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 protected. The OSF implements lots of schemes to educate people about justice, public health, corruption, freedom of information, and various other issues in the society.
The Open Society Roma Initiatives announce a call for proposals for the Romani Women’s Empowerment Grants initiative under the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015. This initiative aims to promote gender equality both by empowering Romani women to take part in the decision making processes affecting their lives and by ensuring that the concerns of Romani women are addressed appropriately in political, policy and community domains. It seeks to give voice to Romani women’s concerns, stimulate active citizenship and build local leadership skills in an inclusive and equitable way.
Eligibility
The initiative is open to proposals from Roma and pro-Roma NGOs led by Romani women, or having Romani women in higher management positions, in countries participating in the Decade of Roma.
The call is open to proposals which have one or more of the following objectives:
– Increase Romani women’s participation in public life at the local, national and international levels
– Promote voter education and other forms of active citizenship among Romani women
– Strengthen advocacy efforts to improve and/or change policies and practices on issues of concern to Romani women
– Involve men in promoting the principle of gender equality and address gender relations in Roma communities, and in Central and Eastern European and South East European societies
– Facilitate the labor market inclusion of Romani women
– Address the issue of early marriages
Last date for submitting the proposal is August 8, 2011.
For more information and details, please visit this link.
