The April update for Gender, Women’s Rights & Empowerment brings new calls that cluster around three distinct pressures: what happens to women’s organizations in crisis contexts, what accountability looks like when violence moves online, and what women’s economic participation actually requires beyond microfinance.

In Women-Led Organizations and Movement Infrastructure, the dominant signal this month is localization with teeth. UN Women’s new Ethiopia call explicitly channels financing to local women-led and young women-led organizations as primary actors, not downstream partners, pairing institutional grants with programmatic funding so organizations can stay viable while delivering frontline services in conflict-affected regions. FCDO’s new Sudan program, the largest single call in this edition at GBP £19.95M, positions Sudanese women-led organizations as central design actors in a five-year survivor response and prevention initiative, not as subcontractors. UN Women Türkiye invests directly in the organizational systems of gender equality CSOs with no expectation of program delivery in return, treating institutional strength as the outcome. Taken together, these three calls reflect a funder bet that the movement infrastructure itself is what needs protecting right now, not just the programs it delivers.

In Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, something notable is happening. Three separate calls this month address it from different angles: the Council of Europe’s Armenia call funds rights-based communications products to build public norms against digital VAW; Expertise France’s Women’s Rights Online Cohort 2 backs either technical tools or research that can inform AI governance and survivor-centered digital safety; and CIVIC’s Ukraine call includes digital coordination systems within its broader GBV referral mechanism funding. These aren’t the same call. They represent different funders, different geographies, and different intervention logics all arriving in the same month, a signal that tech-facilitated GBV has moved from a niche concern into a mainstream funding priority.

In Women’s Economic Empowerment, the calls this month are notable for what they’re not. None of them are primarily microfinance. EIT Food’s new EWA Grow program backs women agrifood founders through a structured growth pathway combining training, mentoring, and Demo Day performance — framed around investable readiness, not access to small loans. Visa’s new Pioneers program targets refugee women entrepreneurs with existing traction and trading history, using microgrants as credibility signals within a broader mentoring and ecosystem access package. The EC Somalia call requires mandatory financial support to third parties specifically to resource local women’s cooperatives and informal trader groups — pushing resources closer to the market and further from intermediaries. The pattern: funders are increasingly interested in what women-led businesses can become, not just whether they can survive.

For practitioners in conflict and crisis settings, the FCDO Sudan call is the highest-stakes opportunity in this edition, large, long-term, and structured to reward consortia that can demonstrate genuine partnership with Sudanese women-led actors and credible operational reach in hard-to-access areas. The EOI stage is tight on format, so clarity of theory of change is the differentiator. For organizations working on digital rights and GBV, this is a month to read across the three technology-facilitated violence calls together: each rewards a different capability set, and together they signal growing funder appetite for this space that is unlikely to be fully served by existing grantees. For women’s economic empowerment practitioners, the shift toward investability and traction-based selection is real, proposals framed around survival will be less competitive than proposals framed around what the next stage of growth looks like and how support unlocks it.

Snapshot of New Opportunities

The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 30 open opportunities- 16 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 13 rolling opportunities!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

Early Interventions Grants - Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) - 2026, Department of Children and Families, Northern Territory Government.

The Northern Territory Government is funding early intervention pilots designed to prevent escalation of intimate partner violence by working directly with boys and young men (ages 12–25) who are beginning to use violent behaviors. The program’s investment logic emphasizes victim-survivor safety and perpetrator accountability while strengthening how universal services connect with specialist domestic, family and sexual violence providers and Aboriginal community-controlled organizations. Funding is structured to build practical evidence for the sector: funded projects are expected to embed meaningful evaluation and contribute learning that can inform future service design and system coordination. This positions proposals that are feasible, partnership-ready, and explicit about how intervention pathways will operate in real settings, including referral, risk management, and safeguards, rather than stand-alone program delivery.

• Geographies: Northern Territory, Australia.

• Who can apply: Universal services based in the Northern Territory with a demonstrated partnership with a specialist DFSV service, or specialist DFSV services based in the Northern Territory.

