International Development Grant
Women's Voice and Leadership - Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - South Sudan
Project Number: CA-3-P001980002
Status: Terminating
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $149,600.00
Start Date: July 15, 2020
End Date: March 31, 2021
Duration: 1.0 years
Project Description
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the project is supporting women’s rights organizations (WROs) to combat the harmful effects that the pandemic response is having on women’s rights in South Sudan including sexual and gender-based violence. This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting their activities building institutional capacity and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world. The project is implemented by CARE Canada who is supporting an estimated 15 women’s rights organizations in South Sudan to pursue their agendas and priorities. The organizations are working across the former states of Jonglei Central Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved management and sustainability of local women’s rights organizations in South Sudan particularly those representing vulnerable and marginalized women and girls; (2) enhanced performance of women’s rights organizations’ programming and advocacy to advance gender equality and empower women and girls; and (3) increased effectiveness of national and sub-national women’s rights platforms networks and alliances to affect gender-sensitive policy change and policy implementation in South Sudan.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2021 include: (1) provided reliable multi-year funding to 16 Women-led Organizations (WLOs) to pursue their own agendas and priorities; (2) supported the development of capacity building plans tailored to the needs and priorities of the 16 WLOs with training and mentoring provided in financial management governance prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation human resources advocacy media communications resource mobilization proposal development and project management; (3) supported five WLOs in producing strategic plans and budgets that align with the priority needs of marginalized women and girls; (4) supported seven WLOs to develop resource mobilization strategies and successfully diversify their income sources; (5) provided Rapid Response Fund grants to an additional 16 WLOs to respond to the gendered impacts of COVID-19 and other urgent women’s rights issues; and (6) supported three women’s networks in launching multi-stakeholder advocacy platforms on gender equality issues such as a new policy to end child marriage the National Action Plan 1325 on Women Peace and Security COVID-19 sexual and gender-based violence the constitutional commitment to 35% women representation across all levels of government and WLO access to funding and participation in decision-making for humanitarian response. This has helped to improve the management capacity of the 16 partner WLOs as well as their capacity to undertake programming and advocacy to advance gender equality. It has also increased the effectiveness of the three women’s networks to affect gender-sensitive policy change and policy implementation in South Sudan. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the project has supported 9 WLOs in combatting the harmful effects of the pandemic on women’s and girls’ rights in South Sudan including sexual and gender-based violence.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
CARE Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
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:
Department-Initiated