19). Project activities include: (1) conducting community outreach on the importance of refugee and displaced girls’ education and sexual and gender-based violence prevention; (2) providing support to gender-responsive enrollment campaigns to refugee and displaced girls; (3) supporting safe learning spaces for girls; (4) providing gender-responsive technical assistance to education stakeholders on integrating refugee and displaced girls in post-COVID-19 education plans; (5) providing training to teachers and social workers on gender-responsive remote learning and psycho-social support for refugee and displaced girls; and (6) providing hygiene and menstrual health kits to girls in formal and non-formal learning spaces. The project expects to directly benefit 58,950 girls and adolescent girls who are internally displaced or refugees, and 15,000 vulnerable host community girls between the ages of 3 and 19. The project also expects to indirectly benefit 750,350 community members, 1,000 community-based organizations, including women’s associations, 250 school management committee members, 31,200 teachers, 5,000 boys, and officials from the Ministries of Education.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased knowledge of the value of education for refugee and displaced girls by parents/caregivers and community members; (2) increased ability of refugee and displaced girls to advocate for their right to education and make their voices heard in decision-making processes that affect them; (3) improved ability of education officials to integrate refugee and displaced girls into formal and non-formal education systems, in the context of COVID-19; and (4) improved knowledge and ability of teachers and social workers to design and deliver quality gender-responsive teaching and safe, inclusive learning spaces, in the context of COVID-19.

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA M4S 2C6

Reference Number:

064-2020-2021-Q2-00049

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

122680572

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

UNICEF CANADA

Federal Riding Name:

Toronto--St. Paul's

Federal Riding Number:

35090

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.