• Funding amount: Total pool AUD $1,797,000 (non-recurrent) for up to 3 projects over 3 years.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: GBV prevention, early intervention, perpetrator accountability, behavior change, evaluation and learning

• Deadline: April 3, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This call is effectively buying evidence plus coordination: the strongest bids will show how safety-centered practice and evaluation will translate into scalable early-intervention pathways across the NT.

Call for Applications for Small Grants for Women’s CSOs and CSOs working on Gender Equality, UN Women. *New!*

UN Women Türkiye is seeking to protect and expand civic space for gender equality by investing directly in the institutional strength of women’s rights organizations and gender equality CSOs. Rather than financing outward-facing project delivery, this call prioritizes the “inside work” that determines whether organizations can sustain influence and impact: governance and operational systems, staff capabilities, and a narrow band of essential equipment. The funder’s strategic intent is to build a stronger, more connected ecosystem of rights-based actors that can shape gender equality agendas at national and local levels, with a clear emphasis on organizations whose statutes explicitly center women’s rights and gender equality. Strong applications will show a sharp capacity gap, a feasible strengthening plan, and how improved internal capability translates into more durable advocacy, services, and accountability for women and girls.

• Geographies: Türkiye (any city).

• Who can apply: Women’s CSOs and CSOs working on gender equality legally established and operating in Türkiye for at least 3 years, with gender equality in statutes.

• Funding amount: USD $2,500–30,000 (indicative 10 grants).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: institutional capacity strengthening, feminist movements, women’s leadership, gender equality advocacy, organizational systems.

• Deadline: April 6, 2026 (23:59 Türkiye local time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This is a civic-space investment disguised as a small grant: the output is stronger organizations, not just stronger activities.

Youth Peacebuilders: Promoting Youth’s Leadership in Gender Equality, Peace and Security in Timor-Leste, UN Women. *New!*

UN Women Timor-Leste seeks a capable civil society partner to operationalize the country’s second National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 by investing directly in youth leadership for gender equality, inclusion, and locally led peacebuilding. The program is built around a practical implementation arc: strengthen youth capabilities and networks through an intensive forum that combines training, co-creation, and policy dialogue, expand civic journalism and digital storytelling competencies to counter technology-facilitated gender-based violence and misinformation, and produce accessible communications products that engage rural communities and people with disabilities. In parallel, the responsible party will support the Ministry of Interior to finalize and roll out a Civic Education for Peace and Development training manual and deliver trainings in at least two municipalities, linking youth-led peacebuilding ideas with government adoption pathways. The selection logic prioritizes operational maturity, safeguards capacity, and demonstrated experience delivering results in Timor-Leste.

• Geographies: Timor-Leste.

• Who can apply: CSOs (women’s organizations encouraged), registered in Timor-Leste (lead in consortium must be registered locally).

• Funding amount: USD $25,000–27,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: Women, Peace and Security, youth leadership, disability inclusion, civic education, digital storytelling and civic journalism.

• Deadline: April 6, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This CFP is designed to convert WPS commitments into municipal-level practice by pairing youth-led innovation and inclusive communications with government-owned civic education rollout.

Women in AV & Tech Startup Prize, NMK Electronics. *New!*

NMK Electronics is seeking to increase the pipeline of women-led innovation in the AV ecosystem by rewarding founders who demonstrate clear market understanding and credible execution logic, not polished storytelling. The prize is positioned as an early-stage catalyst for ideas and prototypes that can become real companies across AV and adjacent sectors such as collaboration tech, immersive experiences, and workplace technologies. The funder’s selection lens emphasizes problem relevance, solution credibility, business model clarity, and the founder’s ability to take a product to market, with a safeguard that protects program credibility if submissions do not meet a baseline standard. Strong applications will present concise, commercially grounded thinking and evidence of real progress or learning momentum, even if revenue is not yet present.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Woman-led or woman-founded early-stage ventures in AV or adjacent tech, solo founders or teams, no more than 2 years old.

• Funding amount: USD $15,000 cash prize (1 winner).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Innovation & Technology; Focus areas: technology access, entrepreneurship, AV and media technology, immersive technologies, commercialization readiness.

• Deadline: April 6, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This prize is optimized for signal, it rewards founders who can translate technical insight into a viable go-to-market path.

