Renewed Women's and Voice Leadership-DRC

This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs) lesbian bisexual transgender queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs LBTQI+ organizations and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to LBTQI+ communities women and girls with disabilities Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened the organizational viability of local WROs and LBTQI+ groups to fulfill their gender equality mandate; (2) increased the programmatic performance and advocacy efforts of women's rights organizations to promote gender equality and empower women girls and gender non-conforming individuals; and (3) enhanced the effectiveness of subnational national regional and global platforms networks and alliances defending women's rights to influence political legal and social changes.