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Title:

Building leadership, opportunities and options for marginalized women and girls

Agreement Number:

7466552 P014666001

Agreement Value:

$20,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 20, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030

Description:

This project aims to improve the economic empowerment of 25,200 marginalized youth, including 15,120 adolescent girls and young women, in Rwanda, Somalia and Tanzania by providing skills development and Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) through the Building leadership, Opportunities and options for marginalized women and girls (BLOOM) Africa initiative. BLOOM Africa is implemented through a multifaceted approach to address issues across individual, community, and systemic levels. At the individual level, the project supports empowering marginalized adolescent girls and young women to develop skills, advocate for their rights to skills development and access economic opportunities, overcome barriers and promote safe work environments. At the community level, the project promotes social and behavior change to support equitable community structures, challenge traditional gender norms, and address discriminatory practices and power imbalances. At the systemic level, it aims to create compreh

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project includes: (1) enhanced enabling environment for marginalized young women and girls’ participation in and benefit from skills learning and employment opportunities; (2) enhanced use of financial and non-financial services and products by marginalized young women and girls, in a gender-transformative and inclusive manner; and (3) increased equitable use of gender-inclusive and transformative-driven TVET institutions and employment enablers by marginalized young women and girls.

Location:

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, CA L5T 2Y4

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-A0084

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

3213119304855

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting.

Recipient's Legal Name:

World Vision Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Mississauga—Malton

Federal Riding Number:

35065

Program:

Contributions-Partnership Programming

Program Purpose:

Contribution Programmation partenariat