UN Women Grants: Accepting applications The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 20th grant cycle (2016) from civil society organizations and government authorities. Special attention will be paid to applications from women’s rights, women-led, and small organizations (including youth organizations) in recognition of >> Read more
World Bank Group, SVRI To Fund Innovations To Prevent Gender-Based Violence
WASHINGTON, October 13, 2015--The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today announced an open call for funding proposals for work aimed at preventing gender-based violence in low- and middle-income countries. SVRI and the World Bank Group will provide grants of up to US$150,000 for innovations to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), a severe and neglected problem affecting more than >> Read more
Funding Opportunity: Gates Foundation launches new Grand Challenges
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now inviting applications for three new Grand Challenges, including one related to gender and development: Putting Women and Girls at the Center of Development - focusing on a rigorous understanding of women’s and girls’ needs and preferences and gender inequalities and supporting new approaches to promote women’s and >> Read more
