International Development Grant
Women Peacebuilders’ Network on the Korean Peninsula
Project Number: CA-3-P006532001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $460,689.00
Start Date: August 07, 2018
End Date: July 31, 2019
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
This project seeks to strengthen the active and meaningful participation of women in the peace process on the Korean Peninsula by supporting a collaborative network of women peacebuilders from Northeast Asia and other key stakeholder countries. Project activities include: (1) holding a Northeast Asian regional roundtable with grassroots women’s organizations to discuss shared strategies on the Korean Peninsula peace process; (2) delivering capacity building outreach and training to grassroots women’s organizations on women’s engagement and role in peace processes; (3) forging connections between women’s groups in South Korea North Korea and other key countries working towards peace on the Korean Peninsula; and (4) identifying champions on women’s inclusion in peace processes.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased active and meaningful engagement participation and influence of women contributing to the peace process on the Korean Peninsula; and (2) enhanced expertise and cohesion of women contributing to the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2021) include: (1) increased active and meaningful engagement participation and influence of women contributing to the peace process on the Korean Peninsula. Also 75% of network members indicated an increase in the influence of women peacebuilders on official processes in the Korean Peninsula; and (2) enhanced expertise and cohesion of women contributing to the peace process on the Korean Peninsula. Also 88% of the project recipients reported an increase in knowledge. The Women Peacebuilding Network produced 16 consensus-building recommendations. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic’s challenges the project successfully made significant progress in influencing peace-related policies and increasing women’s participation in peace processes.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br
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:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs