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    <headerInformation>International Development Projects - 2026-07-14 3:42:04 AM - all published projects</headerInformation>
    <language>English</language>
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  <project>
    <projectNumber>CA-3-A030927001</projectNumber>
    <dateModified>2026-07-12T06:32:49</dateModified>
    <title>Gender Equality Support Project (GESP)</title>
    <description>The Gender Equality Support Project (GESP) is a locally administered project that receives proposals to fund sub-projects focused on gender equality aspects of governance, health, and education. GESP also has a research component to help strengthen the knowledge base in gender equality and a program on gender-based violence.   The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is contributing an additional $2.9 million to this project.</description>
    <status>Closed</status>
    <start>2002-05-01T00:00:00</start>
    <end>2009-07-28T00:00:00</end>
    <countries>
      <country>Malawi 100.00%</country>
    </countries>
    <executingAgencyPartner>High Commission of Canada in Malawi </executingAgencyPartner>
    <DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>STD control including HIV/AIDS 10.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Human rights 15.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Legal and judicial development 15.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Basic drinking water supply 5.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Basic sanitation 5.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Primary education 10.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Public sector policy and administrative management 10.00%</DACSectors>
      <DACSectors>Democratic participation and civil society 30.00%</DACSectors>
    </DACSectors>
    <maximumContribution>2897955.96</maximumContribution>
    <ContributingOrganization></ContributingOrganization>
    <expectedResults></expectedResults>
    <resultsAchieved>Results achieved as of the end of the project include: through 104 sub-projects funded under the Gender Equality Support Project: approximately 54,220 men, 58,170 women, 6,183 boys, and 7,820 girls were reached with messages on the relation between gender equality and HIV/AIDS. More than 4 million people heard community-level roll-out campaigns on gender-related laws, gender-based violence, and reproductive health. CIDA led the Development Assistance Group on Gender. Technical support was provided to the government to develop gender equality legislation (National Gender Policy, Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill). These activities have contributed to strengthening the capacity of government departments, district assemblies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to mobilise donor resources and strengthen Gender Equality networks and partnerships, and to improved coherence in gender equality programming by government, NGOs, and donors.</resultsAchieved>
    <aidType>Project-type interventions</aidType>
    <collaborationType>Bilateral</collaborationType>
    <financeType>Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation</financeType>
    <flowType></flowType>
    <reportingOrganisation>Global Affairs Canada</reportingOrganisation>
    <programName>WGM Africa</programName>
    <selectionMechanism>Pre-APP</selectionMechanism>
    <policyMarkers>
      <policyMarker level="2">Gender equality</policyMarker>
      <policyMarker level="1">Children's issues</policyMarker>
    </policyMarkers>
    <regions />
    <alternameImPositions />
    <budgets>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2003-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2004-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">392800.00</budget>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2001-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2002-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">130000.00</budget>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2005-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2006-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">384800.00</budget>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2002-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2003-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">422800.00</budget>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2004-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2005-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">387800.00</budget>
      <budget budgetType="Original" startDate="2006-04-01T00:00:00" endDate="2007-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00">281800.00</budget>
    </budgets>
    <Locations>
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    </Locations>
    <otherIdentifiers>
      <otherIdentifier otherIdentifierType="CRS Activity identifier">2002000265</otherIdentifier>
    </otherIdentifiers>
    <participatingOrgs>
      <participatingOrg number="0001014785" city="Lilongwe                           " province="Lilongwe" countryCode="MW " channelCode="11000" iatiid="">High Commission of Canada in Malawi </participatingOrg>
    </participatingOrgs>
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    <transactions>
      <transaction transactionDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00" valueDate="2002-05-01T00:00:00" transactionType="Commitment" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="Untied">2897955.96</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2008-03-31T00:00:00" valueDate="2008-03-31T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">9100.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2008-07-24T00:00:00" valueDate="2008-07-24T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">1950.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2008-10-21T00:00:00" valueDate="2008-10-21T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">2600.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2008-11-10T00:00:00" valueDate="2008-11-10T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">2450.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2008-12-15T00:00:00" valueDate="2008-12-15T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">3022.78</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2009-01-06T00:00:00" valueDate="2009-01-06T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">9100.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2009-01-12T00:00:00" valueDate="2009-01-12T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">2656.70</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2009-02-18T00:00:00" valueDate="2009-02-18T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">4225.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2009-07-15T00:00:00" valueDate="2009-07-15T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">1105.00</transaction>
      <transaction transactionDate="2009-07-28T00:00:00" valueDate="2009-07-28T00:00:00" transactionType="Disbursement" flowType="ODA" tiedStatus="">3250.00</transaction>
    </transactions>
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