Grant Awards for Technical and Financial Support to Women Entrepreneurs in Kinshasa and Kikwit (Project Pour Elles), Expertise France.

Expertise France seeks to strengthen women’s economic empowerment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by funding locally rooted support structures that can deliver both high-quality business accompaniment and credible financing pathways for women-led enterprises. The investment logic targets a persistent gap: women entrepreneurs face structural barriers in land rights, formal finance, and market position, so the call favors applicants that can combine performance-focused enterprise support with empowerment outcomes and durable ecosystem linkages. This call is positioned as the delivery vehicle for Result 2 of the Pour Elles program, with an expectation that selected implementers will reach scale (minimum targets across the call) while maintaining quality, feasibility, and cost effectiveness. The structure also signals a strong compliance and systems orientation: applicants must demonstrate administrative and financial capacity, define eligible cost structures, and present a co-financing plan that is verifiable and distinct from AFD and Expertise France funding.

• Geographies: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Kikwit).

• Who can apply: DRC-registered legal entities (NGO/association, cooperative, private company, or licensed financial services operator) with at least 5 years presence in Kinshasa and/or Kikwit.

• Funding amount: Total pool: EUR 2,500,000 maximum; EUR 200,000–1,000,000 per grant.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: women entrepreneurs, economic independence, small business development, microfinance, market access.

• Deadline: April 7, 2026 (12:00 Paris Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

With only a handful of implementers expected, proposals that integrate financing, business performance, and empowerment measurement as one pathway are best positioned to match the program’s intent.

Nordic Gender Equality Fund 2026, Nordic Council of Ministers.

The Nordic Council of Ministers, administered by NIKK, seeks to strengthen Nordic cooperation that produces concrete, transferable value for gender equality policy and practice across borders. The fund is designed to catalyze collaboration that would not happen at national level alone, prioritizing projects that generate new knowledge, build durable Nordic networks, and create shared “infrastructure” such as methods, tools, and resources that persist beyond the project period. The selection logic emphasizes Nordic benefit, policy relevance, sustainability, implementation capacity, and economic viability, with an explicit expectation that applicants can justify why joint Nordic action is essential to the problem being addressed. The guidelines also signal a practical delivery orientation: funded activities must start within six months of contract signature and be completed within two years, reinforcing time-bound outputs and credible plans for dissemination and uptake among relevant target groups.

• Geographies: Nordic Region (Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland); Baltic partner option (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

• Who can apply: Volunteer/not-for-profit organizations, networks, public sector bodies, other non-commercial actors, and SMEs participating in multi-country Nordic collaborations.

• Funding amount: DKK 50,000–DKK 500,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: Nordic cooperation, knowledge generation, network-building, gender policy methods, convenings and exchanges.

• Deadline: April 7, 2026 (11:59 pm CET).

• Learn more and apply here.

This fund consistently rewards proposals that treat cross-border collaboration as an output in itself, building reusable Nordic infrastructure that strengthens policy and practice beyond a single project cycle.

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The March funding landscape for gender and empowerment is shifting away from reactive “emergency” projects toward long-term institutional agency and market-integrated power. We are seeing a decisive move into “Strategic Readiness”—with 7 new open calls added this month alone—where donors like WomenINvestEU and APEC are resourcing the economic cases and investment pipelines that place women at the center of high-stakes industries like climate-tech and regional policy. It is less about just reaching women and more about funding the financial, scientific, and legal infrastructure they need to lead their own economic transitions. This suggests that for practitioners, the winning strategy for 2026 is proving your model builds a durable “backbone” for women’s leadership rather than just delivering a one-off training.

We are also observing a powerful trend toward “Coordinated Continuity” in protection and rural livelihoods. New initiatives in Costa Rica and the Democratic Republic of Congo are moving beyond fragmented aid to fund territorial enterprises and referral-based protection networks that communities can actually sustain. Whether it is converting biodiversity into income for rural women or building a safer continuum of care for survivors of violence, the mandate is to link local grassroots action with institutional accountability. With an actionable pool of over $25 Million USD in this sector specific to March, the landscape is rewarding “Systems-First” agency—the ability to move from simply participating in a project to owning the national or regional system.

