Supporting Inclusive Grassroots Democracy in Ukraine

This project aims to strengthen Ukraine’s grassroots democratic movement by supporting actors with limited opportunities to grow due to their small size and lack of experience to become more effective diverse and gender sensitive. The project promotes an inclusive and consolidated civic and political process dialogue and consensus building and enhancing women's civic participation especially in the rural regions of Ukraine and advocates for vulnerable or marginalized groups such as LGBTQ2 organizations and activists. 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. Canada’s development partners in Ukraine 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. the beneficiaries scope expected results and geographic location of project activities may have changed from the original description.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened diversity effectiveness gender-sensitiveness and sustainability of local pro-democracy actors; (2) increased inclusive gender-sensitive and consolidated civic and political processes dialogue and consensus building; and (3) strengthened women’s civic and political influence.