The Fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 56) will be held from 27 February to 9 March 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The priority theme of the session is the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and . . . → Read More: CSW 56: 27 February to 9 March 2012
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The UN Women has issued a call for proposals under the Fund for Gender Equality to support innovative programmes helping women achieve political and economic empowerment. This year, the Fund has been divided to two phases and the first phase will consider proposals for Arab States region only. . . . → Read More: UN Women: Fund for Gender Equality Call for Proposals 2011-2012 The Coca-Cola Company and UN Women announced a partnership to support and aid economic empowerment of women. . . . → Read More: The Coca-Cola Company and UN Women Form Global Partnership to Accelerate Women’s Economic Empowerment  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Donor Updates  aid, business, economic, empowerment, partnership, program, promote, support, women, world UN Women, formerly known as UNIFEM, is the United Nations agency working for the cause of gender equality and women empowerment in the world. It was established in 2010 by the General Assembly to speed up the implementation of the programs designed for women and girls worldwide. This agency officially became operational on . . . → Read More: UN Women Pakistan seeks proposals for Baseline and Research Study on the Status of Women in that country 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Pakistan empowerment, equality, gender, gender equality, Pakistan, proposals, Proposed Key Activities, research, status, women 9. “Describe how the initiative has facilitated the empowerment of women in its approach to community wellbeing, livelihoods, and environmental conservation. “ It is important that the nominated initiatives promote the equality and empowerment of women. It is not only important for women to be part of the beneficiary community in . . . → Read More: Empowerment of Women: Equator Prize 2012 Comments are closed Equator Prize 2012 area, community, conservation, empowerment, environmental, Equator Prize, initiative, livelihoods, Madagascar, women 10. “Describe how the initiative has facilitated the involvement of indigenous and/or economically marginalized segments of the community in its governance. What specific elements of the initiative promote community empowerment, community co-ownership, and participatory decision-making?” While social inclusion is another important criterion for selection, it is also relevant for the initiative . . . → Read More: Social Inclusion: Equator Prize 2012 Comments are closed Equator Prize 2012 community, community empowerment, empowerment, Equator Prize, governance, indigenous, initiative, planning, promote, sustainability Sourced From: http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/ The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation (ABSF) is a small foundation that offers international grants in two areas: women’s empowerment and disabled mobility solutions. Each year the foundation receives a huge number of letters of inquiry (LOIs) from different organizations across the world. However, due to limited funds, the foundation finds . . . → Read More: The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation invites grant proposals for women empowerment and disabled mobility solutions 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Foundation Funds for NGOs empowerment, grant, grant proposals, proposals, solutions, women Established in 1963, the SNV Netherlands Development Organization is a foundation working for the development and empowerment of poor people across the world. SNV has presence in 32 countries, mostly African countries. In Uganda, SNV started its developmental Programs in 1989. SNV invites proposals from organizations for implementing community empowerment program . . . → Read More: SNV Netherlands Development Organization invites proposals to implement community empowerment program in Uganda 10 comments - (Comments are closed) Uganda community, community empowerment, empowerment, empowerment program, program, proposals, uganda Global Fund for Women’s “Fundraising for Change: A Practical Guide for Women’s Rights Organizations”As resource mobilization remains one of the biggest challenges for women’s organizations, the Global Fund for Women has been not only actively supporting NGOs for women’s empowerment and development, but it has also been providing support to enable organizations reach out to funding sources. At the Fourth World Conference on Women . . . → Read More: Global Fund for Women’s “Fundraising for Change: A Practical Guide for Women’s Rights Organizations” Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Guides cause, empowerment, money, organizations, resource mobilization, rights The Fund for Gender Equality is designed to maximize national ownership, harmonization and alignment, and holistic strategies that will accelerate progress on gender equality in line with National Development Strategies (NDSs) and advance commitments to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Beijing Platform for Action, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All . . . → Read More: Fund for Gender Equality The School for Advanced Research (SAR), a non-profit organization, was established in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1907 as a center for the study of the archaeology and ethnology of the American Southwest. Since 1967, the scope of the School’s activities has embraced a global perspective through programs to encourage advanced scholarship in . . . → Read More: SAR seeks applications for Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations School For Advanced Research, previously known as known as the School of American Research, has announced one six-month Campbell Fellowship for a female social scientist from a developing nation, either a PhD candidate or post-doctoral scholar, whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. Purpose: