Global Fund for Women: Promoting Women’s Health & Rights

The Global Fund for Women aims at advancing the rights of women and girls worldwide by increasing their resources by investing in women-led organizations and women’s collective leadership for change. The Fund envisions a sustainable world in which women and girls have resources, voice, choice and opportunities to realize their human rights. The fund intended to provide 500 grants annually.

By now, the Global Fund for Women has made a total of 10,021 grants for $120,883,544.59 to 4,776 organizations in 175 countries.

Critical Areas of Interest

1. Zero Violence
2. Economic & Political Empowerment
3. Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights

Focus Regions/Countries

• Asia and the Pacific
  • South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
  • Southeast Asia (Burma and Thai border areas, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia)
  • Pacific Island Countries
• Europe and Central Asia
  • The Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia)
  • Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)
  • Eastern Europe (Russia – North Caucasus, Ukraine)
  • South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  • México and Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
  • Caribbean (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica)
  • Andean Region (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia)
  • Southern Cone (Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina)
• Middle East and North Africa
  • North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia)
  • The Gulf Countries (Bahrain, Yemen)
  • Middle East: (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syrian women refugees)
  • Turkey
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Great Lakes (Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
  • Mano River Region (Liberia, Sierra Leone)
  • Tanzania
  • Northern Uganda
  • Nigeria
  • The Sahel Region (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger)
  • Select grantees and networks in Kenya

Grants Available

• Grants ranges from $5,000 to $30,000 per year for operating and project expenses.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant must be a group of women working together.
• The group should be governed, directed, and led by women.
• Groups do not need to be registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to qualify for funding.
• The primary focus of the group should be in advancing women’s equality and human rights.
• The group should not be based in USA.

How to Apply?

• The application process is open once in a year.
• To submit your project read the guidelines and submit the project proposal online.
• Applications can also be sent via email, fax or postal address provided on the website.

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