Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Lifting Healthy, Empowered and Protected Girls and Women in Cox’s Bazar (LEAP)

Agreement Number:

7439106 P010745001

Agreement Value:

$6,500,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 30, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025

Description:

This project aims to advance the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls and young women in Cox's Bazar host communities and refugee camps. Project activities include: (1) organizing young married women’s groups and training them on gender equality and inclusion, SRHR, mental health support, protection and decision-making; (2) training members of men’s clubs on gender equality and inclusion, SRHR, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and mental health; (3) training facility and community-based service providers on gender- and adolescent-responsive and inclusive service delivery and referral on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), SGBV and mental health; (4) refurbishing and equipping government and partner health care facilities and supplying them with job aids and logistics to provide gender- and adolescent-responsive and inclusive SRH, SGBV and mental health support services; (5) identifying, local women’s rights organizations and linking them with local young women’s groups and adolescent girls’ groups for collective local action on gender equality, SGBV, SRHR, mental health and harmful traditional practices. LEAP targets marginalized groups in Rohingya camps and host communities facing multifaceted dimensions of exclusion. LEAP aims to directly reach more than 79,000 people, including 49,873 women and girls, in four unions (the lowest administrative unit) in Ukhiya and Teknaf subdistricts, seven unions in Ramu subdistrict, eight unions in Cox’s Bazar Sadar subdistrict and two Rohingya refugee camps (for 7,000 of these women and girls).

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved individual and collective agency and resilience of adolescent girls and young women to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); (2) strengthened health systems to provide gender- and adolescent- responsive and inclusive SRH, SGBV and mental health and psychosocial support services to adolescents and young people, particularly girls and young women in Cox’s Bazaar; and (3) enhanced capacity of local stakeholders to advocate for evidence-based and accountable gender- and adolescent- responsive and inclusive SRH and SGBV services and policies.

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA M4P 0B3

Reference Number:

064-2021-2022-Q4-00116

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

118928993

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Plan International Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Don Valley West

Federal Riding Number:

35021

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.