The goal of . . . → Read More: School for Advanced Research announces Campbell Fellowship for a female social scientist from a developing nation Comments are closed Fellowships applicants, citizenship applicants, doctoral scholar, education, empowerment, gender inequity, social empowerment, work Times of India Group in partnership with J.P. Morgan have announced the Social Impact Awards and invites applications and nominations for these awards. The awards are being organized by Bennett Coleman & Company Limited (BCCL). These awards aim at honoring and popularizing the activities of thousands of people who are not satisfied with . . . → Read More: Times of India invites nominations for Social Impact Awards 2 comments - (Comments are closed) India amp company, education, empowerment, impact, impact awards, state, work EU’s Youth Empowerment program in cooperation with the South Africa’s Department for Arts and Culture (DAC) seeks grant proposals aimed at YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE. The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to create opportunities for youth empowerment in the sector of culture, to include youth as . . . → Read More: Call for Proposals: EU grant opportunity for youth empowerment through arts and culture in South Africa One comment - (Comments are closed) South Africa call, development, empowerment, global objective, Millennium Development Goals, objective, target group, training The Joint Gender Fund (JGF) has announced a specific call for expression of interest from organisations seeking funding for innovative and comprehensive initiatives and researches aimed at improving the strategic impact and effectiveness of donors to address gender based violence and how it relates to HIV & AIDS and socio-economic empowerment in South . . . → Read More: The Joint Gender Fund seeks expressions of interest from organizations seeking funding for HIV prevention models and research One comment - (Comments are closed) South Africa economic empowerment, empowerment, expressions of interest, funding, GBV, grant, hiv prevention, violence UN Women Singapore and MasterCard have started a joint initiative called “PROJECT INSPIRE: 5 Minutes to Change the World” to help you create a better world of opportunities for women and girls in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The initiative is inviting submissions of life-changing ideas on how to make . . . → Read More: UN Women’s Project Inspire seeking Life-changing Idea 70 comments - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs change, education, empowerment, financial literacy, reality, women The Foundation for the Future’s grant program provides funding support to foster the growth of civil society, specifically in the Foundation’s program priorities of rule of law, independent media, empowerment of women, civic education and engagement of youth. Civil society organizations, NGOs, academic insitutions, professional associaitons implementing programs in broader Middle . . . → Read More: Foundation for the Future accepting concept papers for the next round of new grants 10 comments - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs civil society organizations, concept, empowerment, future, law, program priorities, support, united arab emirates The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to strengthen and support the role of Afghan civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform. The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are: i) The pursuit of common agendas for human rights and democratic reform activities to promote women’s . . . → Read More: EU’s Open Call for Proposals for Strengthening Civil Society in promoting human rights & democracy in Afghanistan 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Afghanistan Auto, Draft, empowerment, global objective, international humanitarian law, objective, Open, other useful resources, Strengthening, violence Application Deadline: May 30, 2010 3rd International Youth Training Dec 2010 – Jan 2011 Dakar, Senegal Mobilizing Youth on Public Policy Monitoring: Accountability for Economic and Social Rights The Young Women’s Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI) is one of the 3 Flagship programs of AWOMI. The other flagship programs are the African Women . . . → Read More: Call for Applications: Young Women Knowledge and Leadership Institute (YOWLI) Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Africa, empowerment, feminist, Knowledge, leadership, young women, youths Objective and Overview The Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls seeks to find and bring to scale the most pioneering approaches to the political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls around the globe. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is part of the State Department’s continuing . . . → Read More: Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs award, empowerment, girls, innovation, Rockefeller Foundation, US State Department, women How to Prepare Concept Papers Concept papers are due by June 21, 2010, to (email given in source link below). The concept paper should be a short, informal proposal that should not exceed five (5) double-spaced pages. It should describe a potential solution to challenge(s) facing women and girls, including, but not limited . . . → Read More: Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers -2 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs awards, concept notes, empowerment, girls, US State Department, women The Information Program is an initiative of the Open Society Institute (OSI) established “to increase public access to knowledge, facilitate civil society communication and protect civil liberties and the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.” It is focused upon enhancing the information access of the disadvantaged people in less developed countries and . