Strengthening women's organizations in the Gran Chaco Americano to defend their rights

This amendment provides ProYungas, Centro de Estudios Regionales de Tarija Pueblos del Chaco (CERDET) in Bolivia, and Grupo Sunu de Accin Intercultural (Sunu) an additional 18 months and $275,000 to support the Colectivo de Mujeres del Chaco Americano (Colectivo), a grouping of approximately 100 Indigenous and creole women's grassroots organizations located in the Gran Chaco.

The amendment will promote greater peer-to-peer learning among women members and their organizations across the region, further engagement with other actors to raise awareness and fund solutions to community priorities, and increase the number of grassroots strategic investments that respond to priorities such as food security, access to basic services, digital connectivity, and women's rights.

ProYungas will also support the Colectivo in training and building the leadership capacity of the next generation of young women leaders. ProYungas, CERDET and Sunu aremobilizing an additional $222,732 in counterpart resources to the grant agreement.