Deadline: 1 September 2014 The Jeanne Sauvé Foundation calls young individuals from diverse disciplines and sectors to take part in the 2015-17 Jeanne Sauvé Public Leadership Program. Theme: Public Leadership For Culturally Diverse Societies The Jeanne Sauvé Foundation aims to band together a … [Read more...] about Apply for the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation Public Leadership Program
Summit Foundation
The Summit Foundation is committed to a world where people can thrive and nature can flourish—a world in which one is not sacrificed for the other. The Foundation seeks to promote the health and well-being of the planet – its people and its natural environment – by achieving a sustainable global … [Read more...] about Summit Foundation
Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation is working with visionary leaders and organizations to change social structures and institutions so that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential and have a voice in decisions that affect them. Ford Foundation commits to social justice. Areas of … [Read more...] about Ford Foundation
ANESVAD
ANESVAD supports universal access to sexual and reproductive health. It works for the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in the poorest areas and regions of the countries in which it intervene with a firm consideration that every woman has the right to receive appropriate services that … [Read more...] about ANESVAD
A list of 20 Foundations Supporting Women Empowerment Projects
360,000 Women die during pregnancy and childbirth; 14 million adolescent girls become mothers every year. Women represent nearly two thirds of the world's illiterate, 31 million girls are still out of school around the world, The completion rates and learning levels of girls are lower than those of … [Read more...] about A list of 20 Foundations Supporting Women Empowerment Projects
Center for International Private Enterprise
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is to strengthen democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform. CIPE was founded on the idea that economic freedom and political freedom are intertwined and that progress and development comes through a … [Read more...] about Center for International Private Enterprise
A Comprehensive Guide for NGOs Working with Gender-Based Violence
By Janou Hooykaas Introduction Gender-based violence (GBV) can be defined as any act that causes physical, sexual or emotional harm and reinforces gender inequality. Women are disproportionately affected by GBV (although it applies to men and boys, as well), yet women’s rights issues remain … [Read more...] about A Comprehensive Guide for NGOs Working with Gender-Based Violence
The UN Women Group invites Information Submission on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Family and Cultural Life
Deadline: 31 July 2014 The UN (United Nations) Working Group invites individuals and organizations to submit information regarding the good Practices in the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Family and Cultural Life. The submissions should highlight the good practices, lessons learned … [Read more...] about The UN Women Group invites Information Submission on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Family and Cultural Life
USAID’s Grants for Azerbaijan Media Support Activity (AMSA)
Deadline: 7 July 2014 All eligible organizations are invited to submit applications for Azerbaijan Media Support Activity (AMSA) Programme supported by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The objective of this programme is to support citizen access to information and … [Read more...] about USAID’s Grants for Azerbaijan Media Support Activity (AMSA)
The Women’s World Summit Foundation
The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF),a humanitarian, non-profit organization that works for a new development paradigm with and for women and children, was established to empower women, children and NGOs (non-governmental organizations). Activities Prize for women´s creativity in rural … [Read more...] about The Women’s World Summit Foundation
