Deadline: 2 March 2015
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy of the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan is seeking proposals for a grant or Cooperative Agreement to support activities focused on the empowerment of women and girls. The goal is to promote women’s social and economic development, integrate women into peace and security building, address and prevent gender-based violence, and ensure women’s full participation in civic and political life through connections.
The program will be funded under the appropriate Public Diplomacy or Foreign Assistance Act authorization. All programming is subject to the statutory limitations of the funding determined.
Activity areas
- Leadership development and capacity building
- Advocacy for women’s empowerment and addressing gender-based violence
- Girls’ sports and physical fitness
- Opportunities for women and girls with disabilities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The funding opportunity is limited to U.S. and Pakistani registered not-for-profit or nongovernmental organizations; educational institutions; or commercial firms with at least two years of related programming experience. This experience should be documented in the organization’s proposal. Individuals are not eligible to apply for this opportunity
- Applicants must demonstrate experience executing successful women’s and/or girl’s programming activities and the capacity to manage all financial aspects of the project, including participant costs and transparent arrangements of sub-grant relationships with partner organizations, if applicable.
- A copy of the organization’s registration should be provided with the proposal application. U.S. – based organizations should submit a copy of their IRS determination letter. Pakistan-based organizations should submit a copy of their certificate of registration from the appropriate government organization.
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization.
How to Submit Proposal?
Applicants are required to submit proposal with all the documents enclosed by the deadline.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number: SCA-ISB-15-AW-004-12152014.
