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Title:

Scaling Care Innovations in Africa

Agreement Number:

7447880 P011030001

Agreement Value:

$20,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 17, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027

Description:

The project seeks to improve the lives and livelihoods of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Project activities include: (1) scaling tested policy and program innovations that recognize, reduce and redistribute women’s unpaid care work by providing sub-grants to local stakeholders, including women's rights or advocacy organizations; (2) establishing an African care work community of practice, with the proactive engagement of women’s rights organizations to facilitate knowledge exchange, peer learning and coalition building; and (3) building stakeholders' capacity through training seminars and workshops to carry out gender analysis and generate and use care data and evidence to drive actions. Women and girls - particularly those living in poverty and belonging to marginalized groups - will benefit from this project.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) greater participation of women and girls in economic, educational, political and leisure activities of their choice; (2) improved gender responsive planning and budget allocations by national or sub-national governments that consider the unequal distribution of unpaid care work responsibilities shouldered by women and girls; and (3) strengthened participation of women’s rights and advocacy organizations in care policy dialogues, consultations, and decision-making.

Location:

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1P 1A4

Reference Number:

064-2022-2023-Q4-00046

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

107511586

Recipient Type:

Government

Recipient's Legal Name:

IDRC - International Development Research Centre

Federal Riding Name:

Ottawa Centre

Federal Riding Number:

35075

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.