Contribution: International Development Assistance Program
BRAC
$5,000,000.00
Gender Responsive Education and Skills Program in Chittagong Hill Tracts
FY 2019-20 · 2020-02-11
Summary
This project aims to improve learning outcomes and employability for vulnerable and low-income Indigenous and Bengali girls, adolescent women and women, including the disabled, in Bandarban and Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts district of Bangladesh. Project activities include: (1) improving access to quality learning for dropouts and providing gender-responsive subject matter training to teaching assistants to teach dropouts in their indigenous language and bridge them into primary school; (2) reducing gender-based violence to ensure safe and secure communities and institutions, education administration and training officials to recognize signs of harassment; (3) developing adolescent women’s leadership skills to set up co-curricular activities in secondary schools; (4) establishing community watch groups to prevent child marriage, gender based-violence and sexual harassment; (5) enhancing employment skills, training girls and women on market-driven trades followed by job placement and informing employers on best practices creating decent work environment; and (6) raising community leaders’ awareness on the benefits of women’s participation in the labour market.
This project expects to benefit 30,000 indigenous and Bengali primary school students and 15,000 secondary students. Also, this project is estimated to reach 410 teaching assistants and 50 school management committees; and 1,230 women and men participate in skills training supported by 375 master crafts persons.
Department
Program
International Development Assistance Program
Recipient
Location
Dakar | Dakar, BD
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Amendments
Each version of the agreement as published, oldest first, with its total as of that version. The amount above is the latest.
| Amendment | Date | Fiscal Year | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2020-02-11 | 2019-20 | $5,000,000.00 |
| 1 | 2020-02-11 | 2019-20 | $5,000,000.00 |
As published
Additional Information
The end date is postponed to March 31, 2024.
Additional Information (French)
La date de fin est reportée au 31 mars 2024.
Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Agreement Number
7414658 P007056001
Agreement Start Date
2020-02-11
Agreement Title
Gender Responsive Education and Skills Program in Chittagong Hill Tracts
Agreement Title (French)
Programme d’éducation et de compétences favorisant l’égalité des genres dans les collines de Chittag
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$5,000,000.00
Amendment Date
2021-05-14
Amendment Number
1
Description
This project aims to improve learning outcomes and employability for vulnerable and low-income Indigenous and Bengali girls, adolescent women and women, including the disabled, in Bandarban and Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts district of Bangladesh. Project activities include: (1) improving access to quality learning for dropouts and providing gender-responsive subject matter training to teaching assistants to teach dropouts in their indigenous language and bridge them into primary school; (2) reducing gender-based violence to ensure safe and secure communities and institutions, education administration and training officials to recognize signs of harassment; (3) developing adolescent women’s leadership skills to set up co-curricular activities in secondary schools; (4) establishing community watch groups to prevent child marriage, gender based-violence and sexual harassment; (5) enhancing employment skills, training girls and women on market-driven trades followed by job placement and informing employers on best practices creating decent work environment; and (6) raising community leaders’ awareness on the benefits of women’s participation in the labour market.
This project expects to benefit 30,000 indigenous and Bengali primary school students and 15,000 secondary students. Also, this project is estimated to reach 410 teaching assistants and 50 school management committees; and 1,230 women and men participate in skills training supported by 375 master crafts persons.
Description (French)
Ce projet vise à améliorer les résultats d’apprentissage et l’employabilité des filles, des adolescentes et des femmes indigènes et bengalies vulnérables et à faible revenu, y compris les personnes handicapées, à Bandarban et Rangamati dans les districts des collines de Chittagong, au Bangladesh. Les activités du projet comprennent : 1) améliorer l’accès à un apprentissage de qualité pour les décrocheurs et la fourniture d’une formation favorisant l’égalité des genres aux adjoints à l’enseignement pour qu’ils puissent enseigner aux décrocheurs dans leur langue indigène, et les intégrer à l’école primaire; 2) réduire la violence sexiste pour assurer la sécurité des communautés et des établissements, renforcer l’administration de l’éducation et former les fonctionnaires pour reconnaître les signes de harcèlement; 3) renforcer les compétences de leadership des adolescentes pour qu’elles puissent mettre en place des activités parascolaires dans les écoles secondaires; 4) créer des groupes de surveillance communautaires pour prévenir les mariages d’enfants, la violence sexiste et le harcèlement sexuel; 5) améliorer les compétences professionnelles des filles et des femmes et les former dans des métiers demandés sur le marché, renforcer par la suite les services de placement professionnel, et informer les employeurs sur les meilleures pratiques pour créer un environnement de travail sain; 6) sensibiliser les leaders communautaires aux avantages de la participation des femmes au marché du travail.
Ce projet devrait profiter à 30 000 enfants indigènes et bengalis à l’école primaire et à 15 000 élèves du secondaire. De plus, ce projet devrait permettre d’atteindre 410 adjoints à l’enseignement et 50 comités de gestion scolaire; 1 230 femmes et hommes participeront à une formation professionnelle soutenue par 375 maîtres artisans.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: 1) increased equitable provision of quality, inclusive education and learning for girls and adolescent women, including those with disabilities in government primary schools (grade one to five) and in non-government secondary schools (grade six to ten); 2) enhanced community and institutional practices to eliminate gender-based violence against girls, adolescent women and women in specific districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT); and 3) increased equitable, gender-responsive and demand-driven employability for quality jobs and business opportunities for women and adolescent women, including those with disabilities, in specific districts of the CHT.
Expected Results (French)
Les résultats escomptés de ce projet comprennent : 1) les écoles primaires publiques (de la première à la cinquième année) et les écoles secondaires non publiques (de la sixième à la dixième année) offrent un meilleur enseignement plus équitable et inclusif aux filles et aux adolescentes, y compris celles qui sont handicapées; 2) dans des districts précis des collines de Chittagong, les communautés et les établissements ont amélioré leurs pratiques visant à éliminer la violence sexiste à l’encontre des filles, des adolescentes et des femmes; 3) dans des districts précis des collines des Chittagong, les femmes et les adolescentes, y compris celles qui sont handicapées, ont de meilleures compétences pour trouver un emploi de qualité qui répond aux besoins du marché et saisir des occasions d’affaires, et ce, dans un marché du travail favorisant l’égalité des genres et plus équitable.
Organization Code
dfatd-maecd
Organization
Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Program Name
International Development Assistance Program
Program Name (French)
Programme d'aide au développement international
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.
Program Purpose (French)
L’objectif princial du programme d’aide au développement international du Ministère est de réduire la pauvreté pour les populations qui vivent dans les pays où Affaires mondiales Canada se livre au développement international.
Recipient City
Dakar | Dakar
Recipient Country
BD
Recipient Legal Name
BRAC
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
064-2019-2020-Q4-00045