Description:
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding, strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements, as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to LBTQI+ communities, women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened the organizational viability of local WROs and LBTQI+ groups to fulfill their gender equality mandate; (2) increased the programmatic performance and advocacy efforts of women's rights organizations to promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and gender non-conforming individuals; and (3) enhanced the effectiveness of subnational, national, regional, and global platforms, networks, and alliances defending women's rights to influence political, legal, and social changes.