Eligibility Criteria to apply for UN Women Gender Equality Fund
- Applicants can be women-led CSOs including but not limited to: non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, trade unions or labor associations, agricultural collectives or associations, advocacy networks (national or regional), national or regional funds.
- Applicants must
- Have legal status with the competent national authority. CSO Networks must be have legal status in at least one of the program implementation countries.(Documents required)
- Demonstrate experience implementing programs on gender equality and/or women’s empowerment through an organizational resume or CV of past implementing experience and areas of expertise. Documents required)
- Have at least 50% women in its Board and its staff, with substantive representation of women in leadership positions.
- Have certified financial audit reports for 2-3 previous fiscal years – including 2012, 2013 ( and 2014 if available )
- Submit at least one Letter of Endorsement from gender equality or women’s empowerment mechanism, governmental authority on gender equality, or other multi-stakeholder institution (including UN offices other than UN Women) which is based in the same country as the applicant organization.
- Eligible countries are those in OECD DAC list of ODA recipient countries in one of the following regions – Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Arab States, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia.
- Only one online application per organization and per proposal will be accepted. Multiple applications from the same organization and/or for the same proposal will be automatically disqualified.
- Online applications and all required documents uploaded will be accepted in the following languages only: English, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic.
- All required documents must be uploaded in one of the following formats only: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpeg, and .gif.
Complete online application documents include
- Proof of legal status by competent national authority
- Certified financial audit reports for 2-3 previous fiscal years – including 2012, 2013 (and 2014 if available)
- List of all staff, board members of the applicant organization, with gender and position (especially leadership positions)
- An organizational resume or CV – showing mandate focus area, expertise and past experience (1-2 pages)
- Letter of Endorsement from a Gender Equality institution (not including UN Women)
Note: Online application will open on 9 March 2015.
For more information, please visit UN Fund for Gender Equality.
