Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Support for the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence
Agreement Number:
7459185 P012768001
Agreement Value:
$15,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Nov 12, 2024 - Jun 30, 2032
Description:
This project aims to strengthen women’s and girl’s rights and promote their full participation in developing society. It also seeks to contribute to reducing gender-based violence and gender inequality. The project aims to support 100,000 women and girls with holistic care services in seven regions with a high prevalence of gender-based violence in Senegal. These regions include Dakar, Kédougou, Kolda, Matam, Sédhiou, Tambacounda, and Ziguinchor. The project also aims to increase women’s and girls’ resilience and strengthen their ability to claim their rights, improve their access to justice and essential care services.
Project activities include: (1) implementing national and local institutional plans to prevent and respond to violence and harmful practices; (2) empowering victims and survivors of violence to demand and benefit from quality, available, and known essential services; (3) increasing availability, access, and use of holistic and integrated multi-sectoral essential gender-based violence services; (4) addressing inequitable social norms, attitudes, and behaviours at community and individual levels; and (5) supporting women's rights groups, social movements, and civil society organizations to effectively influence and advance the needs of women and girls.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) implemented legislative policy frameworks in line with international standards to end gender-based violence and translated into action at central and local levels; (2) provided medical, psychosocial, and judicial care to women and girls who are victims of sexual violence; and (3) built the capacity of women and girls in targeted regions to claim their rights, including sexual and reproductive rights, and access to justice.
Location:
New York, US
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q3-00022
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
3200000000000
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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.