The French Embassy is bolstering its dedication to gender equality in Laos by funding eight modern civil society tasks by way of the Equipe France Fund – Civil Society Organizations (FEF-OSC) program. Ambassador Siv-Leng Chhuor formalized the grant agreements with the chosen Lao organizations at a ceremony held on the Residence of France.
This initiative marks the primary section of the 2024-2025 FEF-OSC program, aligning with France’s steadfast dedication to selling ladies’s rights globally. This system will allocate over half 1,000,000 euros to help roughly 18 tasks centered on gender equality. Since 2010, the French Embassy has financed 71 tasks in Laos, totaling almost EUR 3 million (USD 3.2 million).
The eight chosen tasks, which span six provinces, deal with numerous features of gender equality. These embrace combating gender-based violence, advancing ladies’s financial empowerment, and enhancing entry to training, justice, and tradition.
The Affiliation for the Growth and Promotion of Girls’s Management, represented by Bouakham Sythavong, obtained a grant of LAK 328 million (USD 14,800) to implement a mission aimed toward ending violence in opposition to intercourse staff and enhancing their entry to well being companies in Vientiane Capital.
Inthana Boupphasavanh, representing the Affiliation for the Growth of Girls and Authorized Schooling, signed an settlement for LAK 448 million (USD 20,260). ADWLE’s mission focuses on supporting weak ladies and youngsters in acquiring free well being companies, enhancing responses to gender-based violence (GBV) survivors, and helping ladies in defending their authorized rights by way of the official registration of marriages.
The Affiliation for the Promotion and Preservation of Arts and Literature, represented by Soukphansa Phoouphasouk, obtained LAK 227 million (USD 10,270) to help artists and poets in creating paintings that displays gender equality in Lao society.
Manivone Vorachak, Secretary Normal of the Cooperation for Growth and Assist to Native Data Affiliation secured LAK 500 million (USD 22,600) for a mission in Phongsaly province aimed on the financial empowerment of younger ladies and improved GBV prevention.
Strengthening entrepreneurship and management expertise amongst ladies from ethnic minorities is the first objective of the Basis Aiding Poor Folks of Laos – Xieng Khouang Province Department. Khankham Sayalath, the affiliation’s director, signed the grant settlement for LAK 499 million (USD 22,577).
Soukaseum Bodhisan, President of the Namjai Neighborhood Affiliation from Bokeo Province, signed a grant settlement for LAK 499 million (USD 22,577). This mission goals to supply high quality training to women from ethnic minorities and defend them from violence, together with early marriages.
Sengsavang, represented by Virith Khattignavong, signed a grant settlement for LAK 499 million. Their mission focuses on the sustainable reintegration of survivors and girls liable to human trafficking and home violence in Savannakhet province.
Lastly, Viengpeth Phongchalern from Salavan province represented the Girls’s Growth Fund, receiving LAK 500 million (USD 22,600). This mission focuses on creating a mannequin gender equality village (MGV) and stopping home violence and early marriages.
The choice committee for these tasks included representatives from AFD, GIZ, and UNDP. Grantees could have the chance to use for a second section of funding in early 2025, with the decision for tasks open to new candidates as properly.
