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Contribution: International Development Assistance Program

Perserikatan Solidaritas Perempuan

$1,200,000.00

Be at the Forefront for Women's Empowerment (BFEM)

FY 2019-20 · 2019-09-06

Summary
This project aims to increase human rights privileges enjoyed by women and girls and the advancement of gender equality in Indonesia. This project promotes and develops feminist leadership and women’s political participation across various sectors, notably climate change, natural resources management, and land tenure/ownership rights. This project focuses on strengthening and expanding the feminist movement in Indonesia to promote women’s rights and strengthen the protection of these rights. This project also reinforces networking and alliance building within the Indonesian women’s rights movement and other social movements in the country, including Hivos Southeast Asia, JASS and the PEKKA Foundation. This project improves women’s control over their lives and access to livelihoods and reduces injustices and discrimination against them. Project activities include: (1) building the capacity of seven selected branches (out of 12) of the project partner working in these seven provinces: Aceh, Central Kalimantan, DKI Jakarta, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and Yogyakarta; (2) strengthening their operations through training, awareness-raising, research and advocacy in local communities and local government officials; (3) facilitating dialogue and events to raise awareness of local government and other stakeholders, including media, journalists, youth groups and civil society, to advance women’s rights on gender equality and equity; (4) organizing collaborative events with women’s organizations, women leaders and movements from grassroots to national levels; and (5) formulating policy advocacy documents by the national secretariat and partner branches on strengthening the women’s movement and gender equality. The project works with approximately 3,200 women, including 300 women leaders and 700 marginalized women (including peasant women, fisherwomen, indigenous women and women migrant workers), to strengthen and expand the movement in pushing and promoting women’s rights.
Program
International Development Assistance Program
Location
Jakarta | Jakarta, ID
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Additional Information
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2019-2020 2nd Quarter report.
Additional Information (French)
Déclaration tardive qui aurait dû être incluse dans le rapport du 2 ième trimestre de 2019-2020.
Agreement End Date
2023-03-31
Agreement Number
7409813 P006017001
Agreement Start Date
2019-09-06
Agreement Title
Be at the Forefront for Women's Empowerment (BFEM)
Agreement Title (French)
Soyez a t'avant-garde de l'autonomisation des femmes (BFEM)
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$1,200,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
This project aims to increase human rights privileges enjoyed by women and girls and the advancement of gender equality in Indonesia. This project promotes and develops feminist leadership and women’s political participation across various sectors, notably climate change, natural resources management, and land tenure/ownership rights. This project focuses on strengthening and expanding the feminist movement in Indonesia to promote women’s rights and strengthen the protection of these rights. This project also reinforces networking and alliance building within the Indonesian women’s rights movement and other social movements in the country, including Hivos Southeast Asia, JASS and the PEKKA Foundation. This project improves women’s control over their lives and access to livelihoods and reduces injustices and discrimination against them. Project activities include: (1) building the capacity of seven selected branches (out of 12) of the project partner working in these seven provinces: Aceh, Central Kalimantan, DKI Jakarta, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara and Yogyakarta; (2) strengthening their operations through training, awareness-raising, research and advocacy in local communities and local government officials; (3) facilitating dialogue and events to raise awareness of local government and other stakeholders, including media, journalists, youth groups and civil society, to advance women’s rights on gender equality and equity; (4) organizing collaborative events with women’s organizations, women leaders and movements from grassroots to national levels; and (5) formulating policy advocacy documents by the national secretariat and partner branches on strengthening the women’s movement and gender equality. The project works with approximately 3,200 women, including 300 women leaders and 700 marginalized women (including peasant women, fisherwomen, indigenous women and women migrant workers), to strengthen and expand the movement in pushing and promoting women’s rights.
Description (French)
Ce projet vise à accroître les privilèges en matière de droits de la personne dont bénéficient les femmes et les filles et à faire progresser l’égalité des genres en Indonésie. Il fait la promotion et renforce le leadership et la participation politique des femmes dans divers secteurs, notamment les changements climatiques, la gestion des ressources naturelles et les droits fonciers et de propriété. Ce projet se concentre sur le renforcement et l’expansion du mouvement féministe en Indonésie pour favoriser les droits des femmes et renforcer la protection de ces droits. Il renforce également le réseautage et la création d’alliances au sein du mouvement indonésien des droits des femmes et d’autres mouvements sociaux du pays, notamment Hivos Southeast Asia, JASS et la fondation PEKKA. Ce projet améliore le contrôle des femmes sur leur vie et leur accès aux moyens de subsistance et réduit les injustices et la discrimination à leur égard. les activités de ce projet comprennent : 1) le renforcement des capacités de sept directions générales sélectionnées (sur 12) du partenaire du projet travaillant dans ces sept provinces : Aceh, Kalimantan central, DKI Jakarta, Sulawesi du Sud, Sulawesi du Sud-Est, Nusa Tenggara-Ouest et Yogyakarta; 2) le renforcement de leurs activités par la formation, la sensibilisation, la recherche et la mobilisation des communautés locales et des fonctionnaires du gouvernement local; 3) la facilitation du dialogue et des événements pour sensibiliser le gouvernement local et d’autres intervenants, y compris les médias, les journalistes, les groupes de jeunes et la société civile, afin de faire progresser les droits des femmes sur l’égalité et l’équité entre les genres; 4) l’organisation d’événements de collaboration avec les associations de femmes, les femmes dirigeantes et les mouvements de la base à l’échelle nationale; 5) la rédaction de documents de mobilisation politique par le secrétariat national et les directions générales partenaires sur le renforcement du mouvement des femmes et l’égalité des genres. Le projet accompagne environ 3 200 femmes, dont 300 dirigeantes et 700 femmes marginalisées (notamment des paysannes, des pêcheuses, des femmes indigènes et des travailleuses migrantes), afin de renforcer et d’élargir le mouvement de revendication et de promotion des droits des femmes.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved management and sustainability of local women’s rights organizations in Indonesia, particularly those representing vulnerable and marginalized women and girls; (2) enhanced performance of women’s rights organizations’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality and empower women and girls in Indonesia; and (3) increased effectiveness of national and sub-national women’s rights platforms, networks and alliances in advocating for gender equality and in addressing discriminatory beliefs and harmful practices in Indonesia.
Expected Results (French)
Résultats escomptés de ce projet comprennent : 1) l’amélioration de la gestion et de la viabilité des organisations locales de défense des droits des femmes en Indonésie, en particulier les femmes et les filles vulnérables et marginalisées; 2) l’amélioration de la performance de la programmation et de la promotion des organisations de défense des droits des femmes pour faire progresser l’autonomie des femmes et des filles ainsi que l’égalité entre les genres en Indonésie; 3) l’efficacité accrue des plateformes, des réseaux et des alliances nationaux et infranationaux de défense des droits des femmes pour promouvoir l’égalité entre les genres dans les politiques et pour s’attaquer aux croyances discriminatoires et aux pratiques néfastes en Indonésie.
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
Jakarta | Jakarta
Recipient Country
ID
Recipient Legal Name
Perserikatan Solidaritas Perempuan
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
064-2021-2022-Q1-00239
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