Grants and Contributions:

Support to women and youth's economic and social empowerment in Senegal

7441468 P007765001

$19,947,752.00

Sep 5, 2022 - Mar 30, 2029

This project aims to strengthen the socio-economic empowerment of 60 000 women and 6 000 young entrepreneurs in southern Senegal and peri-urban regions through a three-tiered financial inclusion strategy. Project activities include: (1) working in partnership with communities and local organizations to address constraints related to using financial products and services by women and youth to increase productive investment in businesses owned by this population; (2) working closely with community-based financial institutions to eliminate constraints on accessing financial products and services; and (3) providing state actors with technical support to make gender equality strategies more coherent and relevant when developing, implementing and evaluating financial inclusion programs and policies.

Global Affairs Canada

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to financial products and services tailored to the needs and sustainable practices of businesses owned by women and young graduates; (2) increased productive investments by women and young graduates in their business; and (3) enhanced coherence in taking gender equality into account in the financial inclusion policies and programs that state actors develop and implement.

Lévis, Quebec, CA G6V 4C3

064-2022-2023-Q2-00006

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

104905757

Not-for-profit organization or charity

DID - Développement international Desjardins

Bellechasse--Les Etchemins--Lévis

24010

International Development Assistance Program

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.