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
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News and Events
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...
Coady Partner to Launch Climate Schools through Engage Project
SEWA building climate resilience of poor informal sector women workers in IndiaCoady Institute partner Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is examining how climate shocks are affecting...
Engage! Newsletter
NewsletterA key component of the ENGAGE program is learning. The ENGAGE Newsletter feature updates, key lessons, and changes which partners are seeing. It also provides updates and success stories...