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Contribution: Contributions - Bilateral Programming

Plan International Canada Inc

$7,000,000.00

Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership – Somalia

EF 2024-25 · 2025-02-24

Résumé
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs) and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality in developing countries. Understanding that WROs and their networks are critical change agents, the Program provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding to strengthen institutional capacity and bolster feminist alliances. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and movements worldwide. It recognizes that those groups working at intersecting forms of discrimination and in crisis- and conflict-affected countries are funded even less. The Renewed WVL Program includes enhanced support for WROs and women human rights defenders working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.
Programme
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Emplacement
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

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Additional Information
Belated reporting.
Additional Information (French)
Rapport tardif.
Agreement End Date
2031-02-28
Agreement Number
7466076 P014775001
Agreement Start Date
2025-02-24
Agreement Title
Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership – Somalia
Agreement Title (French)
Voix et leadership des femmes renouvelé – La Somalie
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$7,000,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs) and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality in developing countries. Understanding that WROs and their networks are critical change agents, the Program provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding to strengthen institutional capacity and bolster feminist alliances. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and movements worldwide. It recognizes that those groups working at intersecting forms of discrimination and in crisis- and conflict-affected countries are funded even less. The Renewed WVL Program includes enhanced support for WROs and women human rights defenders working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.
Description (French)
Ce projet fait partie du programme Voix et leadership des femmes renouvelé du Canada. Il appuie les organisations locales et régionales de défense des droits des femmes et les mouvements féministes qui œuvrent pour les droits des femmes et des filles, et l'égalité des genres dans les pays en développement. Il fournit un financement de base pluriannuel et un financement rapide et réactif, renforce les capacités institutionnelles et consolide les alliances féministes, car les organisations de femmes et leurs réseaux sont des agents essentiels de changement. Le programme continue de répondre à un manque de financement et d’appui important mondialement reconnu et soutient les organisations locales et régionales de défense des droits des femmes et les mouvements de défense des droits des femmes à travers le monde. Il reconnait que les groupes qui travaillent sur des formes croisées de discrimination et dans des contextes de crise et de conflit sont encore moins financés. Le programme VLF renouvelé inclut un soutien accru aux organisations de femmes et aux organisations de femmes défenseurs des droits des femmes qui travaillent dans des contextes de crise et de conflit, ainsi qu'une approche plus intentionnelle pour rejoindre les groupes structurellement exclus. Cela inclut les femmes et les filles vivant avec un handicap, les femmes et filles autochtones ainsi que les jeunes féministes.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced organizational sustainability of local women’s rights organizations in Somalia to deliver their gender equality mandates; (2) strengthened programming and advocacy of women’s rights organizations in Somalia to advance gender equality and empower women and girls; and (3) increased effectiveness of sub-national, national, regional and global women’s rights platforms, networks and alliances in Somalia to effect policy, legal and social change.
Expected Results (French)
Les résultats escomptés de ce projet comprennent : 1) une meilleure viabilité organisationnelle des organisations locales de défense des droits des femmes en Somalie afin qu'elles puissent remplir leur mandat en matière d'égalité des genres ; 2) une programmation et un plaidoyer renforcés des organisations de défense des droits des femmes en Somalie afin de faire progresser l'égalité des genres et l'autonomisation des femmes et des filles ; et 3) une efficacité accrue des plateformes, réseaux et alliances infranationales, nationales, régionales et mondiales de défense des droits des femmes en Somalie afin d'influer sur les changements politiques, juridiques et sociaux.
Organization Code
dfatd-maecd
Organization
Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Program Name
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Program Name (French)
Contribution Programmation bilatérale
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
TORONTO
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Plan International Canada Inc
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
064-2024-2025-Q4-0238