Title:
Catalysing Childcare Action
Agreement Number:
7438359 P011106001
Agreement Value:
$10,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
The Catalysing Childcare Action program with the World Bank will address concerns facing governments in their fight against inequalities and poverty and the unequal distribution of care work exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The overarching goal of the program will be to support a gender-responsive post-pandemic recovery through supporting women’s return to work, facilitating children's – particularly girls’ – return to school, and enabling job creation in the childcare sector. Empowering women and girls, promoting childcare and addressing paid and unpaid care work key priorities for the Government of Canada and for the implementation of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), specifically in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery. The program will promote operational work and research in approximately over 40 low-and middle-income countries, and use this work to increase the interest of governments to prioritize and address childcare in the context of increasingly constrained resources.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The goal of the program is to address childcare accessibility, quality and affordability in order to promote dual benefits of improved child development outcomes and addressing a main barrier to women’s participation in the economy, the disproportionate share of unpaid care work provided by women and girls. These results will be achieved through: 1) Improved gender-sensitive childcare policies and enabling environments; 2) Enhanced provision of accessible, affordable and quality gender-sensitive childcare solutions to promote economic empowerment of women; and, 3) Improved capacity of governments and other stakeholders to promote childcare solutions and to develop gender sensitive knowledge, products and tools.
Reference Number:
064-2021-2022-Q4-00091
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
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.