Snapshot of New Opportunities

The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 13 open opportunities- 7 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 13 rolling opportunities- 1 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

Partnership to strengthen women and youth leadership to end GBV and harmful practices, UNFPA. *Closing soon!*

UNFPA seeks implementing partners to accelerate feminist, rights-based advocacy and social norms change to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harmful practices across East and Southern Africa. The partnership is designed to strengthen women-led and youth-led movements as core actors in prevention and accountability, combining community mobilization with policy dialogue and regional coordination. UNFPA’s investment logic prioritizes approaches that amplify grassroots leadership, build collective action, and translate survivor-centered evidence into stronger national and regional commitments. Expected results emphasize increased influence and coordination of women-led and youth-led organizations, measurable shifts in harmful norms, stronger monitoring of commitments, and improved capacity to navigate backlash and protect activists while sustaining engagement. This call positions movement strength and evidence uptake as the pathway from local action to durable systems change.

• Geographies: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (Africa).

• Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations, including women-led and youth-led organizations, able to operate in the listed locations.

• Funding amount: Indicative budget: USD $30,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: GBV prevention, survivor support, women’s leadership, youth-led.

• Deadline: March 3, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

UNFPA is signaling that scalable impact here depends on coalition power, credible evidence, and sustained accountability pathways, not isolated service delivery.

Service Contract for Women-Led Community Activities, Advocacy Initiatives, and Media Campaigns, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!*

AICS, through its Jerusalem Office, is procuring a partner to operationalize gender-responsive programming in Palestine by combining women-led community activities with structured stakeholder advocacy and a public-facing media strategy. The funder’s logic is to move beyond awareness-only approaches by convening repeated engagement with civil society and private sector actors, including banks, universities, chambers of commerce, and companies, while elevating credible workplace role models to counter backlash and defamation narratives around gender equality. The design is explicitly outcomes-oriented, setting clear expectations for advocacy impact tracking through roundtable volume and positive media engagement. This is a two-stage procurement: the Expression of Interest functions as pre-qualification, favoring organizations with demonstrated in-country delivery experience and the capacity to integrate convening, communications, and monitoring into one coherent implementation plan.

• Geographies: Palestine.

• Who can apply: No-profit, NGOs, and Civil Society Organizations registered in Palestine with relevant in-country experience in the last five years.

• Funding amount: Up to EUR €65,750.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: women-led community activities, advocacy roundtables, media campaigns, workplace gender equality, role models.

• Deadline: March 3, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This contract treats narrative change and stakeholder influence as core implementation outputs, backed by explicit performance expectations for convening and media uptake.

Service Contract for Student-Produced Films, Radio Podcasts, and a YouTube Channel on Gender Equality, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!*

AICS, through its Jerusalem Office, is procuring a partner to deliver a media and arts program that advances gender equality advocacy across Palestinian communities, including East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, Historic Palestine, and the diaspora. The funder’s logic treats cultural production as an advocacy instrument, pairing student-generated content with artist residencies, radio and digital distribution, and structured dialogue with relevant public and private stakeholders. The expected design emphasizes skills transfer and credibility, including masterclasses and reciprocal exchange with Italian institutions, plus an international exposure pathway for Palestinian students working at the intersection of media and gender advocacy. Clear monitoring expectations signal a performance orientation, with defined targets for the share of gender-related media outputs and positive audience engagement.

• Geographies: Palestine.

• Who can apply: No-profit, NGOs, and Civil Society Organizations registered in Palestine with relevant in-country experience in the last five years.

• Funding amount: Up to EUR 65,750.00.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender & Women’s Empowerment; Focus areas: student-produced films, radio podcasts, YouTube channel, artistic residencies, gender equality advocacy.

• Deadline: March 4, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This contract backs narrative change plus stakeholder dialogue as core deliverables, not side effects of cultural programming.

WomenINvestEU Matchmaking on Sustainability & Climate Tech, WomenINvestEU. *New!* *Closing soon!*

WomenINvestEU is convening a targeted investor matchmaking session to accelerate early-stage capital pathways for women-led climate and sustainability innovators in the European Union. The event is structured as a pitch plus preparation pipeline: startups apply against clear fit criteria, selected teams receive pitch training and coaching across core investor diligence topics, and then present to a curated network of gender-conscious investors with a track record in backing women founders. The funder framing centers investment readiness and scalability across high-impact domains, including clean and renewable energy, agritech for sustainable food systems, decarbonization technologies, and circular economy and resource efficiency solutions. By pairing structured preparation with investor access and post-event one-to-one meetings, the model aims to reduce friction in deal formation and channel more private capital toward commercially viable solutions that cut environmental impact.

• Geographies: European Union.

• Who can apply: EU-based women-led or woman co-founder startups at seed or Series A stage.

• Funding amount: Matchmaking support.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Innovation & Technology; Focus areas: clean and renewable energy, agritech, decarbonization solutions, circular economy and resource efficiency, electric transportation, carbon capture, green hydrogen

• Deadline: Applications: March 13, 2026 (23:59 CET); Event: April 22, 2026 (10:30-12:15 CEST)

• Learn more and apply here.

This is a capital-mobilization mechanism that treats coaching, curation, and investor access as the intervention to move climate tech from promise to financed scale.

Switzerland 2026 Call for Application: Swiss L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Program, L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science. *New!* *Closing soon!* *Closing soon!*

This Swiss national program seeks to retain and accelerate women’s research careers in STEM by providing flexible awards that remove practical barriers in the postdoc phase, when career momentum and visibility are often most fragile. The funder’s logic is not tied to a narrow project cost line, but to career enabling support that helps early-career scientists sustain research productivity and leadership trajectory while remaining anchored at a Swiss host institution. Selection emphasizes research excellence, the quality and feasibility of the proposed research plan, and the applicant’s ability to leverage the award to strengthen long-term career outcomes, including pathways back after career breaks. The structure also values contributions that connect science to society, such as open science, policy engagement, and science communication with young people. This is a career-stage intervention designed to protect research continuity and strengthen the pipeline of women role models in Swiss STEM.

• Geographies: Switzerland.

• Who can apply: Female early-career postdoctoral researchers in eligible STEM fields conducting research at a Swiss university or research institute.

• Funding amount: CHF 25,000 (4 awards).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Innovation & Technology; Focus areas: Research & Development, Women in STEM, Leadership Training.

• Deadline: March 15, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

The program consistently favors proposals that pair scientific excellence with a clear plan for how flexible support translates into sustained research output and career progression.

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The February 2026 gender and empowerment funding landscape is shifting away from reactive “emergency” projects toward long-term institutional architecture and market-integrated agency. This month, we see a decisive move into “Hard-Tech” and industrial strategy, with the UK and Australia placing women at the center of advanced manufacturing and deep-tech scaling.

Simultaneously, we are tracking a major trend in systems-recovery in Türkiye and Ukraine, where the focus has moved from providing aid to restoring the institutional backbone of protection services. Whether it is through outcomes-based funding in Canada or climate-peace nexus programming in Kyrgyzstan, the signal is clear: donors are looking for structural integrity and local ownership.

Snapshot of New Opportunities:

This month’s portfolio prioritizes industrial leadership, systemic resilience, and economic value-chain integration:

The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 14 open opportunities- 9 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 12 rolling opportunities- 1 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

Women in Innovation Awards 2025/26, Innovate UK (part of UK Research and Innovation). *Closing soon!*

The Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards 2025/26 is a landmark national competition designed to accelerate the growth of women-led innovative businesses in the UK. Targeted at women founders and co-founders of late-stage startups, the programme offers up grant funding alongside a 12-month bespoke business support package tailored to scaling, investment readiness and commercial traction. With up to 60 awards available, the competition focuses on innovations aligned to three high-growth sectors defined in the UK’s Industrial Strategy, Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Technologies, and Life Sciences. Beyond financial support, awardees commit to structured training and role-modelling activities that strengthen the visibility and influence of women innovators across the UK innovation ecosystem.

• Geographies: United Kingdom (UK registered SMEs).

• Who can apply: Women founders or co-founders of UK registered micro, small or medium enterprises (SMEs).

