Plan International Canada Inc

Published purpose

This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding, strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements, as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to LBTQI+ communities, women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists. This project is implemented by Plan International Canada and Plan International Ghana. It aims to support up to 24 small- and medium-sized local women's rights organizations to deliver services to advance gender equality and better advocate for changes in policies and legislation that negatively impact women and their rights. Also, up to 65 local women's rights organizations benefit from smaller grants designed to support innovative approaches creating lasting contributions for women and girls and respond to emerging issues. This includes challenging harmful and discriminatory practices and social norms in Ghana. Also, the project is also supporting 2 national women's rights networks, WiLDAF and NETRIGHT, to enhance their collective voice to advocate for Ghanaian women's and girls' rights and ensure the sustainability of the women's movement in Ghana. The COVID-19 response reduces the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of the poorest and most marginalized women and girls in Ghana.