PACT Inc.Assheton L. Stewart Carter

Published purpose

The project aims to increase the fulfilment of human rights for women and girls, advancing gender equality in Ukraine. The project seeks to build the capacity of 65 women’s rights organizations (WROs) and supports 40 advocacy campaigns through delivering small grants. The project promotes the inclusion of the women’s movement into a broader reform agenda and national development processes by engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, including non-government organizations, local authorities, key decision-makers, media, trade unions and religious organizations. In response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, they adapted certain project activities to address new immediate needs and protect previous development gains. The implementing partner pivoted project activities to respond to the evolving context in several ways, such as providing emergency supplies, equipment and services, mental health support, transportation and accommodation. Project activities include: (1) establishing and strengthening organizational and technical potential capacities of five women’s rights organizations to become inter-regional centers of excellence (hubs); (2) empowering five hubs to cascade down capacity development support to local women’s rights organizations; (3) providing support to 73 local women’s rights organizations within the ‘Superpower for Women’s rights organizations’ program launched by the project; (4) increasing access to funding for the local WROs through various funding mechanisms supporting advocacy campaigns, gender-sensitive research, promotion of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment; and creating issue-based coalitions for supporting human rights.