Canada is donating 100,000 Canadian dollars through its "Women's Voice and Leadership" project to the Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI-Haiti) which will support 13 women's organizations for their awareness-raising activities for prevention purposes Covid-19 and the upsurge in gender-based violence that could ensue.

Canada emphasizes, "Because an effective response is an inclusive response, these new initiatives will bring to the fore the rights of women and girls who are affected differently by this crisis. The 13 selected organizations will deploy their efforts over the next two months over a large part of the national territory, and particularly in the Departments of North, North-East and South "

List of beneficiary organizations :

"Asosyasyon Fanm Karenaj" (AFAK);

Association of University Women of Cap Haitien (AFUCH Nord);

Rasanbleman Fanm Lenbe" (RAFAL);

"Oganizasyon Fanm Kalve Sent Terez";

"Asosyasyon Fanm Pou Devlopman Valyè";

Movement of Women Pole Benefits (MFBP);

Organization of Peasant Women in Mining (OFPM);

"Asosyasyon Fanm Devwe Akilsamdi" (AFDAS);

"Asosyasyon Fanm for Devlopman Fòlibète" (AFDF);

Network of Committed Women of Ouanaminthe (RFEO);

Association of Valiant Women for the Development of Roche-à-Bateau (AFVDRAB);

Alternative of Organized Women of Port-à-Piment (ALTERFORP);

Chamber of Commerce of Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals of the South (CCFEPS).

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