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: February 3, 2012 Countries/Region:Colombia,Peru WWB is an international microfinance support organization and network of 39 microfinance institutions in 27 countries. The mission of WWB is to expand the economic assets, participation and power of low-income women and their households by helping them access financial services, knowledge and markets. . . . → Read More: Gender Consultant for Women in Rural Economy Research in Latin America-Women’s World Banking (WWB) 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 Five College Women’s Studies Research Center invites proposals for projects that may include, but are not limited to, exploring the impact of new media. . . . → Read More: The Five College Women’s Studies Research Center invites Applications and Nominations for 2012-2013 Research Associateships 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 The “Project Summary” in the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) application form seeks to get a brief summary of the project in no more than two short paragraphs (less than 1000 characters). You can explain briefly about the overview of the existing situation and the project objectives and activities or results under this . . . → Read More: Project Summary: United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)  Comments are closed  UNDEF 2011  based, democracy, gender, human rights, need, organization, participation, policy, project, rights Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is currently seeking applications for the V Competition of Best Practices that Incorporate a Gender Equality Perspective in Health. . . . → Read More: PAHO invites Entries for Best Practices in Gender and Health Contest from Organizations in the Americas The World Bank recently launched a series of its eAtlas mapping tools that have been developed in cooperation with Harper Collins UK. These tools allow users to easily and quickly transform data into customized visual comparisons across time, countries, and regions. . . . → Read More: World Bank releases eAtlas Mapping Tools including the One for Gender 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 Applications are invited by The Institute for Research on Women and Gender to grant support to scholarly activities on women and gender. The main aim of SEED is to enhance disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary scholarship or creative activities on women and gender at the University of Michigan. . . . → Read More: Faculty Seed Grants: Support for Scholarly Activities on Women and Gender at University of Michigan Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development activities, applications, gender, programs, project, research, Review Process, Selection Criteria, support, women USAID has issued an Annual Program Statement (APS) seeking innovative ideas in the form of concept notes. . . . → Read More: USAID funding opportunity for Innovations in Gender Equality to promote Household Food Security Program Gender & Development journal is currently inviting papers on Gender and Humanitarian Work for its July 2012 issue. . . . → Read More: International Journal Gender & Development invites Papers on Gender and Humanitarian Work for its July 2012 Issue Comments are closed Call for Papers, Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development development, equality, gender, Gender Development, need, policy, practitioners, section, support, world 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 The Center is inviting scholars, early career researchers, and practitioners to submit 250-300 word abstracts on the following themes for inclusion in the conference. . . . → Read More: Centre for Women’s Studies at the University of York seeks papers for Arab Women, Media and Sexuality Conference Comments are closed Arab Region, Conferences, Events, Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development Arab, Arab Women, Centre, conference, gender, images, media, participants, researchers, sexuality The Skillz Street program will help reduce the gender disparity in South Africa. . . . → Read More: Grassroot Soccer Announces Unique Program at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to Provide South African Girls with Life-Saving HIV-Prevention through Sports One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates gender, girls, Grassroot Soccer, HIV, program, Skillz Street, South Africa, special, women, young Gender Action has recently published a research paper which draws attention to the women’s disproportionate vulnerability to negative climate change impacts in developing countries. The research paper also demonstrates how women and girls in these countries have been largely excluded from climate change finance policies and programs. The research paper was . . . → Read More: Research Paper Highlights Women’s Disproportionate Vulnerability to Negative Climate Change Impacts in Developing Countries The Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade is seeking applications for grants aimed at Strengthening Civil Society Program in Serbia (SCS-Serbia). The SCS-Serbia program aims for social and political development in Serbia by strengthening participation of the people of Serbia. The program intends to achieve this goal through advocacy work and monitoring of political and . . . → Read More: The Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade Invites Applications for Grants for Strengthening Civil Society Program in Serbia Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Civil Society Development, Serbia activities, gender, gender issues, implementation, project, projects, recruitment, related, Serbia, strategies Partners for Prevention is holding the Asia- Pacific Regional Skills Building Workshop on Primary Prevention from November 3-5, 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. . . . → Read More: Asia- Pacific Regional Skills Building Workshop on Primary Prevention, Colombo focussed on GBV 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Asia, Events, Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Trainings 2011, Asia, based, Costs Involved, GBV, gender, prevention, projects, target audience, violence 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 Engagingmen is a public online resource for anyone – women, men and young people – committed to gender justice and ending violence against women. Their website is designed for practitioners, policy makers, academics, students and all who are interested in effectively working with women and men in partnership for gender equality and addressing . . . → Read More: Engagingmen invites all to submit any type of inspiring stories about resistance and change against gender injustice Comments are closed Call for Papers action, against, change, equality, gender, gender justice, justice, Selected Stories, Selection Criteria, women Source: http://progress.unwomen.org/pdfs/EN-Report-Progress.pdf UN Women is the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their rights worldwide. UN Women recently published a report Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of . . . → Read More: UN Women publishes the report Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice, with recommendations on how to make justice system work for the female gender CORPUS, an International Group for the Cultural Studies of the Body, was established in 2009 with the aim to contribute in the making of a broad and