International Development Grant
Improving the Participation of Women Organizations in the Summits of the Americas Process
Project Number: CA-3-P010106001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $800,000.00
Start Date: May 14, 2021
End Date: March 31, 2023
Duration: 1.9 years
Project Description
This project aims to improve the participation of civil society organizations particularly women’s organizations in the Organizations of the American States (OAS) Summit of the Americas process. The project supports the OAS Summits of the Americas Secretariat to improve its capacity to undertake consultations and outreach to women’s organizations (WOs). It also supports WOs so they can enhance their advocacy abilities during the discussion and negotiation of outcome documents commitments and initiatives of the Ninth Summit of the Americas. Project activities include: (1) conducting awareness campaigns via information sessions on the Summits components; (2) conducting capacity-building workshops on various themes such as leadership networking negotiation; (3) providing information sessions on participation mechanisms in the Summits Process; (4) elaborating a position paper in collaboration with the Inter-American Commission on Women on the gender dimensions of the Ninth Summit theme; and (5) holding virtual consultations at the national and regional levels providing an opportunity for WOs to propose concrete gender-sensitive recommendations on the Ninth Summit theme.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened performance on the Summits Process to undertake consultations and outreach to civil society organizations particularly women organizations; and (2) enhanced advocacy and engagement in the Summit of the Americas (SoA) process by local and national women organizations.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) the Organization of American States (OAS) added 73 new women’s organizations to its database increasing the total number to 263; (2) one side event panel organized at the Summit of the Americas that brought more than 100 participants to discuss the advancement of gender equality and democracy in the Americas in which Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister along with her counterparts from the United States and Panama attended as panelists; (3) created 16 testimonial videos to share experiences on the Summit processes with women representatives of the main stakeholders of the Summits process including the Government of Canada international organizations and civil society; (4) selected 15 women’s organizations from the Americas Antigua and Barbuda Brazil Colombia the Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras Mexico Panama Peru Trinidad and Tobago United States of America and Venezuela selected to attend the IX Summit of the Americas; (5) six women’s organizations representatives presented their recommendations on gender equality and diversity on the five thematic pillars of the Summit to high-level government representatives; (6) selected one women’s organization as a speaker to the inaugural ceremony of the IX Summit of the Americas with Head of States highlighting the importance of civil society participation in the Summit of the Americas and the recognition of the rights of women and girls; (7) 146 women’s organizations attended four Summit Talks to discuss gender equality and democracy the influence in the decision-making processes and the development of public policies; (8) held three events facilitating dialogue on priorities at the Summit between women’s organizations and OAS Member States National Summit Coordinators and delegations of participating countries; and (9) held 11 Summit Labs with 397 participants to strengthen the skills of women’s organizations’ representatives in spokespersonship neg
Key Information
Executing Agency:
OAS - Organization of American States
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated