Aga Khan Foundation Canada
$10,533,873.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2015-2016
- Agreement period
- March 30, 2016 – June 30, 2021
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:GC-2016-Q4-0006
Published purpose
This project aims to improve women’s economic empowerment by increasing social and economic participation of women in 36 districts of Takhar, Baghlan and Bamiyan provinces of Afghanistan. The project increases awareness to gain support of communities for gender equality by improving the capacity of community and government institutions. Activities include: (1) training women in market-driven vocational skills, business management and entrepreneurship; (2) establishing and training Community Based Savings Groups; (3) holding literacy classes for women and establishing libraries; (4) conducting gender-sensitive governance training for District Governors’ offices; and (5) training employees of the Department of Women’s Affairs in the promotion of women’s empowerment, gender equality and project management.
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This project supports women's economic empowerment in Afghanistan by providing vocational training, savings groups, literacy classes, and gender-sensitive governance training in three provinces.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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