• Funding amount: Up to £75,000 plus bespoke business support for 12 months.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Entrepreneurship & Business Growth; Focus areas: women’s leadership, innovation scaling, advanced manufacturing, digital and technologies, life sciences.

• Deadline: February 4, 2026 (11:00am UK time).

• Learn more and apply here.

The Women in Innovation Awards stand out within Innovate UK’s portfolio by combining targeted financial support with tailored business acceleration and visibility, specifically designed to confront persistent funding and scaling disparities faced by women founders in high-growth innovation sectors.

Empowering Women Farmers in Armenia’s Horticulture Value Chain, United Nations Development Programme (linked to homepage). *New!* *Closing soon!*

This UNDP Armenia procurement notice invites qualified suppliers to participate in a competitive request for proposals aimed at strengthening the horticulture value chain with a focus on women farmers’ empowerment. Positioned within UNDP’s economic development and inclusive growth agenda, the solicitation seeks solutions that enhance market participation, value chain linkages, and gender-responsive agricultural development. While the notice functions as a procurement rather than a traditional grant, it aligns with broader priorities on strengthening rural economies and supporting women’s economic agency through targeted interventions in horticultural production and value chain services. Interested entities must register on the UNDP Quantum supplier portal and submit proposals in accordance with the reference UNDP-ARM-00890.

• Geographies: Armenia (UNDP ARM).

• Who can apply: Suppliers/consultants eligible under UNDP procurement rules with a valid Quantum portal profile.

• Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $40,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Economic Development; Focus areas: women’s empowerment, horticulture value chain strengthening.

• Deadline: February 4, 2026 (07:00 AM New York time).

• Learn more and apply here.

As a procurement rather than a grant, the call underscores UNDP’s focus on delivery-ready partners capable of translating gender-responsive design into tangible value-chain outcomes.

Strengthening Prevention and Protection Services on Violence Against Women and Girls in Earthquake-Affected and Migration-Receiving Provinces in Türkiye (CFP–TUR–2026–01), UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Through this call, UN Women Türkiye is investing in the institutional backbone of violence prevention and response systems in provinces affected by the 2023 earthquakes and subsequent internal migration. Rather than focusing on direct service provision alone, the program prioritizes capacity development of public institutions responsible for prevention and protection — strengthening workforce resilience, survivor-centered case management, and gender-responsive governance. Structured across three thematic lots, the call targets psychosocial support for frontline personnel, supervision and case management systems, and men’s engagement in ending violence against women. This approach reflects UN Women’s strategic emphasis on restoring service quality, preventing secondary trauma among providers, and embedding sustainable standards within national systems in post-disaster contexts.

• Geographies: Türkiye, earthquake-affected and migration-receiving provinces.

• Who can apply: Civil society organizations and academic institutions registered in Türkiye.

• Funding amount: Up to USD $90,000 per lot; three thematic lots.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: VAWG prevention systems, public service capacity, survivor-centered approaches.

• Deadline: February 8, 2026 (Türkiye midnight time).

• Learn more and apply here.

UN Women is funding post-earthquake system recovery, not emergency response — frame your work as restoring service quality, continuity, and resilience within national prevention and protection systems.

Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) Expression of Interest, ActionAid Nigeria (linked to homepage). *New!* *Closing soon!*

This Expression of Interest invites women-led women’s rights organizations and networks in Nigeria to propose creative, strategic, and innovative interventions that accelerate gender justice and advance the rights of women and girls. Designed to catalyze fresh approaches within the feminist movement, the Strategic Innovation Fund prioritizes ideas that challenge existing barriers, strengthen advocacy, and generate scalable models with demonstrable impact. Aligned with the broader goals of the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership Project, this call reflects a commitment to supporting locally rooted innovation that advances women’s agency, inclusion, and systemic change in rights programming. Successful proposals are expected to translate strategic ideas into concrete action within a condensed implementation period, amplifying the influence of feminist solutions across thematic areas such as violence against women and girls, economic justice, political participation, and structurally excluded groups.

• Geographies: Nigeria.

• Who can apply: Women-led women’s rights organizations and networks operating in Nigeria.

• Funding amount: Up to NGN 20,000,000 per award (maximum).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: feminist innovation, rights advancement.

