1) Menstrual Equity Fund Pilot to Food Banks Canada
Agreement Value: $27,900,000 from Women and Gender Equality Canada. Agreement Date: Sep 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025.
This pilot project will test the provision of free menstrual products to community organizations serving diverse low-income populations in various locations across Canada and scale up existing education and awareness activities to increase awareness of period poverty and reduce the stigma of menstruation.
Clearly, the Women and Gender Equality Canada department has to go.
2) Grant for LGBTQ activists in Nairobi, KE.
Agreement Value $25,000,000. The purpose of the International Development Assistance Program is supposed to be to reduce poverty. Agreement Date: Dec 10, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Program Purpose: The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.
So why is Canada supporting and promoting LGBTQ activists in Kenya?
Description:This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program, which supports women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and women human rights defenders (HRDs) to enhance enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and to advance gender equality in countries where WVL is implemented and other countries facing crisis and conflict. Project activities include: (1) Delivery of rapid response grants for HRDs and their organizations to meet their security and protection needs in times of crisis and opportunity; (2) Delivery of collective care grants to ensure the well-being of activists; and (3) Designing spaces, in concert with women, trans, and non-binary HRDs, WROs, and LBTQI+ groups that provide HRDs access to share experiences, exchange learnings on collective care, contribute to knowledge leadership and learning, networking, and convening activities to support sustainability in the face of constant, interwoven crises. (Emphasis added)
No comments:
Post a Comment