open anthropology of body. The group came in existence after long series of seminars organized in a period of eight years from 2011 to 2008. These . . . → Read More: United Nations Alliance of Civilizations invites proposals for 6th International Symposium of CORPUS to be held in Mexico on the theme Genders, Cultures & Citizenships Aimed towards building the vivacious and open-minded democracies across the world, the Open Society Foundations (OSF) is working for protection and improvement of the lives of people in marginalized communities. OSF seeks for a world that has fairness in all political, legal, and economic systems and where fundamental rights of the people are . . . → Read More: The Open Society Foundations: Call for Proposals for Romani Women’s Empowerment Grants Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Latest Funds for NGOs equality, gender, information, lives, proposals, public, world The Human Rights Prize of the French Republic was created in 1988 to honour and award individuals or organizations working across the world for human rights. The award is presented irrespective of nationality or borders for the work undertaken in France or abroad. The 2011 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic, ‘Liberty, . . . → Read More: Human Rights Prize of the French Republic: Call for Applications 13 comments - (Comments are closed) Awards and Prizes, Grants and Resources for Human Rights against, French Republic, gender, human rights, human rights prize, rights, women The United States Government, represented by the Department of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, is seeking applications from qualified U.S. organizations with the requisite capability and experience to support rule of law programming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Specifically, organizations will be asked to provide assistance, . . . → Read More: USG and INL seek proposals for funding to improve the criminal justice system in the DRC for combating gender based violence Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, United States based, criminal justice, funding, gender, justice, proposals, violence The Radio for Peacebuilding Africa (RFPA) Awards is accepting submissions to recognize the best radio programmes that are contributing to peace in Africa. The RFPA awards are given to celebrate radio programmes that help to reduce group and community tensions that enhance and give value to shared interests, that break down . . . → Read More: Award for Best Peacebuilding Radio Programmes in Africa One comment - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs community, gender, peace, peacebuilding, positive role models, Programmes This is a sample grant proposal to assist small NGOs to understand proposal writing and project planning. However, we do not claim this sample to be perfect and should not be copied as it is. We urge our website visitors to read through this material carefully for the purpose of seeking clarity about . . . → Read More: Sample Grant Proposal: Sustainable Livelihood Development The sample proposal presented here is a request for grant support to an international donor agency. It is assumed that there is no general proposal format under these conditions and we have used a general framework to present the information about the project. We are using references for the proposal applicant as ORG, . . . → Read More: What is the Sample Proposal about? Proposed by ORG Part 1: Project Summary “Communities residing in the river basin face a high level of economic risk due to the prevalence of unexpected natural disasters such as floods and landslides. Although these natural disasters are seasonal, yet the communities end up bearing livelihood losses in addition to loss of life, . . . → Read More: Sample Proposal on “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs cross-cutting theme in NGO proposal, executive summary, gender, how to write proposals, monitoring & evaluation for NGOs, progressive indicators, project approach, project methodology in proposals, sample grant proposal, sample proposal, sustainable livelihood development “The low-income and disadvantaged communities, residing in the river basins of the country/region, are open to increasing economic risks, besides facing the hard consequences of natural disasters and climate change. Most of the rivers in the country are snow-fed and flow down from north to south with a high velocity and since the . . . → Read More: Part 2: Problem Statement for “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) “In response to the request from the donor agency, ORG has developed this paper to initiate, design and implement an effective livelihood intervention strategy targeted at the poor and the disadvantaged communities living in the river basin. The strategic approaches, outlined in this concept note, will leverage with the ongoing efforts of other . . . → Read More: Part 3: Project Description: “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) “Project Goal The overall goal of the project is to build sustainable livelihoods for the poor and the disadvantaged communities living in the river basin. Project Objectives The specific objectives of the project are: To reduce economic risks, caused due to the natural hazards, of the targeted . . . → Read More: Part 4: Project Goal, Objectives & Results: “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) “The project will adopt the following components while implementing the methodology to achieve the expected results: (1) Disaster Preparedness-Awareness and Education (2) Sub-sectoral Approach for Increased Production and Marketing for Small Farmers (3) Introduction of New Agricultural Techniques (4) Building Sustainable Community-Based Organizations” . . . → Read More: Part 5: Project Methodology or Project Approach for “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) (1) Disaster Preparedness-Awareness and Education (Sample Proposal) “In addition to the existing programmes on disaster preparedness, the project will organize awareness workshops with the community on disaster preparedness and mitigation. Special emphasis will be made on reducing economic risks caused by disasters. Participation will be the key. Community insurance is a . . . → Read More: Part 5: Project Methodology or Project Approach for “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) -2 “The project will promote greater equality among women and men. It will ensure greater participation of women in all aspects of the intervention such as disaster management, production, marketing and cooperative development. It will enable women and men to collaborate and work together on strategies improving the overall household livelihood situation. The project . . . → Read More: Part 6: Gender as a Cross-Cutting Theme for “Community-managed Sustainable Livelihoods in River Basin” Project (Sample Proposal) The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a Request for Proposal (RFP) on “End Violence against Women through Awareness Raising on Sexual Harassment Act, And HIV&AIDS especially Positive and Affected Women.” NGOs and civil society organizations with a focus on gender equality and strong experience of working in violence against . . . → Read More: UNIFEM’s Request for Proposals from NGOs in Pakistan Comments are closed Pakistan domestic violence, gender, request for proposals, sexual violence, UNIFEM As issues related to climate change and global warming start to occupying large spaces on our tables, it is high time that we also made preparations to address them in a holistic manner. Many NGOs are not yet ready to equip themselves with information on climate change either because they still believe it . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal Writing a Project Rationale
We should also make sure that we provide evidence to what we write. While community interviews can be quoted, it would also help if we use some relevant research-based data on the issue we write. There may be forest research reports that carry statistical data . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change -2 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal Cause and Effect Relationship In defining the problem, it is important that we are clear about the cause we are trying to address. Sometimes, causes and effects can become very confusing and we may just end up addressing the effects while the cause continues to remain the same. For example, deforestation can lead . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change -3 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal Defining the Project Goal and Objectives Once we have the project goal and objectives at hand, next we need to define our project goal and objectives. What are we trying to achieve? The goal can be reducing the impact of climate change since any goal is just a contribution of the implementing agency . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change -4 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal Strategies and Actions We have the problem, we have the goal, we have the objectives and we also know the solution. But what about the approach to merge all of these? A strategy will build up a plan for the activities that need to be done to achieve the objectives. It can be . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change -5 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal Gender and Climate Change As climate change gains more and more importance, we cannot forget to integrate gender into our approaches to address it. Earlier, it was believed that climate impact impacts equally on women and men. However, there have been some studies which have pointed out that this is not true. Women . . . → Read More: How to write Proposals on Projects addressing Climate Change -6 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs climate change, environment, gender, global warming, ngos, project, proposal IT for Change, a nonprofit organization located in India has announced a call for pre-proposals under its Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society, an Asia-wide research program organized with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Individual researchers or research teams affiliated to a recognized and reputable institution can apply . . . → Read More: Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program The objectives of the Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program are: to understand how emerging techno-social paradigms, shaped by new information and communication technologies (ICTs), recast the citizenship of marginalised women; to examine the challenges to and opportunities for women’s citizenship as they are shaped by new ICTs . . . → Read More: Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -2 Applicants should be either at doctoral-level or should have at least 15 years of experience. They should preferably have experience in the fields of gender and development, information society or digital media in the global South. They should also demonstrate their interest in feminist research. Preference is given to research teams but individual . . . → Read More: Call for Pre-Proposals: Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society: An Asia-wide Research Program -3 The Africa Youth Trust in partnership with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is organizing the training program on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa (EAHUWO). The program is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It will be held from 2nd to 16th May 2010 in Nairobi, . . . → Read More: Training Program on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in East Africa Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs east africa, equality, gender, human rights, training, women The Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships are announced annually by the Government of Australia through the Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID). The purpose of the awards is “to develop leadership and build partnerships and linkages within the Asia-Pacific, while addressing priority development issues of the region.” These awards are particularly for those . . . → Read More: AUSAID: Australian Leadership Awards accepting applications from the Asia-Pacific Region Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs AUSAID, Australia, food security, gender, health, human rights, scholarship 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 Visionaries for Integrated Social Initiatives of Network (VISION), besides a Non-political, Non-profit making voluntary organization is whole heartedly dedicated for the symphonic, harmonious development of the down trodden and their living standard in a geometric progression. It held its birth on dt. 12.01.1998 on the occasion of National Youth Day with the sincere, . . . → Read More: VISION, KALAHANDI,Odisha SAMANVAY RESOURCE CENTER is a non- political, non- profit making, secular, non Government organization, registered under the Public Charitable Trust Act, Societies Registration Act, 80 G of the I T Act and Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. The Department of Rural Development, Government of Gujarat, knows it. It is also recognized as a Training . . . → Read More: SAMANVAY RESOURCE CENTER Founded in October 2002, Youth Against AIDS Organization (YAGAO) is a fast growing youth non-governmental organization (NGO) registered under the National Youth Council of Malawi Act of 1996 (Registration # 2004/SR/004) based and operating in Mangochi district in Southern Malawi. It is the only youth NGO in the district. The organization is in . . . → Read More: YAGAO Malawi NewBeginnings Foundation a registered charitable NGO as per Indian Charitable Act. The Foundation was started with the coming together of four professional social workers who have been in this field for more than 10 years. The felt in need of the professionals has been the force behind establishing Foundations. NewBeginnings aims . . . → Read More: NewBeginnings Charitable Trust The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global alliance of different and varied organizations. The membership of the coalition is composed of a number of intergovernmental, governmental and civil-society organizations whose commitment is to the eradication of rural poverty through the promotion of secure and equitable access to land. The members work together . . . → Read More: Call for Proposals for Studying Women’s Access to Land in South Asia Organizations, groups and individuals from all regions of the world who have been working for the promotion and protection of “human rights for all people irrespective of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status” can be nominated for the 2010 Felipa Award. It is named after Felipa De Souza . . . → Read More: Felipa Award 2010 on Human Rights |
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