International Development Grant
Global Advocacy Initiative Prioritizing Girls’ and Women’s Health Rights and Well-Being
Project Number: CA-3-D002506001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $1,000,000.00
Start Date: February 17, 2016
End Date: December 31, 2017
Duration: 1.9 years
Project Description
This project aims to implement a global advocacy initiative to highlight and prioritize girls’ and women’s health rights and well-being with a particular focus on maternal newborn and adolescent health nutrition and family planning. Project activities include support to: (1) organizing the Girl Power in Play Symposium (Ottawa June 18-19 2015); (2) organizing the 2016 Women Deliver Conference which is the world’s largest global convening to focus on the health rights and well-being of girls and women; and (3) organizing a thematic meeting on nutrition; and 4) country-level consultations on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) new voices and champions build momentum and support for the health rights and well-being of girls and women especially maternal and newborn health adolescent health and family planning; (2) new global and country-level narratives on making progress on the health rights and well-being of girls and women especially maternal and newborn health adolescent health and family planning under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and (3) global initiatives and allied sectors prioritize health rights and well-being of girls and women especially maternal and newborn health adolescent health and family planning in the implementation of the SDGs.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2017) include: 1) the participation of almost 6 000 people from 169 countries including 2 500 organizations 1 200 youth 85 parliamentarians and 500 journalists to the 2016 Women Deliver Conference which was the largest gathering on girls’ and women’s health rights and well-being in more than a decade; 2) increased global awareness of how girls and women are transformative drivers of development by providing evidence communication and advocacy tools knowledge and strategies to make progress on investments which increase the health rights and well-being of girls and women.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Women Deliver
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:
Unsolicited Proposal