Project profile — Women’s Voice and Leadership – Côte d’Ivoire

• Côte d'Ivoire (100.00%)

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

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

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations 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 CARE Canada, in partnership with CARE Côte d'Ivoire, 12 local women's rights organizations (WRO) and 3 Ivorian networks defending the rights of women and girls in Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, innovation is integrated into all aspects of the project.

The expected results for this project include the following: (1) improved management and sustainability of local women’s rights organizations in Côte d’Ivoire; (2) enhanced performance of women’s rights organizations’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality and empower women and girls; and (3) increased effectiveness of national and sub-national (or regional) women’s rights platforms, networks and alliances to affect policy, legal and social change in Côte d’Ivoire.

Results achieved as of March 2024 : (1) enabled 7 out of 17 organizations to apply 16 good governance and management practices, whereas none did so at the start of the project; (2) equipped all partners with a monitoring and evaluation system; and (3) amended the Marriage act to increase gender equality though advocacy efforts by the organizations supported by the project.

• Proactive disclosure