UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund: federal grants and contributions: 82 agreements; $858M value; 1 departments; 8 programs.
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This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. UNFPA’s mandate is to support countries in using population data to develop policies and programs that reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA focuses on three main areas: reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and population and development strategie
June 2019 – Humanitarian needs stemming from the crises in Syria and Iraq remain significant throughout the Middle East. Continued violence in Syria raises little prospects for the voluntary, safe, sustainable and dignified return of over 5.6 million refugees in the region. Internally displaced persons range in the millions in Syria and Iraq, and refugees facing protracted displacement in host countries continue to face acute humanitarian needs in Jordan and Lebanon. With GAC’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is contributing to meeting the sexual and reproductive health ne
P001197001: The project aims to increase the availability of skilled health care providers, especially midwives, in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality in South Sudan. The project builds on results from two previous projects: Training Midwives and Deploying Midwives in South Sudan. It supports six national training institutes delivering midwifery and nursing education in South Sudan, where a total of 850 health workers, including 650 midwives, are expected to complete training under the project. Project activities include: (1) developing a new curriculum for nurses and clinical offic
This project aims to support the health and rights of women and girls in South Sudan by increasing the availability of skilled healthcare providers, improving attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the fighting against gender-based violence (GBV). The project will also support South Sudan’s government in developing and implementing SRHR and GBV policies. Project activities include: (1) equipping targeted health facilities and deploying qualified healthcare workers; (2) sensitizing communities about the availability of SRHR, GBV, and HIV services and mobilizing t
The project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women and teenage girls, as well as the health of newborns and children in the two departments of Haiti’s Grand Sud region that were most affected by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. It is strengthening 28 health institutions by, among other things, repairing infrastructure, providing equipment and medicines and training staff. By improving access to and quality of integrated health services focused on the needs of women and adolescent girls, the project aims to reduce teenage pregnancies by 75% and provide access to 72,000 mo
P002913001: The project aims to empower adolescent girls in Ghana, including those most-vulnerable, through the provision, and access to, gender-responsive comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and contraception. Teachers are not trained or provided with the material required to properly engage with adolescents on sexuality education. Furthermore, there is also limited access to gender-sensitive and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services. Project activities include: (1) training teachers to deliv
This project aims to enable adolescent girls to experience healthier, safer, and more empowered life transition into adulthood by 2030. Project activities include: (1) building the capacity of adolescent girls to exercise their rights and demand services related to their sexual and reproductive health; (2) engaging men, boys, and communities to support gender equality and the rights of adolescent girls; (3) ensuring the availability of commodities and supplies in local health facilities; (4) building the capacity of service providers at multiple levels to ensure availability of quality service
This project seeks to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning), as well as strengthening the capacity of community-based health workers to deliver sexual and reproductive health services, and promoting sexual and reproductive rights. The project focuses on improving the sexual and reproductive health of more than 635,000 women (aged 15-49 years), including 320,000 adolescents (aged 15-24 years). Project activities include: (1) increasing the capacity of health centres to deliver emergency obstetric and neonatal care; (2) providing nutrition and sex
This project aims to reduce preventable maternal deaths and unmet reproductive health needs by improving the availability, acceptability, and accessibility of youth-friendly quality health and reproductive services. It also seeks to empower women, youth, and adolescents in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) decision-making. The project targets 838,000 people, including vulnerable groups such as uneducated girls and people with disabilities. It focuses on regions with the lowest rates of contraceptive use in remote areas, including Kédougou, Kolda, Tambacounda, Sédhiou, Ziguinchor
This project aims to improve reproductive health and rights for women, adolescents, and youth in Pakistan’s target areas with low reproductive health indicators. The project also focuses on hard-to-reach areas by enabling them to exercise their reproductive rights free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. Project activities include: (1) advocating efforts to support the implementation of gender-responsive reproductive health and family planning policy and legislative frameworks; (2) conducting community outreach and social mobilization to reach women, adolescent girls, men and boys at t
September 2016 – The Syria Crisis has undermined security and stability in the Middle East and has resulted in unprecedented humanitarian needs. Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Syria has led to the worst displacement crisis in the world. Millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, stateless persons and asylum seekers in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey are vulnerable to violence, food and income insecurity, health risks, and sexual and gender-based violence. Canada is helping to reduce the vulnerability of millions of crisis-affected people, especially women
