International Development Grant

Accountability for SGBV: Sustaining Momentum to End Impunity

Project Number: CA-3-P010588001

Status: Operational

Country/Region:

Ukraine 5.32%
Myanmar 7.78%

Regional Focus:

Africa 17.38%
America 17.38%
Asia 17.38%
Oceania 17.38%
Europe 17.38%

Maximum Contribution: $9,461,055.00

Start Date: August 13, 2021

End Date: March 31, 2026

Duration: 4.6 years

Project Description

This project supports the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in deploying gender experts to national and international accountability mechanisms and civil society organizations. These experts support the documentation of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and the integration of a gender analysis in accountability processes.

Expected Results

The expected results for this project are: (1) enhanced capacity of national and international accountability mechanisms to address SGBV; (2) gender justice experts created a greater impact on the accountability processes; and (3) strengthened accountability for women's human rights and gender-responsive rule of law and support for transitional justice processes in conflict post-conflict and crisis situations.

Progress & Results Achieved

Results achieved as of March 2022 include deploying 10 experts in the context of missions supporting justice and accountability to international crimes sexual and gender-based violence and serious human rights violations in eight countries worldwide.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
UN Women

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Ending violence against women and girls 100%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs

Policy Markers
Level 2 Gender equality
Major Funding (>$1M)
Budget Breakdown
2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31 $9,461,055 CAD
Geographic Information
699
Reference ID: 433