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Title:

Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Bangladesh

Agreement Number:

7466148 P013310001

Agreement Value:

$9,500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 6, 2025 - Jun 30, 2030

Description:

The Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Bangladesh (2024-2029) project will support the most vulnerable women and communities of Bangladesh by providing capacity building and multi-year funding to selected women’s rights organizations (WROs). It will also support networking and alliance-building among WROs to influence policy and decision-makers more effectively. The project will scale up outreach activities, support mass advocacy campaigns, and strengthen the operations of these WROs. It will target a wider range of WROs addressing themes such as prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, marginalization and exclusion, safe migration, human rights, and social movements to protect women’s rights. This project will be national in scope and expects to reach 70,000 women directly and 130,000 indirectly.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected results are:
(1) Enhanced organizational capacity, resilience, and sustainability of local and regional women’s rights organizations and LBTQI+ organizations;
(2) Enhanced performance of women’s rights organizations and LBTQI+ organizations’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality and empower women and girls; and
(3) Increased effectiveness of sub-national, national, and regional women’s rights platforms, networks, and alliances to effect policy, legal and social change in Bangladesh.

Location:

DHAKA, BD 1216

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-00008

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

6000000000000

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF)

Federal Riding Name:

Not Coded

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

Contributions - Bilateral Programming

Program Purpose:

Contribution Programmation bilatérale