Oxfam America
For Support Of A Regional Strategy Review And Planning Process For Oxfam West Africa
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Amount$70,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/17/2019
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Through this grant, Oxfam America will provide financial support to Oxfam West Africa to undertake a review of its 2015-2019 strategy and to develop a new regional strategy for 2020 and beyond. The strategy review and refresh process will include a series of workshops convening people from within Oxfam affiliates, as well as a wide range of civil society organizations and other external stakeholders from across the West Africa region whose perspectives will help ensure that Oxfam's work remains relevant to the changing environment and responsive to their needs.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.oxfamamerica.org
Address
77 North Washington Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program
Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. This grant to Oxfam America will support Oxfam’s implementation of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and support opportunities for influencing unpaid care and domestic work in regional and global spaces. The WE-Care program works to increase women’s and girls’ time and choice to participate in economic, political, and social life by transforming how unpaid care and domestic work is valued, shared, and invested in through supporting civil society and women’s rights organizations, educating men and boys and religious and cultural leaders, and conducting policy influencing. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for citizen participation and accountability in public financial management in Burkina Faso
Through this grant, Oxfam America and Oxfam Spain will support Oxfam Burkina Faso to strengthen the participation of women, men, youth, and local civil society and civic groups in the management of public finances. Oxfam Burkina Faso and its local partners will provide relevant information, technical support, and mechanisms for citizens to provide input and track the use of local development mining funds in several municipalities. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for the development and implementation of an advocacy strategy on unpaid care and domestic work
Oxfam is a global movement of people creating lasting solutions to the social injustice of poverty and inequality. This grant to Oxfam America will support the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) program. WE-Care is Oxfam’s flagship initiative to increase women’s and girls’ time and choice to participate in social, economic, and political life by transforming how unpaid care and domestic work is valued, shared, and invested in. This grant will support advocacy for unpaid care and domestic work and undertake a collaborative co-creation process to design the next phase of the WE-Care program globally, regionally, and nationally in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
