UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $89.2M value; 1 departments; 4 programs.
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This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Canada’s core funding is used to support UN Women’s triple mandate of support for gender equality norms and standards; UN System coordination and operational work. Canada's support to UN Women helps to advance Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy as well as Canada’s international efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Working for the empowerment and rights of women and girls globally, UN Women’s main roles are: to s
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 a
This project aims to support women’s economic empowerment in Egypt, where women's unemployment is more than three times that of men. Women in Egypt face significant barriers to securing decent work, as well as limited access to financial and non-financial services, discriminatory social norms, and lack of access to social protection or support services. The project works to help create jobs by improving the business-enabling environment, and promoting a culture of entrepreneurship for Egyptian women in high growth sectors such as agribusiness and energy. This project is implemented by UN Women
This project aims to strengthen national safety and gender-responsive recovery in Ukraine through increased and sustained employment of women in the demining sector and emergency services. Project activities include: (1) supporting women’s empowerment and confidence to enter sectors traditionally dominated by men through innovative mental health interventions; (2) transforming gender stereotypes and societal barriers to women’s participation in demining and emergency services through strategic dissemination of research, targeted media campaigns, and comprehensive mentorship programs; and (3) e
The project aims to promote gender equality and the economic empowerment of market vendors, with specific attention to the needs and aspirations of women market vendors. It is designed to ensure that selected marketplaces in rural and urban areas in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa are safe, inclusive and non-discriminatory environments.
This project aims to amplify community-based gender-sensitive reconciliation work to promote peaceful co-existence and a sense of belonging in Lebanon. This is the phase II component of the “Dealing with the Past: Memory of the Future” project. Project activities include: (1) developing and disseminating educational materials and supporting awareness-raising activities for national and local actors; (2) creating interactive awareness tools about the Lebanese civil war for country-wise dissemination in support of reconciliation; (3) facilitating community and intergenerational dialogue between
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.