FUND PROJECTS

The Fund promotes action-research initiatives aimed at generating evidence, strengthening public policy, and fostering care systems that are more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable in Latin America and the Caribbean. It currently funds 10 initiatives across 8 countries in the region, which contribute to developing innovative solutions to the challenges surrounding care.

PROJECT: Time for women: from the local to transformative policies. Evaluation of childcare experiences in Río Grande, Argentina

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  Gender and Community Development Secretariat, Municipality of Río Grande 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Latin American Group for Justice and Gender (ELA) 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:   Latin American Group for Justice and Gender (ELA) 

PROJECT: Community co-responsibility for the redistribution of Care:
Participatory diagnosis and co-design for the “Chile Cuida” Community Care Centers 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER: Undersecretariat of Social Services, Ministry of Social Development and Family 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:   Kuidadores CAM Foundation | Yo Cuido Association – Metropolitan Region 

PROJECT: Weaving care - Contributions to the development of the ethnic chapter of Colombia’s National Care System:
Recognizing, redistributing, reducing, rewarding, and representing the care work of indigenous, afro-colombian, raizal, and palenquera women

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  Ministry of Equality and Equity 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Simón Bolívar University 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:   Women of the Ethnic Commission for Peace and the Defense of Territorial Rights 

PROJECT: For a comprehensive support strategy for households benefiting from the Contigo Program:
Evaluation and action for change in Metropolitan Lima and La Libertad, Peru

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  CONTIGO Program of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Society and Disability (SODIS) 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:  Yo Cuido Perú 

PROJECT: Caring with dignity:
Towards an integrated home care system for older adults in the Dominican Republic

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER: Consejo Nacional de la Persona Envejeciente (CONAPE) 

RESEARCH PARTNER: Instituto de Estudios de Género y Familia de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:  Federación Nacional de Mujeres Trabajadoras (FENAMUTRA) - UNI Américas 

PROJECT: Socio-educational inclusion scholarship program in Uruguay: Evaluating the triple dividend of investment in childcare.

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER: National Directorate of Care, Ministry of Social Development (MIDES). 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies, Uruguay (CIEDUR) 

CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNER:  Red Pro Cuidados and UN Women 

PROJECT: Pilot program to strengthen organizations leading community care initiatives in peri-urban areas of Cartagena, Colombia 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  Ministry of Equality and Equity of the Government of Colombia 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Oxfam Colombia and Funsarep 

PROJECT: Promoting gender justice in care for older people in poor Brazilian communities 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance, Food Security and Citizenship, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Cuidadosa Association 

PROJECT: Care Environments in Jalisco: Design and Pilot of a Territorial Model to Support Caregivers 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  Secretariat for Substantive Equality between Women and Men (SISEMH), Government of the State of Jalisco 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Descifra Investigación Estratégica Social Política y de Mercado, S.C. (Demoskópica México) 

PROJECT: Personal Assistants Program in Uruguay: A Commitment to  Gender Equality? 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:  National Directorate of Care, Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) 

RESEARCH PARTNER:  Interdisciplinary Centre for Development Studies - Uruguay (CIEDUR)