Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Empowerment of Women and Girls Groups in Rural Cameroon
Agreement Number:
7461093 P010932001
Agreement Value:
$2,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 17, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Description:
This project aims to reduce poverty by strengthening economic rights of women and young girls in Cameroon. It is part of the 2021-2026 Five-Year Plan developed by the local partner Afrique Future Cameroun, which emphasizes rights and income-generating activities. This will allow women to provide answers to the real needs of their living environment.
The activities of this project include: 1) supporting the five-year plan through a component focused on the financial autonomy of women and young girls. This autonomy must be achieved through individual and collective production, the development of markets for commercialization and a rights based component. These concern, in particular, their rights to physical health, land rights and the right to literacy and numeracy; 2) reach directly, 565 women and young girls, 100 leaders among men and young men and about twenty men who are traditional authorities. It also intends to reach 30 men and 20 women representatives of state structures and indirectly family members and populations of 19 localities of at least 3,000 people.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected results of this project include: 1) strengthening technical capacities for environmentally-friendly and health-friendly agricultural production. It also covers the marketing of the targeted products; 2) strengthening the quality of commercial production on local and regional markets in the Nyong and Kellé departments; 3) strengthening the rights of women and girls from 26 groups within local support structures. This strengthening also involves awareness-raising and training on women's and girls' rights.
Location:
St-Jean, Quebec, CA J3A 1W3
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00422
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Operating Name:
Africa Future Canada
Recipient's Legal Name:
Association Afrique Future Canada
Federal Riding Name:
Saint-Jean
Federal Riding Number:
24067
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.