Settlement and Inclusion

To help reduce the factors that contribute to high-risk irregular migration and to facilitate the return and sustainable reintegration of women and girls in their country of origin, Canada will support activities as part of a $10 million initiative in Central America over the next four years. The initiative aims to improve the living conditions and protection of approximately 5,000 women and girls affected by irregular migration and forced displacement in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, and will build the capacities of about 1,000 government officials, local authorities, civil society organizations members, and businesses. The initiative will indirectly benefit an additional 6,000 people from prioritized communities affected by irregular migration and forced displacement.

This commitment will: 1) Improve gender-responsive approaches to policy-making on the situation and needs of vulnerable migrant and refugee women and girls; 2) Improve gender-specific, multi-sectoral protection services for vulnerable women and girls in the context of human mobility; and 3) Increase the economic autonomy of women on the move, particularly women heads of households, with opportunities that meet their specific needs and circumstances. Canada will work to implement this pledge through the International Organization for Migration and in partnership with the United Nations Refugee Agency.