International Development Grant

Renforcement des services et des systèmes de réponse à la violence basée sur le genre à Cabo Delgado

Project Number: CA-3-P010501001

Status: Closed

Country/Region:

Mozambique 100.00%

Maximum Contribution: $1,000,000.00

Start Date: March 08, 2022

End Date: December 31, 2023

Duration: 1.8 years

Project Description

This project increases support for women and girls’ rights and protection from gender-based violence (GBV) in selected districts of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It does this by strengthening the GBV response from multiple sectors and enhancing community systems that support women and girls’ rights including through preventing GBV and other harmful practices. Project activities include: (1) training and monitoring teams from multiple sectors (for example healthcare workers and school gender focal points/contacts) at provincial and district levels on GBV case management; (2) supporting the Cabo Delgado GBV development partner coordination group in their humanitarian and development interventions; (3) creating safe spaces for women and girls that provide mentoring and life-skills lessons vocational training and start-up kits for income generation in four target districts; and (4) supporting women’s associations and organizations of persons with disabilities to improve their GBV case management capacity. The project focuses on reaching vulnerable groups with GBV services and referrals. These vulnerable groups include women and girls and people living with disabilities and albinism.

Expected Results

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened GBV response from multiple sectors in selected districts of Cabo Delgado province; and (2) enhanced community systems in selected districts of Cabo Delgado that support women's and girls’ rights especially those living with disabilities by preventing and providing protection against GBV.

Progress & Results Achieved

Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2023) include: (1) rehabilitation of Cabo Del Gado’s Chiure “One Stop Center” for survivors of gender-based violence in collaboration with the Provincial directorate of gender children and social action providing a strengthened response to gender-based violence in Cabo Del Gado; (2) strengthened frontline services by training 11 police officers 13 community leaders and 6 gender club focal points on responding to gender-based violence; (3) provided targeted awareness raising on prevention of gender-based violence prevention and response with 40 208 individuals (including 31 656 women and girls and 8 552 men); (4) provided group psychosocial support sessions to 5 793 individuals (4 373 women and girls) to prevent depression and other mental health challenges; (5) provided women and girls safe spaces to 22 163 women and girls to foster social connections. In addition the project provided targeted economic empowerment support to 3 033 women and girls to enhance their financial independence well-being and autonomy.

Key Information

Executing Agency:
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada

Program:
WGM Africa

Last Modified:
September 19, 2025

Development Classifications

DAC Sector:

Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution 100%

Aid Type: Project-type interventions

Collaboration: Bilateral

Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation

Selection Mechanism:
Department-Initiated

Policy Markers
Level 2 Gender equality
Level 2 Participatory development and good governance
Major Funding (>$1M)
Budget Breakdown
2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31 $1,000,000 CAD
Geographic Information
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Project Number: CA-3-P010501001