Deadline: 9 March 2015 to 5 April 2015.
UN Women Fund for Gender Equality, 3rd Call for Proposals for women-led Civil Society Organizations (CSO) programmes for women’s economic and political empowerment. Details of the application process and eligibility criteria can be found in the Call for Proposals document, here.
The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) conducts a global, bi-annual grant-making cycle that aims to award grants to programmes that seek to advance women’s economic or political empowerment.
The Fund prioritizes programmes that:
Demonstrate a special emphasis on engaging and partnering with marginalized women,
Illustrate the capacity to achieve tangible impact and results in the lives of women and girls,
Emphasize innovation,
Prioritize participatory approaches.
The Fund will also look at added-value elements such as:
Initiatives to monitor SDG implementation locally,
Innovation and ICT for gender equality,
Evidence-based interventions,
Sustainability,
Engaging men and boys,
The Fund’s grant-making approach is a demand-driven process that mobilizes resources for women, putting money directly into the hands of gender equality advocates who can then negotiate a meaningful gender equality agenda at local, national and regional levels. It is an established mechanism that aims to place women at the centre of the awards and of the policies that affect their lives.
Official Website: http://www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality/grant-making
