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Title:

Strengthening Collective Action and Learning for Education

Agreement Number:

7464715 P014624001

Agreement Value:

$10,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 21, 2025 - Mar 31, 2031

Description:

This project aims to enhance the empowerment of adolescent girls and female youth pursuing education in South Sudan by targeting both supply and demand side barriers that prevent them from attending school. The project targets three counties across two states, Central Equatoria (two counties) and Eastern Equatoria (one county). Project activities include: (1) providing support to education actors (such as teachers) to develop, test and implement, gender-transformative tools and approaches to deliver comprehensive sexuality education and life skills curriculum content; (2) providing support to community groups working in education to enhance and adapt approaches and innovations related to girls’ education and empowerment; (3) conducting participatory design process with teacher training providers to integrate gender-transformative and inclusive approaches and content to existing teacher training curricula; and (4) s providing support to local education actors to advocate for gender transformative education policy enhancements and implementation.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) reduced barriers to equitable access to safe, quality and gender-transformative learning opportunities for adolescent girls and female youth, as well as other vulnerable groups; and (2) improved provision of safe, quality gender-transformative learning opportunities for adolescent girls and female youths, and other vulnerable groups within the targeted counties. The project is expected to reach 35,000 girls.

Location:

OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K1Y 4M8

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-00048

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

3203119304848

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

WUSC - World University Service of Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Not Coded

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

Contributions - Bilateral Programming

Program Purpose:

Contribution Programmation bilatérale