Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is Canada’s lead agency for international development assistance. It has a mandate to support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cidaweb/acdicida.nsf/En/Home

 

Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) is a coalition of Canadian voluntary sector organizations working globally to achieve sustainable human development. The CCIC seeks to end global poverty, and to promote social justice and human dignity for all.  The ‘Who’s Who’ section is a comprehensive directory that provides links to non-profits in Canada that are working on Gender issues.

http://www.ccic.ca/e/home/index.shtml

 

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international, multi-generational, feminist, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. A network of women and men around the world, AWID members are researchers, academics, students, educators, activists, business people, policy-makers, development practitioners, funders, and more.

http://www.awid.org/eng

 

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. In February 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched his campaign, “UNite to End Violence against Women,” a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls in all parts of the world. Stretching from 2008 to 2015, the campaign calls on governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media and the entire UN system to join forces in addressing the global pandemic of violence against women and girls.

http://www.unifem.org/
http://www.un.org/women/endviolence/

 

Global Fund for Women provides grants to support women’s human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as women’s economic independence, increasing girls’ access to education and stopping violence against women.

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/

 

Women’s Funding Network promotes recognition of the essential role of women's funds, women, and girls in influencing philanthropic, economic, and social systems' work to foster equity. This network also tests and shares strategic grant-making models by and for women and girls, and works to increase the assets of its member funding agencies.

http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/