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs access, civil society, developing countries, digital, empowerment, expression, freedom, information program, OSI, poor Access to Knowledge Under the Access to Knowledge, the focus areas are Intellectual Property Reform, Open Access Initiative, Open Educational Resources, Open Access to Law and eIFL.net. The Intellectual Property Reform area works to reduce barriers to access, production and exchange of knowledge and knowledge-based goods. The Open Access Initiative is for . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -2 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs access, civil society, developing countries, digital, empowerment, expression, freedom, information program, OSI, poor Civil Society Communication The civil society communication area under the Information Program of the OSI focuses upon the vitality of information for NGOs and civil society organizations. Information is very critical for such groups to manage their operations. However, as these organizations are sometimes ill-equipped and under-resourced to manage and . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -3 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs access, civil society, developing countries, digital, empowerment, expression, freedom, information program, OSI, poor Open Information Policy Under the Open Information Policy component, OSI aims to “to broaden communications access in the most disadvantaged countries and to protect the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.” Under the component, the focus areas and grants include Free Expression and Privacy Online and Affordable Communications Access. The . . . → Read More: OSI’s Information Program supporting NGOs and Civil Society Groups -4 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs access, civil society, developing countries, digital, empowerment, expression, freedom, information program, OSI, poor The EdelGive Foundation, which is an initiative of the Edelweiss Capital Limited, one of the leading financial services firms in India has announced the EdelGive Social Innovation Honours 2010 which recognizes and honours NGOs undertaking innovations to empower women in India. In 2008, the award was given out to organizations which implemented innovative . . . → Read More: Social Innovation Honours for Indian NGOs Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs empowerment, gender, honour, India, innovation, women empowerment Our vision of Future NDC Mostar sees a future society in Mostar, Herzegovina and B&H as whole, as a society that offers equal opportunities for all citizens, regardless of national, religious, political, gender, social background or affiliation, to quality and non-discriminating educational system based on respect for human rights; political environment . . . → Read More: Nansen dialogue center Mostar Our Mission To facilitate and ensure sustainable development through better resource-utilization and participative development of beneficiaries with the objective of promoting and empowered society which will encourage the emergence of empowered, self-reliant and co-operative people all across the Nation The Organization People’s Trust popularly known as “PAHAL” . . . → Read More: Pahal-People’s Trust, Jaipur, INDIA
Country/Countries I have worked in:: India More Details: Details of Applicant Organization Affus Woman Welfare Association (AWWA) 61,Chetana Colony, Gadag Road, Hubli-580020 Noth Karnataka India Registered Office: # 5-12-20,Rahamat Nagar, Nalgonda-508001, Andhra Pradesh Field Office: AWWA, No. 61, Chetana Colony, Gadag Road, Hubli-580020, Dharwad District, Karnataka, India. Registration . . . → Read More: AWWA NGO Search and Groom is a non-governmental and non-partisan organisation, is committed to indigent people’s development and rehabilitation. It has a mandate to defend, protect and promote universally recognised human rights in Nigeria, in accordance with international human rights standards. These objectives are pursued through research and publications, campaigns, human rights education and self-empowerment . . . → Read More: Search and Groom – Youth for Development Centre Comments are closed Uncategorized campaigns, education, empowerment, human rights, publications, rehabilitation 1.Type of organisation (society/trust) Society and Trust 2.Registration no. 3.Date of registration Societies Registration Act, 1860 Reg. No: MHA -29/95 A, bad, Date- 10.1.95 Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 Reg. No: F 3290 (A, bad) Date. 27th Feb 1996. 4.Date of commencement of operations 1996 – 97 5.Whether registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act . . . → Read More: MGVS The Asia Foundation is focused upon providing support to NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation is committed to the “development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. Its head office is located in San Francisco; however, it has also got offices in many of the Asian countries where it has been actively . . . → Read More: Asia Foundation, The Comments are closed Foundation Funds for NGOs Asia Foundation, asia pacific region, calls for proposals, empowerment, information, law, office, program priorities, region The Ananda Foundation offers grants to worldwide to NGOs working with the poorest communities and providing them sustainable solutions through local empowerment, healthcare services, education opportunities based on an approach that ensures basic human rights, compassion and service to humanity. Grant guidelines and application form can be downloaded from this link. For more information, visit . . . → Read More: Ananda Foundation Comments are closed Foundation Funds for NGOs application, education, empowerment, form, foundation, funding, health, humanity, India, link, project Every year, the Presbyterian Hunger Program provides grants to NGOs that implement projects/programs addressing hunger in any part of the world. Assistance includes long-term development grants addressing the hunger issue through a multi-faceted approach leading to the empowerment of the people. There is also Direct Relief grant for emergency support. Proposals are accepted round the . . . → Read More: Presbyterian Hunger Program |
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