Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights and nutrition for women
Agreement Number:
7464772 P011603001
Agreement Value:
$15,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 7, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030
Description:
This project aims to improve the health and nutrition of women, adolescents, and children in Bauchi, Kaduna, and Kebbi states in Nigeria. It does so by improving coverage of gender-responsive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH), and nutrition services. Project activities include: (1) training health professionals and community services providers to provide integrated gender responsive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), MNCH and nutrition services; (2) providing technical and financial support to states and local government authorities to procure, transport and deliver essential SRHR, MNCH and nutrition supplies including data tools and commodities; (3) raising awareness among community influencers and leaders on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), MNCH and nutrition related rights and services and harmful gender norms; (4) empowering civil society organizations and local community organizations to promote responsive SRH, MNCH and nutrition related rights and services; (5) training policy makers and program managers on effective planning, programming and decision making for gender responsive SRHR, MNCH, and nutrition services; and (6) strengthening the health information management systems for decision making in regard to SRHR, MNCH and nutrition services.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased availability and accessibility of gender responsive SRHR, MNCH and nutrition services; (2) increased family and community support for women and adolescents to ensure they have access to gender responsive SRHR, MNCH and nutrition; and (3) improved capacity of state and local government authority institutions and key stakeholders to promote and deliver gender responsive SRHR, MNCH and nutrition services for women, children and adolescents.
Location:
OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K1P 5B4
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q4-00120
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
3210000000000
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNICEF
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa Centre
Federal Riding Number:
35075
Program:
Grants - Multilateral Programming
Program Purpose:
Subvention Programmation multilatérale