Project profile — Women's Voice and Leadership - Senegal

• Senegal (100.00%)

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

• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (principal objective)
• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Children's issues (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 their activities, building their 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 significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world. This project is implemented by the Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale (CECI). It directly supports 20 women rights organizations at the local level, and 5 organizations networks representing more than 20 organizations each. In addition, this project allows women organizations to adopt innovative management practices that contribute to their program’s sustainability and to ensure better quality of their services and, through innovative approaches, to conduct networking, advocacy and social monitoring activities that indirectly benefit more than 100 000 people in the country.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased adoption of innovative practices in management, programming, and women civil society organizations’ sustainability in Senegal, especially those representing vulnerable or marginalised women and girls; (2) better delivery of quality services by women organizations to advance gender equality in Senegal through innovative approaches; (3) increased advocacy efficiency of platforms, networks and groups defending and promoting women’s rights in order to better influence and participate in the elaboration, amendment and implementation of gender-specific legislation and policies in Senegal.

Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2024) include: (1) provided to 20 organizations and 5 women's rights networks financial support. Also supported 19 organizations to integrate best management and governance practices; (2) 100% of the organizations supported improved their capacity and financial resilience. This resulted from the project technical support aimed at updating their resource mobilization strategies and implementing their work plans. Between 2023 and 2024, 11 partner organizations increased their funding from 5% to 220% during this period; (3) 100% of VLF-Senegal partner organizations reported an increase in the reach of their services through innovative approaches in order to advancing women and girls rights and gender equality in Senegal; and (4) 100% of CSO/F networks reported improved effectiveness in promoting and defending women and girls rights and gender equality through the development, amendment and implementation of gender-sensitive laws and policies.

• Proactive disclosure