Deadline: 1 July 2014
The Mama Cash invites Letter of Interest (LOI) on initiatives related to women’s rights on natural resources from organizations and based outside USA and Canada. This includes the women’s access to, rights to counter the negative impact, and decision-making capacity in matters to natural resource management. Applications from groups of girls and trans people are equally prioritized for the grant.
Program Areas
- Women’s right to water and/or other natural resources
- Countering the negative impact of extractive industries on (Indigenous) people’s land and resources and on the environment
- Increasing women’s decision-making in matters of natural resource management
The fund may be used for core costs of organizations (office rent, salaries, volunteer stipends and staff training), activities or project costs.
Program Strategies
- Advocacy
- Capacity Building
- Public Education
- Alliance Forming
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be based outside of the United States or Canada.
- Grant seeking organization must have annual operating budgets below EUR200,000.
- Applicant organization or initiatives must have their primary mission to promote the women’s, girls’ and/or trans people’s human rights.
- Individuals or businesses are not eligible to apply for Mama Cash Grants.
- Applicants must work from a feminist and/or women’s rights perspective; self-led by women, girls and/or trans people they serve.
- Applicants must push for structural and fundamental change and be connected to other organizations in women’s rights and/or other social justice movements.
Note: The letter of Interest form is available in six languages- English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Dutch.
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