Engage! Women’s Empowerment & Active Citizenship
“Engage” works primarily to support the leadership capacity of informal sector women in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, and Tanzania as they address key issues they are facing through asset-based, feminist approaches. Key areas include:
- the future of work
- participation in community governance
- women’s leadership and feminist approaches
- young women as entrepreneurs and agents of community change
- climate resilience and adaptation
- asset-based approaches to reducing urban and rural poverty through economic development
About the project
Engage is a 6.5 year initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada.
Knowledge & Impact
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Partners
Meet our project partners in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, and Tanzania.
News and Events
‘Engage’ Leaders Convene in Antigonish and Ottawa
The Executive Directors from each of the five Engage partner organizations arrived at Coady Institute in early October. We were thrilled to welcome Tsigie Haile of Women in Self Employment (WISE),...
Tsigie Haile (WISE) receives Katherine Fleming International Development Award
Tsigie Haile, founder of Women in Self Employment (WISE), received the Katherine (Katie) Fleming International Development Award at Coady Institute's StFX Homecoming event. The award is presented...
Event: Conversations with Coady (StFX Homecoming)
Join us as we present the Katherine Fleming International Development Award to Tsigie Haile, founder and director of the Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE), in Ethiopia.Friday, October...






