The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) announces the second phase of its 2011–2012 Call for Proposals for innovative programmes to help women achieve political and economic empowerment.
Women make up majority of the world’s population, but still many of them live in poverty. They need access to and control of economic resources and political power in order to change their lives. UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality enables changes the lives of women throughout the world. The major objective of the Fund is to advance women’s economic and political empowerment through high-impact, multi-year grants of around USD 1 million.
The money is awarded directly to women’s organizations and partnerships between governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Spain’s donation of USD 65 million initiated the Fund in 2009, followed by Norway’s USD 3 million, Mexico’s USD 800,000 and the Netherland’s contribution of USD 1.2 million. The Fund is around USD 71 million and is one of the largest and most recent grant making funds devoted to women’s rights and empowerment throughout the globe.
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