February 2022 - During conflicts, natural disasters and other complex emergencies, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure that life-saving interventions related to SRH services and protection from and response to sexual and gender-based violence are provided. With GAC’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is contributing to meeting the sexual and reproductive health and safety needs of vulnerable women and girls. The project operates in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria. Project activities include: (1) providing emerg
Conflict-related Sexual and Gender Based Violence (GBV) linked to the conflict in Tigray has increased needs for support to survivors across Tigray, as well as the adjacent regions of Amhara and Afar. Gaps in services include women and girl’s safe spaces (WGSS) for increasing numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Shire and Mekelle, and mobile medical teams offering reproductive health care, community outreach, and initial clinical response and referral for survivors of GBV. This UNFPA project proposes to addresses gaps in response, assist in rebuilding government and local capacit
Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world and faces significant challenges in ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of its population, particularly for women and adolescent girls. The project aims to address these challenges by strengthening the healthcare infrastructure to provide comprehensive integrated SRH care, improve access to family planning, enhance the capacity of health care workers and service providers, and address cultural norms that impede progress, through supporting a rights-based approach to SRHR and the implementation of related policie
DEREJUV supports the Government of Honduras Plan for the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancies by strengthening national policies and expanding access to sexual and reproductive health services for Honduran youth. The project helps prevent adolescent pregnancies and child, early and forced marriages and expands access to adolescent-friendly health services for over 211,000 girls, boys and adolescents in 24 municipalities with some of the highest national rates of adolescent pregnancies by installing adolescent-friendly clinics in community health centers and schools. The project also develops t
September 2016 – The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate as armed clashes between Daesh and government forces drive displacement. Since January 2014, over 3.3 million people have been displaced and an additional 887,000 previously displaced people have returned to their homes that have often been destroyed, making it one of the largest cases of internal displacement in the world. Persecution of minority groups is an ongoing concern as well as the protection of women and children who are at an increased risk of (and in some cases targeted for) sexual violence such as rape, a
This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. UNFPA’s mandate is to support countries in using population data to develop policies and programs that reduce poverty and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA focuses on three main areas: reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and population and development strategies
The project seeks to help reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in Haiti by improving the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in four of the country’s underserved departments (Grande Anse, Sud-Est, Nippes and Nord-Ouest). In addition to addressing gender inequality, the project is helping to build women’s and girls’ capacity to make more informed choices when exercising their sexual and reproductive rights. Project activities include: (1) training midwives at the Institut national supérieur de formation des sages-femmes (INSFSF) - the national midwifery training institute - and
P003097001: The project aims to advance the empowerment of women and girls by preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Ethiopia. The project includes activities to support women and girls in reaching their full potential and meeting their sexual and reproductive health needs, free from violence, harmful traditional practices, exploitation and discrimination. Project activities include: (1) increasing awareness on SGBV, including harmful traditional practices, as well as on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with communities, local authorities, vulne
September 2016 – The Syria Crisis has undermined security and stability in the Middle East and has resulted in unprecedented humanitarian needs. Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Syria has led to the worst displacement crisis in the world. Millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, stateless persons and asylum seekers in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey are vulnerable to violence, food and income insecurity, health risks, and sexual and gender-based violence. Canada is helping to reduce the vulnerability of millions of crisis-affected people, especially women
The project aims to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in Tanzania by increasing the availability of skilled midwives in the country. It takes a holistic approach by working with health training institutions and health facilities to strengthen midwifery pre- and in-service training and professional development; engaging communities to improve delivery and utilization of quality and gender-responsive midwifery services; supporting government and relevant institutions to develop and implement midwifery related policies, regulations and guidelines; and working with the Tanzania Midwives Associ
The project aims to provide equitable sexual and reproductive health care and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) for people living in local communities of Cox’s Bazar impacted by the influx of over 740,000 Rohingya refugees since August 2017. Cox’s Bazar is one of Bangladesh’s poorest and most vulnerable districts, with poverty well above the country’s national average. The influx of Rohingya has increased economic tensions and competition for scarce resources, including jobs and income among the Rohingya and the existing Bangleshi communities where the refugees are camped, as well as havi
