International Development Grant
Elsie Initiative Fund For Women in UN Peace Operations
Project Number: CA-3-P007462001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $17,500,000.00
Start Date: March 26, 2019
End Date: March 31, 2024
Duration: 5.0 years
Project Description
The project aims to support and incentivize efforts to increase the meaningful participation of uniformed women in United Nations (UN) peace operations. The project seeks to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations Security Council’s declared target of doubling the rate of women’s participation within police and military contingents by 2020 compared to 2015 as well as supporting targets to increase the proportion of women serving as military observers staff officers and individual police officers.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased meaningful participation of uniformed women in UN peace operations; (2) increased use of policies and practices by Troop and Police Contributing Countries and UN organizations to increase meaningful participation of uniformed women to UN peace operations; and (3) expanded country-specific knowledge of barriers to deployment of uniformed women.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of December 2021 include: (1) encouraged the deployment of two gender-strong FPUs by Senegal. This resulted in an increase in the deployment of women in these units and the deployment of the first women Formed Police Units (FPU) commander from Senegal; (2) launched recruitment and training activities aimed at recruiting 3 150 women to deploy to UN missions in five military and police institutions in Senegal Niger and Togo and to established a pool of 740 trained women; (3) approved funding to 12 military and police institutions in seven countries to conduct barrier assessments using the Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations methodology; and (4) approved funding for the construction of infrastructure including accommodations for women personnel and a child care facility in Bangladesh Jordan Senegal Togo and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office
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:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs