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#CECIforGenderEquality

CECI is an international cooperation organization with a mission to combat poverty and exclusion through sustainable development projects in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Since 1958, CECI has helped improve the lives of over 30 million people across some 40 countries.

COVID-19 will cause 47 million women and girls to slip into extreme poverty by 2021.

Source : UN Women
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One out of every three women will be the victim of sexual aggression in her lifetime.

Source : UN Women
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247 million women live on less than $2 per day.

Source : UN Women
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Women earn 20% less than men.

Source : International Labor Organization
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Women and girls represent 60% of all 800 million undernourished people worldwide.

Source : World Hunger Education Service
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CECI’S ACTIONS

Gender equality, the empowerment of women and a commitment to fighting all forms of gender-based discrimination are the cornerstones of our approach to fair and sustainable development, and to an efficient fight against poverty and exclusion.

Guatemala

Testimony of Anne-Marie Cadieux

In Guatemala, CECI is focusing on women’s leadership, especially indigenous women’s, in green economic development projects. Including women in decision-making bodies and supporting the creation of jobs for over 100,000 women living in Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán region: a great step forward with #CECIforGenderEquality.

Rwanda

Testimony of Kim Nguyen

In Rwanda, in Burundi and in the DRC, three countries scarred by years of armed conflicts, CECI is working with the communities, the civil society and the authorities to put an end to sexual violence against women and girls. Protecting the physical and moral integrity of over 10,000 women victims of violence in Africa: a great step forward with #CECIforGenderEquality.

Mali

Testimony of Chantal Lamarre

In Mali, CECI considers women as key actors to achieve food security, supporting the reactivation of agricultural production by giving them access to seeds, tools and community gardens. Combatting malnutrition and improving food security while helping 10,000 women in the countryside feed their family adequately: a great step forward with #CECIforGenderEquality.

Nepal

Testimony of Stanley Péan

In Nepal, CECI is ensuring women from all marginalized ethnic backgrounds and casts can participate in decision-making processes, focusing on the use of integrated technologies available for all. Supporting the inclusion of 30,000 women in the local democratic decision-making processes and allowing them to participate: a great step forward with #CECIforGenderEquality.

Guatemala

Anne-Marie Cadieux

Rwanda

Kim Nguyen

Mali

Chantal Lamarre

Nepal

Stanley Péan

OVER TO YOU

You also wish to participate in the construction of a world with more justice and equality, and without discrimination? Here are different ways of expressing your values.

©Frédéric Séguin / CECI

GET INFORMED

Learn more about CECI’s activities around the world and take part in an event near you to meet actors of change who fight daily for a more equal world.

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GET INVOLVED

Join a group of engaged women, united in support of female entrepreneurship throughout the world. Develop philanthropic and outreach activities by making the most of your own network.

Become an Ambassador

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CONTRIBUTE

Learn your knowledge and know-how by working closely with our partners in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Find the position that suits your skills within the numerous volunteering opportunities available.

Become a Volunteer

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DONATE

Your donations to CECI help build a world without poverty that is equalitarian and inclusive. They allow us to implement sustainable development projects centred around entrepreneurship, food security, education, health, governance and the fight against gender-based violence.

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