International Development Grant
Right to safe abortion
Project Number: CA-3-P010707001
Status: Operational
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $4,850,000.00
Start Date: March 15, 2023
End Date: February 18, 2028
Duration: 4.9 years
Project Description
The project aims to increase women’s and girls’ bodily autonomy by expanding access to information and services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights and to safe abortion care. Ipas DRC will work with government and community partners in the provinces of Nord-Kivu Sud-Kivu Haut Katanga Tanganyika and Kinshasa to translate the enabling legal and policy framework into improved access to quality abortion care. The project aims to improve women’s ability to make safe reproductive choices that support their educational and career goals which makes a significant contribution to greater gender equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This project’s vision is that a multi-sectoral group of stakeholders including organizations working on broader socio-political issues make sexual and reproductive health rights and safe abortion care a gender justice priority. Project activities include: (1) training and supporting over 200 public- and private-sector health care providers (clinics integrated health centres etc.) to provide comprehensive abortion care; (2) supporting 85 health care facilities to offer sexual and reproductive health care including contraception abortion post-abortion care and support in response to gender-based sexual violence; (3) training and supporting 40 community organizations in terms of sexual and reproductive health care; and (4) strengthening the system that refers people to appropriate facilities for abortion and sexual and gender-based violence support and improving community dialogue on women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights and on safe abortion among 24 000 people. The project’s main beneficiaries are women and girls in the provinces of Nord-Kivu Sud-Kivu Haut-Katanga Tanganyika and Kinshasa. As a result of this initiative some 500 000 young people 50% of them women will receive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights and at least 8 000 safe abortion procedures will be provided.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) bodily autonomy for women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo through secure and sustainable access to abortion care; (2) women’s and girls’ improved access to safe women-centred abortion services in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and (3) improved individual autonomy and social norms regarding abortion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) trained a total of 224 providers (131 women and 93 men) in women-centred comprehensive abortion care (WCCAC) gender-based sexual violence (GBSV) care and stigma-free contraception and biomedical waste management; (2) made aware 129 629 young people and community members of SRHR through the implementation of 4 campaigns; (3) 23 facilities integrated safe abortion services into their GBV-response package and continue to offer this integrated service; (4) 85 health facilities provide comprehensive abortion care post-abortion care and contraception; (5) 7 447 women and girls between the ages of 13 and 50 have access to safe abortion services; and (6) trained 259 judicial police officers (27 women and 151 men) in North and South Kivu about the Maputo Protocol.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Ipas
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
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:
Unsolicited Proposal