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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DEADLINE- January 23, 2012 Countries/Region- MENA region The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality is happy to announce its call for applications to its Social Change Program. The Program aims to develop the capacity of sexual and bodily rights and gender equality activists across the MENA region. . . . → Read More: The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality-Social Change Program Women’s Link Worldwide is currently inviting nominations for the Gender Justice Uncovered Awards that aim to underline the decisions given by the court, affecting the gender equity positively or negatively. . . . → Read More: Women’s Link Worldwide invites Nominations for the Gender Justice Uncovered Awards Consultants are invited for short-term consultancy to write an article to be published in “Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities.” . . . → Read More: Call for Consultancy: Preparation of an Article to appear in the Publication “Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities”  Comments are closed  Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Latest Funds for NGOs  aid, consultant, contract, equality, French, gender, gender equality, issue, publications, women The main purpose of the conference is to identify ways to economically empower women, and to select tools and techniques that would prove to be beneficial for women. . . . → Read More: Canada and UN Women to Host Conference to boost Women’s Economic Empowerment One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates Canada, conference, economic, equality, gender, gender equality, ideas, progress, purpose, women 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 Project Strategy seeks information about the activities and their timeline. To complete this section, you need to identify the project activities. In most cases, the activities have to be identified in consultation with the beneficiaries. The communities with whom we work may not have a clear idea of project goals or objectives, but . . . → Read More: Project Strategy: Trust Fund’s Small Grants Programme on Indigenous Issues Comments are closed UNFPII 2011 gender equality, gender sensitivity, health and hygiene, idea, indigenous, information, strategy Siyanda is the online database of gender and development materials hosted by BRIDGE Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in the UK. It aims be an ever growing resource to support practitioners in implementing gender programs and in mainstreaming gender equality concerns, whether they are gender specialists or not. . . . → Read More: Siyanda’s “Funding Sources for Gender-Equality and Women-focused Projects” Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Guides development, funding, gender equality, resource The UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) is the newest UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It has been established to accelerate progress on meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. The United Nations General Assembly created UN . . . → Read More: UN Women The A7. Youth-led Development is a very important section of the application form as it will define the relevance of your organization for youth-focused work. UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund prefers to fund organizations led by young people between 15-32 years. But this can also mean that if young persons are actively represented in the . . . → Read More: Explaining Youth Leadership in your Organization Comments are closed Urban Youth Fund 2011 application, form, gender equality, information, registration, youth leadership The Gender Justice Uncovered 2010 Awards seek to identify the best and worst decisions or statements related to gender made in English, Spanish or Portuguese within a judicial process. The three most sexist decisions will receive bronze, silver and gold Bludgeons and the three decisions that best promote gender equality will . . . → Read More: The Gender Justice Uncovered 2010 Awards Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs awards ceremony, ceremony, deadline, English, gender equality, gender justice, Process This can be important part of the application because DFID funds only those organizations whose mission and objectives fit into DFID’s values and priorities. To check out DFID’s values and priorities, you can visit the DFID website, especially the following links: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/Working-for-DFID1/Diversity-and-equality/ http://www.dfid.gov.uk/about-dfid/finance-and-performance/dfid-business-plan-2011—2015/ Once you are thorough with DFID’s values . . . → Read More: Your Organization’s Mission and DFID’s values and priorities Comments are closed DFID GPAF Impact 2010 application, dfid, extreme poverty, gender equality, goals, household incomes, Millennium Development Goals, organization, website, work 3.1 has the list of Millennium Development Goals and you need to check all those that your project contributes to. Select the same way as you selected in 2.8. You can select more than one MDG. 3.2 needs to be answered if you did not choose any one of the MDGs, . . . → Read More: Developing Project Information in the GPAF Impact Window Concept Note Comments are closed DFID GPAF Impact 2010 development, gender equality, gender policies, goals, GPAF, impact, Millennium Development Goals, political participation, way Upcoming international training programmes sponsored by the SIDA in Stockholm and other countries on ‘Climate Change and Mitigation,’ ‘Integrated Sustainable Coastal Development’ and ‘Human Rights towards Gender Equality…’ NGOs and others can apply to participate in these programmes…[more] Climate Change and Mitigation: Norrkoping, Sweden and at another location (to be decided) . . . → Read More: SIDA International Training Programmes 55 comments - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs Auto, change, climate change, Draft, gender equality, Mitigation, October, rights, SIDA, stockholm sweden, uppsala sweden The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has issued a call for proposals for the strengthening participation of women in the advocacy for promotion and protection of women’s human rights in the Philippines. “The aim of UNIFEM is to build greater awareness among gender advocates and organizations of ASEAN bodies . . . → Read More: UNIFEM calling for proposals in the Philippines Sports have been increasingly looked upon as a new medium for social change. They not only generate mass interest, but also work out to be an important tool for building confidence and overcoming mental inhibitions. Many NGOs and projects around the world are experimenting with this concept and have found some very good . . . → Read More: A Way for Empowerment: Let Girls play soccer The Scottish Government’s International Development Fund is seeking applications for funding under its new South Asia Development Programme covering international development work in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The main objective of the programme is to address poverty and contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals through sustainable . . . → Read More: Scottish Government International Development Fund inviting Applications for Funding in South Asia Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Bangladesh, capacity-building, civil society, funding, gender equality, India, innovation, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka The European Commission has issued a call for proposal under the “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development” thematic programme with overarching objective of supporting “operations aiming at promoting an inclusive and empowered society in partner countries in order to benefit populations excluded from policy making processes, strengthen the capacity of civil society . . . → Read More: European Commission Funding Support for Strengthening Civil Society in Sri Lanka Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs child rights, disability, EC, gender equality, human rights, Sri Lanka Drip irrigation project in Jharkhand and Tamilnadu districts. The community in Jharkhand is from Dumka district-Santal Tribe and TamilNadu-Krishnagiri District-Irula Tribe who live on mountains which are at 4500 feet altitude. Lack of electricity, inaccessible roads, lack of transport and other geographical conditins are pushing the community towards starvation, . . . → Read More: Nirnaya The European Commission’s (EC) thematic programme, ‘Investing in People’ with its broad approach of reducing poverty has an important theme of promoting gender equality “which includes women’s empowerment. It provides for a specific allocation to support capacity building of non-State actors (NSAs) engaged in promoting women’s civil and political rights and economic and . . . → Read More: EuropeAid Grants for NGOs for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Projects Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Europe, European commission, gender equality, grants, women's rights After a long wait, UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) has finally announced that it is seeking proposals from NGOs (and also governmental agencies) in developing countries under its newly established “Fund for Gender Equality” which aims to “accelerate progress toward the goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment.” The Fund will . . . → Read More: UNIFEM’s Fund for Gender Equality Announced Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Beijing Platform Action, coalitions, gender equality, grants, laws, MDG, policies, policy advocacy, UNIFEM, women's empowerment KIOS is the Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights that promotes human rights in developing countries based upon the treaties and other instruments established by the United Nations. KIOS provides grant support to NGOs in developing countries working for the promotion and protection of human rights. It also works in promoting awareness about the human . . . → Read More: KIOS – A Human Rights Foundation in Finland Comments are closed Foundation Funds for NGOs application, funding, gender equality, protection, rights, support The Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is the Swedish Government’s organization for international development. It works to reduce poverty worldwide by reducing the rich-poor divide, increase production of goods and services, assist countries in making policies and ensure participatory development and promote democracy, gender equality, sustainable use of natural resources . . . → Read More: Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) |
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