WUSC - World University Service of Canada: federal grants and contributions: 15 agreements; $192M value; 1 departments; 2 programs.
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This project supports 1,200 volunteer placements, and aims to improve the social and economic well-being of poor and marginalized youth, particularly young women, in developing countries, with a view to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition to increasing the engagement of diverse groups of Canadians, particularly youth in international development, this project works to strengthen the performance of more than 70 developing country partner organizations, to advance gender equality and economic empowerment for poor and marginalized youth, in particular young women. The pro
The project aims to recognize the urgent need for short-term stabilization in Iraq by supporting the transition into new livelihoods for conflict-affected male and female youth and adult women. Thus, the project focuses on improving their technical and vocational trade skills. Project activities include: (1) facilitating models of effective technical and vocational education training (TVET) practice, by supporting up to 16 vocational training centres (VTCs) to deliver market-relevant, competency-based, gender-responsive vocational training to up to 3,000 youth and women; (2) providing flexible
This project supports young women living in poverty in 3 major cities in the South of Ghana (Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi) and 4 surrounding regions through access to decent, dignified, high paying work in sectors. The project trains and empowers young women to enter careers in high paying trades such as welding, heavy duty machinery, solar installation, and automotive mechanics. It supports these young women by placing them in internships, mentoring them and awarding them scholarships. Also, the project supports them to find decent work in the private sector both in formal employment and as ent
P007020001: This project aims to reduce disparities in learning and academic achievement for girls from 6 to 12 years old in the first cycle of primary education in the regions of Mopti and Ségou. Project activities include: (1) providing conditional financial assistance to targeted vulnerable families to support girls’ education; (2) implementing innovative initiatives to improve the safety, protection and transportation of students, especially girls; (3) developing a digital teaching-support platform that has gender-sensitive educational and instructional tools and resources; and (4) holding
This project aims to promote economic growth in Sri Lanka by supporting equitable employment in expanding trades sectors for young women and men in Northern, North Western, Eastern and Southern provinces. In collaboration with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training, the project works with public and private sector skills training providers who engage with relevant businesses in the four selected trades (hospitality, communications technology, construction, and automotive repair) to develop and provide training that reflects the needs of the job market, and to ide
This project aims to enhance the empowerment of adolescent girls and female youth pursuing education in South Sudan by targeting both supply and demand side barriers that prevent them from attending school. The project targets three counties across two states, Central Equatoria (two counties) and Eastern Equatoria (one county). Project activities include: (1) providing support to education actors (such as teachers) to develop, test and implement, gender-transformative tools and approaches to deliver comprehensive sexuality education and life skills curriculum content; (2) providing support to
This project addresses the unemployment crisis among youth and women in Iraq by strengthening the capacity of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. It contributes to economic growth and diversity by better aligning employer labour needs with appropriately skilled output from the TVET system. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance for creating and fortifying partnerships between the private sector and institutional partners around on-the-job training and safe internships in workplaces for all trainees; (2) issuing grants to support and inc
The Advancing Growth Innovation and Leadership for Enterprises (AGILE) aims to increase the resilience of Vietnam`s populations vulnerable to climate change. AGILE will drive ecosystem enhancements that lead to increased investment in and support for Vietnamese women-focused climate enterprises (CE). These CEs would then be able to grow, thrive and maximize their impact on vulnerable populations` resilience to climate change by offering resilient employment opportunities and by delivering products and services that help individual consumers, businesses and other stakeholders adapt to mitigate
P002120001 & P002120002: This project aims to remove barriers to women’s access to the labour market in Salt, Irbid, and East-Amman. It seeks to provide skills-based development in the private health sector, find solutions to child care challenges and identify safe and affordable transportation to and from work. Project activities include: (1) collaborating with Jordan's Private Hospital Association and Vocational Training Centres to develop new skills-based curricula for health workers; (2) working with the private sector to boost female employment and to reduce both the real and perceived a
This project aims to improve human rights related to the sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescent girls in the Bas-Sassandra district of Côte d'Ivoire. The activities of this project include: 1) providing technical assistance to local health authorities on planning, managing, and monitoring the delivery of gender-sensitive, inclusive, and accountable sexual and reproductive health services; 2) delivering a training program for health personnel on modern sexual and reproductive health approaches that respond to the needs of adolescent girls; 3) organize awareness campaigns on adol
The Innovation in Non-traditional Vocational Education and Skills Training (INVEST) for women in Ghana project has been selected as part of the Innovation for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ghana Call for Preliminary Proposals. The project will be using an inclusive market systems (IMS) approach to address key socio-cultural barriers to women’s participation in more lucrative, non-traditional and high-growth sectors. The project will focus on training and building capacity of young urban poor women in three main urban areas of Ghana and seek to improve societal attitudes toward women in trade
This project aims to improve economic wellbeing of young people, especially young women, in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. It seeks to enhance the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system and increase inclusive employment opportunities tailored to local needs. As a result, this significantly improves economic prospects for young people, especially young women. Project activities include: (1) updating existing curriculum to align with analyses and best practices including gender sensitivity; (2) identifying labour market gaps and needs in consultation with
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.