Grants and Contributions:

Promoting Women's Participation and Leadership in Venezuela's Peacebuilding Efforts

7430873 P010443001

$261,672.96

Jun 8, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

This project aims to strengthen the leadership capacities of Venezuelan women leaders from the political opposition and civil society to collaborate better and actively advance a more inclusive and diverse approach to rebuilding the country’s democratic institutions. Project activities include: (1) training and roundtables on effective negotiations, transitional justice, communications and effective gender inclusion strategies; (2) producing policy briefs containing concrete actions for the inclusion of women in Venezuela’s peacebuilding efforts; (3) delivering a media campaign to promote women in peacebuilding processes; and (4) hosting a summit that will analyze the Venezuelan crisis from a gender perspective and discuss how to mitigate the challenges specific to women.

Global Affairs Canada

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased collaboration among Venezuelan women leaders and broader civil society networks, political democratic actors, and the international community to align the opposition’s efforts better and allow for the representation of more diverse perspectives to be included in peacebuilding efforts; (2) improved knowledge among political and civil society women leaders in Venezuela of negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution theory and skills; and (3) improved visibility of Venezuelan political and civil society women leaders and of the importance of including women in peacemaking processes.

The ultimate outcome of this project is for women to increase their leadership in Venezuela’s peacebuilding efforts.

Washington, US

064-2021-2022-Q1-00232

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

The value of the agreement is changed to $261,673 CAD, The end date is changed to 2023-03-31.

Mar 7, 2022

Atlantic Council of the US

Peace and Stabilization Operations

The Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) is an integral component of the Government of Canada’s toolbox to prevent and respond to conflicts and crises abroad. It supports rapid, effective, whole-of-government coordinated responses to a wide range of challenges and serves as a valuable instrument for supporting stability in conflict-affected regions. PSOPs provides visible and concrete assistance in response to conflicts and crises abroad through targeted programming, the deployment of Canadian police officers (in partnership with Public Safety Canada and the RCMP) and civilian personnel, and direct support to the UN and multilateral peace operations, conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts.