The Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights is a global women's fund that aims to protect, sustain, and strengthen women and transgender human rights. Requests from women's human rights defenders are welcome. The organization provides grant and welcomes the application throughout the … [Read more...] about Urgent Action Fund Grants for Women’s Human Rights
Family Planning 2020: Right to Women & Girls
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) is a global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to decide, freely, and for themselves, whether, when, and how many children they want to have. FP2020 works with governments, civil society, multi-lateral organizations, donors, the private sector, and … [Read more...] about Family Planning 2020: Right to Women & Girls
Recommendations to Organizations Applying for UN Women Trust Funds
The UN Women Trust Funds attract many applicants around the world and is highly competitive with a low chance of success. However, many organizations that apply are successful. If your organization can show a close thematic and geographic match with the proposed objectives of the Trust Funds your … [Read more...] about Recommendations to Organizations Applying for UN Women Trust Funds
Who receives UN Women Trust Funding?
In its 2013–2014 grant-making cycle, UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality awarded grants to civil society organizations and governments around the world operating in Africa, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia that focused primarily on women’s … [Read more...] about Who receives UN Women Trust Funding?
What are the UN Women Trust Funds?
UN Women implements two global grant-making mechanisms – UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality and the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The Fund for Gender Equality is dedicated to programs that increase women’s economic opportunities and political participation at local and national … [Read more...] about What are the UN Women Trust Funds?
What is UN Women?
UN Women, created in July 2010, is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. As part of the UN reform agenda, UN Women brings resources and mandates for both normative and programmatic actions for women’s issues globally. UN Women aims to eliminate discriminatory … [Read more...] about What is UN Women?
UN Women Trust Funds: Grants for Global Women’s Empowerment
The fifty-ninth annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attend the … [Read more...] about UN Women Trust Funds: Grants for Global Women’s Empowerment
Danida Fellowships for North & South Development Research Projects
Deadline: 4 September 2015 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA) provides Danida Fellowship grants for development research activities as part of Denmark’s international development cooperation. Within this framework, the MFA invites Phase 1 applications for research grants related to … [Read more...] about Danida Fellowships for North & South Development Research Projects
Small Grants Program by U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: 6 June 2015 The U.S. Embassy in Delhi is seeking proposals for small grants program. That meets Indian and U.S. technical and legal requirements to develop and implement public diplomacy programs. Funding Type and Amount: Minimum Award Amount: $5,000 Maximum Award Amount: … [Read more...] about Small Grants Program by U.S. Mission to India
Niwano Peace Foundation Accepting Applications for 2015 First Grant Cycle
Deadline: 30 April 2015 The Niwano Peace Foundation is accepting proposals for 2015 first grant cycle from 15 March 2015 on two different categories - Social activities based on a religious spirit, and Grass-roots activities deployed in a local community. The Foundation promotes interreligious … [Read more...] about Niwano Peace Foundation Accepting Applications for 2015 First Grant Cycle
