MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL LTD.
$10,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2023-2024
- Agreement period
- June 14, 2023 – March 31, 2027
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P010843001
Published purpose
This project aims to enhance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa and other priority countries. Project activities include: (1) expanding sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to reach the “marginalized last mile”. This includes communities in hard-to-reach settings; adolescent girls aged 15-19; and women living in extreme poverty and those without adequate access to public SRH services; (2) developing, testing and adopting age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education approaches in targeted countries; (3) engaging men and boys to address harmful social and gender norms and to raise other’s awareness regarding SRHR and gender equality; and (4) creating and strengthening partnerships with local women’s rights and other groups representing marginalized identities to advance gender equality and SRHR.
In plain English AI-generated
This project funds sexual and reproductive health services, comprehensive sexuality education, and gender equality initiatives for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa and other priority countries, including outreach to marginalized groups and engagement of men and boys.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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