18 new projects promoting women’s empowerment, supported by the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation
Meeting on May 26, 2021, the Executive Committee of the RAJA-Danièle Marcovici Foundation resolved to support 18 new projects aimed at improving the living conditions of women, in France and worldwide, representing a total commitment of €267,000 in 2021.
18 June 2021
Discover the 18 new projects supported by the Foundation across its four areas of intervention:
Women’s Rights and Combating Violence:
- François-Xavier Bagnoud: Curbing gender-based violence in informal settlements (Namibia)
- En avant toute(s): Support for strengthening the www.commentonsaime.fr chat service — a written listening and support channel for victims of sexist and sexual violence (France)
- Luoga Béziers: Guitoune (France)
- BATIK International: Hy Vong (Vietnam)
- Comité pour la santé des exilés (Comede): Resource center and multidisciplinary support for migrant women living in precarity (France)
Education and Social Action:
- Planète Enfants & Développement: Support for schooling of vulnerable girls in Nepal (Nepal)
- ATIA: Empowerment of women living in disadvantaged neighborhoods of Jaipur (India)
- Agir pour la santé des femmes (ADSF): Expansion of ADSF’s mobile teams in Lille (France)
- Futur au Présent: Support for women in detention to ensure respect for their fundamental rights (Senegal)
Training and Professional Integration:
- EMANIK: Talentos para la Vida – Talents for Life (Peru)
- GRDR Migration, Citoyenneté, Développement: Les mamas de Grigny (France)
- L’Académie des Ruches: Kick-off – Women and Diversity (France)
Environmental Protection and Climate Change Action:
- LAAFI: Training rural women in beekeeping and preserving local biodiversity through bee activity (Burkina Faso)
- Chaussettes Solidaires: Supporting the economic inclusion of women facing precarity through garment production using fabric scraps and recovered socks (France)
- SOL: Promoting the integration of women from non-agricultural backgrounds into organic farming activities (France)
- Association Humanitaire Pour l’Afrique (AHPA): Providing support to women farmers in processing surplus tomato harvests into preserves and juice (Benin)
- D’Antilles et D’Ailleurs: Supporting professional reintegration of women in prostitution through the manufacture of sanitary pads and reusable diapers (Martinique)
- Envol Vert: Revitalizing and feminizing wheat and honey agricultural sectors while applying agroecological practices (Colombia)
