International Development Grant
Realizing Gender Equality Attitudinal Change & Transformative Systems in Nutrition
Project Number: CA-3-P011791001
Status: Operational
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Maximum Contribution: $41,000,000.00
Start Date: May 25, 2023
End Date: December 31, 2029
Duration: 6.6 years
Project Description
The project aims to improve nutrition nutrition-related rights and gender equality for the poorest and most marginalized especially women adolescent girls and children in Bangladesh (Thakugaron district) Kenya (Elgeyo Marakwet County) Somalia (Baidoa district) and Tanzania (Meatu and Maswa districts of Simiyu Region). In all four countries women adolescent girls and children represent a disproportionate number impacted by malnutrition due to various biological and socio-cultural factors including poverty gender inequality and community norms. The project will reach 3 878 013 individuals of which 1 363 380 are direct and 2 514 633 are indirect. World Vision and its partners will implement integrated multi-sectoral evidence-based interventions to address gender inequalities and the key determinants of nutrition and sexual reproductive health in underserved rural areas at the household community and health systems levels. World Vision partners with Nutrition International HarvestPlus and McGill University to provide expertise in nutrition food systems health and program evaluation and a range of local governmental and non-governmental stakeholders who also informed the design of the project. Project activities include: (1) producing locally appropriate bio-fortified staple crops and food value chains scaled up and sustained through gender-equitable and responsive approaches; (2) supporting households schools and health care facilities to increase gender-equitable access sustainable safe drinking water and improved sanitation fa.cilities; (3) equipping health facilities with essential equipment and supplies for gender-equitable and responsive nutrition health and sexual and reproductive health and rights services; (4) equipping young women with the ability to promote decision-making control household resources and reduce sexual and gender-based violence; (5) facilitating the distribution of ready-to-use therapeutic food Iron Folic Acid a
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved adoption of gender-equitable practices in nutrition health and sexual reproductive health and rights at individual household and community levels; (2) strengthened delivery of gender-equitable and responsive nutrition health and sexual reproductive health and rights services for the poorest and the most marginalized women adolescent girls and children; and (3) improved effectiveness of local stakeholders in target countries and Canada on gender equitable local and international nutrition-specific and sexual and reproductive health and rights activities advocacy and policy dialogue.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 31 2025 include: 1) Percentage of children 6 months to 23 months of age with minimum dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency: Bangladesh showed marked improvements from 25.7% to 59% (total 3958: 1975 female and 1983 male); in Somalia the percentage rose from 0% to 22% (total 18094: 9048 female and 9046 male); in Kenya there were declines from 24% to 18% (total 2866: 1462 female and 1404 male) attributed to 2024-25 data collection in February the lean season when little food is available; while in Tanzania there were declines from 9.3% to 7% (total 1470: 792 female 678 male). The low levels reflected continued challenges in dietary diversity particularly for non-breastfed children while the decline itself of just over 2% was attributed to sampling error 2) Number of antenatal visits that mothers are attending with babies under 6 months: In Kenya significant progress has been over the first 2 years of the project – from 49.1% of mothers attending at least 4 sessions to 59% (10 866 mothers); in Bangladesh some progress has been in the number of antenatal visits that mothers are attending reflected in an increase of 40.6% to 43.2% (1581 mothers); it is too early to report results in Somalia and Tanzania for this indicator 3) Usage of modern methods of contraception: Tanzania reported a major increase from 25.6% to 45% (23 850 total) over the first 2 years of the project while Bangladesh made progress from 74.4 to 77.9% (57 273 total) and Somalia from 1% to 3% (320 total). Usage in Kenya dropped from 55.9% to 41% (53 838 total) 3) Promotion of gender equitable and responsive nutrition health and SRHR services: Somalia met its target in that all 5 health facilities in targeted areas were promoting gender equitable and responsive nutrition health and SRHR services; Tanzania’s target was 20% of health facilities and the number achieved actually decreased very slightly to 13 or about 18% of health facilities; it is too early t
Key Information
Executing Agency:
World Vision Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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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