P007483001: The project aims to reduce maternal mortality and increase sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for women and adolescent girls between the ages of 14 and 49 in Somalia. More specifically, the project works to improve the availability and accessibility of professionally trained and certified midwives who are able to provide quality, rights-based SRHR services to these women and adolescent girls. The project also addresses underlying barriers to women's and adolescent girls’ demand for and use of midwifery services by increasing awareness at community level about midwifer
Family planning is critical to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality. Among development actors, UNFPA Supplies is the largest provider of contraceptives in the world, and is pivotal to the achievement of the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) goal of enabling 120 million more women and girls to have access to contraceptives by 2020. Canada's support to UNFPA Supplies contributes to increasing the availability of contraceptives in 46 countries through contraceptive planning and procurement while strengthening contraceptive supply chains to ensure these commodities r
P006789001: This project aims to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls by combating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the southern, northern and central regions of Mali, including Gao, Timbuktu, Mopti, Segou and Bamako regions. Specifically, it works to help to remove barriers that prevent access to comprehensive and quality sexual and reproductive health services, by strengthening women's and girls' capacities to provide strong leadership and decision-making power for their health, and by helping to change the attitudes and behaviours of leaders and communiti
December 2023 - During conflicts, natural disasters and other complex emergencies, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure the continued provision of life-saving interventions related to SRH services and protection from and response to sexual and gender-based violence. With Global Affairs Canada’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provides lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services and protection in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa through its members’ extensive network of community-based and local organizations.
March 2018: During conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies, sexual and reproductive health needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure life-saving interventions as related to reproductive health services and protection from and response to sexual and gender based violence, Through GAC's support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) seek to provide support to vulnerable people, particularly women and girls in Bangladesh, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), in Yemen and Libya. Project activities include providing them
P003038001: In light of persistently high levels of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning, and prevalent harmful practices (including female genital mutilation and child marriage), the Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Indonesia project, in partnership with UNFPA and UNICEF, aims to transform sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and young people in Indonesia by addressing key gaps in the quality of birth attendants, access to comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly services for young people, and advocacy and community-based progr
The project reduces barriers to access and retention for more than 700,000 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19 in the North-East, West and Central regions of Côte d'Ivoire and the Abidjan district (Abobo and Yopougon-Songon). Project activities include: (1) training leaders of women's and youth organizations on advocacy for compulsory schooling and girls' enrolment; (2) improving access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services; (3) building the capacity of structures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence; and (4) training educators on the design of
This project aims to increase the capacity of Haiti’s National Statistical Institution (Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique - IHSI) to plan and implement the fifth General Population and Housing Census. The goal is to analyze, publicize and strategically use up-to-date socioeconomic and demographic data. Special efforts are in place to ensure the census process is gender sensitive. From the census results, IHSI produces thematic reports that include gender analysis of the topics covered, including the ‘Women in Haiti’ report that provides an overview of the situation of girls and
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) contributes to ending female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM or cutting) by 2030 through accelerated collective and multi-sectoral action by mobilizing a broad spectrum of actors at community, national, regional and global levels. It is the largest global programme to accelerate the abandonment of this harmful traditional practice and thereby advance women’s and girls’ rights, health and well-being. Project activities include: (1) providing capacity development (including comprehensive sexuality and life skills e
During conflicts, natural disasters and other complex emergencies, sexual and reproductive health needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure life-saving interventions as related to sexual and reproductive health services, and protection from and response to sexual and gender-based violence are provided. With GAC’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is contributing to meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable women and girls in sexual and reproductive health, and preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence. UNFPA will operate
The project aims to reduce the incidence of early pregnancy in Nicaragua, by promoting and strengthening an integrated approach to adolescent development, respecting adolescents’ decisions and freedoms, expanding their capacities and opportunities, and improving their access to sexual and reproductive health. Nicaragua has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in Latin America, with approximately 24% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 having been pregnant at least once. Gender-based violence, deeply rooted traditional practices, the lack of comprehensive education on sexual and rep
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.