Project profile — Empowerment Squared - International Youth Internship Program 2023 to 2028

• Liberia (50.00%)
• Ghana (50.00%)

• Other Multisector: Multisector aid (43010) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant 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 Global Affairs Canada’s International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy. The IYIP aims to provide youth aged 18 to 30, living in Canada, particularly those facing employment barriers, with the opportunity to gain professional experience in international development. This African Youth International Internship seeks to provide international experience to Black youth, non-binary, and other gender youth, with a priority focus on Black women. Empowerment Squared will offer 100 placements of eight months each focusing on gender-empowering educational research and inclusive growth, as well as climate change mitigation, adaptation and environmental research. Through the transformative professional skills development and experience gained while participating in international development internships in the Sub-Saharan African, the project aims to enhance employment rights of the targeted youth.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) provided international experience to Black Canadian women, men, women, non-binary, and other gender youth, with a priority focus on Black women; (2) Black Canadian women, men, and other gendered youth completed this internship feeling positively transformed personally; (3) Black Canadian women, men, and other gendered youth completed this internship with improved skills that are needed for employment or further education; and (4) Black Canadian women, men and other gendered youth represented at least 50% of the interns during each cohort, and the remaining 50% had significant representation of youth from equity-deserving groups.

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