Project profile — Women’s Voice and Leadership - Middle East

• Jordan (100.00%)

• Democratic participation and civil society:
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (25.00%)
Human rights (15160) (25.00%)
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (50.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• 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)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (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. This program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks 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 significant gap in funding and support for women’s rights organizations and movements worldwide. The project helps address the challenges facing women’s rights organizations in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq by strengthening their organizational capacity through training and mentoring, providing multi-year core funding, flexible short-term funding for nascent organizations and creating opportunities for the feminist movement to thrive in the three countries.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved management, programming and sustainability of local women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, particularly those representing vulnerable and marginalised women and girls; (2) enhanced delivery of quality and inclusive services and advocacy by WROs to advance gender equality in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq; and (3) increased effectiveness of women’s rights platforms, networks and alliances to fully exercise their civic rights and affect gender-sensitive policy change and implementation in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon implemented improved policies and practices, including a complaint and feedback mechanism, safeguarding policies, risk assessment matrices, and feminist monitoring, evaluation, audit and learning tools; (2) WROs in Lebanon used partnerships to drive policy change and promote gender equality, supporting campaigns and securing grants for political participation projects; and (3) WROs in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon reached over 8,000 beneficiaries through legal counselling, gender-based violence response, community outreach, and awareness campaigns. For example, in Lebanon, a WRO conducted cyber security sessions and supported survivors of online GBV. In Iraq, WROs provided legal and psychosocial support to over 2,600 individuals and initiated a study on women's economic empowerment. Also, in Jordan, WROs educated agricultural workers and trained community champions.

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• Women’s Voice and Leadership in the Middle East
• Women's Voice and Leadership in the Middle East