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 Partner CLE Prepares for Second Cohort of Social Enterprise Fellowship for Women in Haiti
Twenty-five women graduated from the first cohort of the Centre Haitien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE)'s Fanm Angaje in 2022. After the success of the program's initial offering, the centre...
Reports
ReportsA key component of the Engage program is the priority placed on creating a co-learning environment whereby the partner organizations have ongoing opportunities to share their expertise, learn...
Kitchen Table Talks
Kitchen Table TalksIf you have come to Nova Scotia, you will notice that we often do a lot of our talking and decision-making informally at our kitchen tables. The Antigonish Movement was organized...