WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE OF CANADA: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $102M value; 3 departments; 4 programs.
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The project aims to enhance the adoption of gender-responsive and inclusive Nature-based Solutions for climate change adaptation in the Guinean forests of West Africa. Implemented in Ghana, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire, the project takes a systems approach to mitigate key climate challenges through interventions that plan for, pilot and scale Nature-based Solutions for climate adaptation that contribute to enhanced biodiversity and gender equality. Project activities include: (1) completing, analysing and sharing genetic and environmental DNA (eDNA) based biodiversity assessments; (2) selecting a
This project works to increase the economic prosperity of women and youth in more sustainable agricultural markets. The project also works to promote women’s leadership and decision-making in the agriculture sector. Climate change and climate-induced natural disasters present a major risk to crop production in the Caribbean, where agriculture is an important source of employment for rural communities. The project targets five low to middle-income Caribbean countries, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Suriname, with the greatest potential for climate smart economic growth. Project act
This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women in the Kalobeyei settlement and the Kakuma refugee camp, and host communities of the Turkana district of Kenya. The project works to improve the enrolment and retention of girls in upper primary and secondary school levels in Kalobeyei and surrounding communities, and to provide gender responsive job market-based skills training in Kalobeyei and Kakuma. The project works towards building girl-friendly school environments, providing targeted learning support to adolescent girls and young women, and generating parent and community sup
The Burden of Childcare Reduced and Addressed for Women in Jordan project (BUCRA) aims to increase the number of qualified women childcare providers. It also seeks to grow the number of childcare businesses offering quality childcare and improve employment opportunities for women in the sector. The project aims to engage governmental, private sector and training organizations to drive transformative change in the childcare sector. The project targets over 8,600 women in 7 regions of the country (Amman, Ajloun, Irbid, Karak, Maan, Madaba and Zarqa) to help them enter the Jordanian workforce. It
The project will empower women entrepreneurs, including refugees and women with disabilities, in the green economy across six high-poverty governorates. To do so, it will strengthen women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in sectors like agriculture, energy, tourism, and transport by unlocking green finance, providing training, building business linkages, and promoting inclusive policies. To reduce gender-specific barriers, it will also foster safe workspaces, offer grants, childcare services, and awareness campaigns to challenge restrictive norms.
This project helps improve economic well-being especially among women in northern Sri Lanka. It supports transformative change within Sri Lanka’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and contributes to economic empowerment, well-being, and inclusive growth. This project supports the sustainable growth of start-up, early-stage, and growth-stage enterprises for a strengthened gender-responsive entrepreneurial ecosystem. Project activities include: (1) providing gender-responsive and inclusive incubation and acceleration services to targeted entrepreneurs; (2) engaging members of the diaspora communities as
This project aims to enhance the economic empowerment of women paid childcare providers in Kenya and Malawi. Project activities include: (1) supporting women's paid childcare groups and collectives to develop and execute gender-responsive advocacy and coordination strategies; (2) developing gender and disability-responsive curriculum, training, and certification standards for childcare; (3) supporting policymakers and regulators to advance gender-transformative laws, policies and regulations for childcare; (4) developing campaigns to raise awareness about sexual and gender-based violence and t
This project aims to enhance the economic empowerment of women paid childcare providers in Kenya and Malawi. Project activities include: (1) supporting women's paid childcare groups and collectives to develop and execute gender-responsive advocacy and coordination strategies; (2) developing gender and disability-responsive curriculum, training, and certification standards for childcare; (3) supporting policymakers and regulators to advance gender-transformative laws, policies and regulations for childcare; (4) developing campaigns to raise awareness about sexual and gender-based violence and t
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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.