Project profile — Women’s Voice and Leadership - Mozambique

• Mozambique (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the globally recognized, significant gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world. The project is implemented in Mozambique by the Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil (CESC) [Learning and Capacity Building Centre for Civil Society], a Mozambican NGO. Approximately 44 women's rights organizations (WROs), selected amongst emergent/informal women’s groups, established WROs and WROs working with networks and movements are expected to be direct project beneficiaries in three geographic regions of the country.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved management and sustainability of local women's rights organizations (WROs) in Mozambique; (2) enhanced performance of WROs’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality in Mozambique; and (3) increased effectiveness of national and sub-national women’s rights platforms, networks and alliances to affect policy, legal and social change to advance gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights in Mozambique.

Results achieved as of October 2024 include: (1) awarded grants to 56 formal, informal and emerging women’s rights organizations; (2) launched 46 joint advocacy initiatives, fostering a more collaborative women's movement; (3) 17 women’s rights organizations demonstrated enhanced feminist management approaches, embedding gender equality principles in their operations; (4) 16 women’s rights organizations demonstrated improved management practices, enhancing organizational effectiveness; (5) 14 women’s rights organizations reported greater program reach, expanding their impact in their communities.

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