How FIT SMOs and Partners Advanced Gender Equality Through Innovation
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The fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT) is designed to support Canadian small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs) testing innovative solutions that advance gender equality in the Global South. FIT's goal is to cultivate a working environment in which SMOs are empowered to experiment, fail, adapt, and try again.
Sam and Mary*, a husband and wife from the Gourma province of Burkina Faso, were struggling to provide the basics for their family. Years of drought had exacerbated poverty in the region, putting extreme pressure on families like theirs. The couple found themselves fighting with each other nearly every day over debt, school fees and their…
Organization : World Neighbours Society Canada
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This innovative solution used a Design Thinking methodology to engage and encourage collaboration among groups of marginalized women,…
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This innovative solution tested technology-supported access to gender-sensitive, self-paced, digital learning materials to the most vulnerable…
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Alitus Femina is working to reduce Sexually Transmitted Grades (STGs) – sex in exchange for positive grades – a practice that…
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