International Development Grant
Strengthening Political Capacities for Gender-Responsive Governance in the Caribbean
Project Number: CA-3-P011112001
Status: Operational
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Maximum Contribution: $2,500,000.00
Start Date: March 11, 2022
End Date: April 30, 2026
Duration: 4.1 years
Project Description
This project addresses the political structural and legislative barriers to gender equality and women’s empowerment which are both essential to poverty reduction and sustainable development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. The project fosters gender-responsive governance for women and vulnerable populations in 14 Caribbean states. Project activities include: (1) advancing legislative practices for gender mainstreaming; (2) providing curricula and advisory services to women’s organizations; and (3) providing technical support to parliamentary stakeholders related to gender-responsive open parliament practices.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased and more meaningful participation of women in all their diversity in political leadership and decision-making processes in the Caribbean; (2) improved access by women to open and gender-responsive governance structures and decision-making processes in the Caribbean; and (3) increased gender-sensitive actions by Caribbean parliamentarians to address regional issues including sustainable development and climate action.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) provided national-level technical assistance to parliamentary stakeholders in the Bahamas Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia. This support focused on providing information on daycare and lactation facilities in parliament and advocacy for these services; (2) contributed to the adoption of gender mainstreaming practices in national parliaments of Belize Jamaica The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. This includes the creation and formalization of multi-partisan women’s caucuses in these respective parliaments; and (3) delivered 4 multi-stakeholder dialogue sessions on the gender dimensions of regional issues such as migration environmental governance and sustainable development.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
ParlAmericas - Parliamentarians for the Americas
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated