The Channel Foundation is a private foundation that promotes leadership in women's human rights around the globe. Channel's mission is to fund and create opportunities for groups working in many regions of the world to ensure that women's human rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled. Women … [Read more...] about Channel Foundation: Grants for Women Human Rights
Global Greengrants Fund: Environmental Grants focusing Water
The Global Greengrants Fund channels small grants to groups who are protecting and replenishing water sources, fighting to keep toxins out of rivers and lakes, and fostering a healthy planet with clean, abundant water with a core belief that without protecting water at its source, there wouldn’t be … [Read more...] about Global Greengrants Fund: Environmental Grants focusing Water
Download A list of 10 Foundations Supporting Women’s Projects in Developing Countries
In patriarchal societies around the globe, women and girls are considered as the second sex. Most of the decisions about them (education, employment, marriage, reproduction) are done by male members of family. If a girl child does not learn to cook food, seniors in society tease her; if a boy child … [Read more...] about Download A list of 10 Foundations Supporting Women’s Projects in Developing Countries
The Young Leaders Visitors Program 2015: Develop Skills to advance for Social Change
Deadline: 12 December 2014 The Swedish Institute invites youth between 20 and 32 years who are actively working for democracy and human rights within the spheres of society, culture, politics and media for the Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP) 2015. The YLVP aims to provide the participants … [Read more...] about The Young Leaders Visitors Program 2015: Develop Skills to advance for Social Change
Women Fund Tanzania addressing Women’s Rights Issues
The Women Fund Tanzania (WFT) was established in 2008 with the objective to empower women in addressing women's rights issues affecting their lives. The WFT believes in unconditional recognition of human rights for women and in leadership based on feminist values and principles. Focus … [Read more...] about Women Fund Tanzania addressing Women’s Rights Issues
South Asian Women’s Fund
The South Asian Women’s Fund (SAWF) is committed to supporting women-led interventions to enhance and strengthen access to women's human rights and countering violations thereof. It supports human rights in the context of conflict, identity, socio-economic deprivations and in relation to violence … [Read more...] about South Asian Women’s Fund
Hungary’s Crackdown on NGOs – Part of Global Trend
WRITTEN BY ADAM PICKERING AND JOHN HOLM On September 23rd, President Barack Obama told delegates at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative that from “Hungary to Egypt, endless regulations and overt intimidation increasingly target civil society.” On one hand, this is a welcome step in the fight … [Read more...] about Hungary’s Crackdown on NGOs – Part of Global Trend
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program for Practitioners, Scholars & Journalists around the World
Deadline: 15 October 2014 The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications for the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows program. The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is a federally funded, international exchange program that offers practitioners, scholars, and journalists from … [Read more...] about The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program for Practitioners, Scholars & Journalists around the World
Uncivil Societies: Foreign Funding of NGOs
The International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International: to most people these and thousands of other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sound like outfits whose work should be welcomed and encouraged. But that is not how it looks to … [Read more...] about Uncivil Societies: Foreign Funding of NGOs
Open Society Fellowship 2015 : An opportunity for Individual Capacity Building
Deadline: 2 February 2015 If you are seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges, you are an appropriate candidate to receive the Open Society Fellowship. The selected fellows will get an opportunity to join the rich and diverse Foundations community, a … [Read more...] about Open Society Fellowship 2015 : An opportunity for Individual Capacity Building
