International Development Grant
Rapid Deployment of Gender Experts to Secure Accountability for Sexual Gender- Based Crimes
Project Number: CA-3-D004671001
Status: Terminating
Country/Region:
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $10,289,966.00
Start Date: March 31, 2017
End Date: March 31, 2023
Duration: 6.0 years
Project Description
This project aims to increase the capacity of international organizations and transitional justice mechanisms to investigate and prosecute sexual and gender-based violence crimes committed during conflicts by deploying gender-based violence experts to justice and accountability mechanisms around the world. The project also works to provide up to fifteen deployments in response to urgent requests for expertise to support accountability for conflict related sexual and gender-based crimes.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) adopting and implementing women peace and security commitments and accountability frameworks in conflict and post-conflict situations; and (2) providing support to national and regional implementation and monitoring of WPS and related commitments so that Member States are more accountable.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2021 include: (1) deployed 58 experts to missions supporting justice and accountability in relation to international crimes sexual and gender-based violence and serious human rights violations in 14 countries around the world; (2) documented crimes including horrific sexual and gender-based violence crimes committed in Syria and Yemen; (3) ensured survivors of SGBV encounter professional investigators who uphold the principle of do no harm and know how to overcome the challenges specific to sexual violence investigations; (4) ensured SGBV is documented so that perpetrators can one day be held to account and survivors can access justice an essential building block of peaceful and inclusive societies; (5) provided support so that UN Women responds to urgent requests for specialized investigators in countries where conflict is ongoing and support is needed most; and (6) provided support so that UN Women continues to uphold the commitment of the Secretary-General to provide every UN-mandated commission of inquiry with a gender expert and meets its targets in the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UN Women
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