• Deadline: February 13, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This call highlights ActionAid Nigeria’s strategic emphasis on fostering locally sourced, innovative feminist solutions that challenge structural barriers and contribute to lasting change for women and girls.

Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund (WHVPF) 2026, Impact Canada / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). *Closing soon!*

The Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund (WHVPF) 2026 Call for Proposals is a federal initiative designed to fund innovative, scalable solutions that improve workplace culture, prevent harassment and violence, and foster safer, healthier environments across federally regulated industries in Canada. Delivered through the Impact Canada platform and the ESDC Labour Program, this pilot adopts an outcomes-based funding model, tying support to the achievement of measurable results rather than outputs alone. The Fund prioritizes projects that co-develop sector-specific tools, training, and resources that drive behavioral and cultural change and that embed robust baseline measurement systems to track progress. Applicants benefit from access to a third-party evaluator to ensure consistent evaluation throughout implementation, underscoring the program’s emphasis on accountability, data-driven learning, and transparent impact.

• Geographies: Canada (federally regulated private sectors).

• Who can apply: Canadian organizations, coalitions, federally regulated employers, non-profits, academic institutions, and eligible incorporated individuals.

• Funding amount: Up to CAD $500,000 per year for up to three years (maximum CAD $1.5 million per project; approx CAD $3 million available annually across applicants).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Workplace Safety & Inclusion; Focus areas: harassment and violence prevention, behavioral and cultural change.

• Deadline: February 13, 2026 (3:00 PM Eastern Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This call emphasizes measurable, outcome-driven approaches to advancing workplace safety and inclusion in Canada’s federally regulated sectors, offering funding tied to progress rather than merely activities.

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The January 2026 gender and empowerment cycle marks a sophisticated shift from symptomatic aid toward the re-engineering of power. This month’s opportunities are surgically targeted at dismantling the structural gatekeeping that limits women and non-binary leaders in high-stakes arenas.

We are seeing a “hard-tech” offensive, with the UK and EU launching high-value calls for women-led deep tech and advanced manufacturing, while Australia invests millions to deconstruct barriers in STEM entrepreneurship. Simultaneously, the focus on peace and security has moved to the front lines, resourcing women to influence formal peace negotiations in conflict zones.

Whether it is through global awards for structural justice or survivor-led GBV response systems in Mongolia, the focus for early 2026 is clear: investing in the specific individuals, researchers, founders, and activists, who are dismantling systemic barriers from the inside out.

Snapshot of New Opportunities:

This month’s portfolio prioritizes leadership pipelines and technological inclusion across the following sectors:

The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 14 open opportunities- 7 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 11 rolling opportunities- 1 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

MONGOLIA: Open Call for Concept Notes – Strengthening the Response to Gender‑Based Violence, International Development Law Organization (IDLO). *New!* *Closing Soon!*

IDLO has launched an open call for concept notes under its “Strengthening the Response to Gender‑Based Violence in Mongolia (2025–2030)” program, funded by the Government of Canada. This initiative aims to improve prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership systems to support survivors and reduce GBV in rural and urban communities. Civil society organizations with experience in GBV prevention, service delivery, legal support and advocacy are invited to submit concept notes that demonstrate clear, context‑driven interventions tailored to the needs of women, girls, herder communities, and survivors in remote soums and baghs. Selected concept notes may lead to sub‑grants to implement community‑level activities that strengthen accessible support services, enhance intersectoral cooperation, and expand legal and awareness‑raising efforts.

• Geographies: Mongolia (rural soums, baghs, and urban districts).

• Who can apply: CSOs/NGOs with relevant GBV experience and legal registration.

• Funding amount: scope not defined (sub‑grant via concept note).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender‑Based Violence; Focus areas: GBV prevention, survivor services, legal access.

• Deadline: January 9, 2026 (23:59 Ulaanbaatar Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This call places emphasis on community‑level GBV systems strengthening. Organizations with integrated prevention, protection, and legal components will likely align best with IDLO’s design principles.

WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award 2026, WIN WIN Award Foundation. *Closing Soon!*

The 2026 edition of the WIN WIN Award honors transformative actors working to advance gender-equal societies. With the theme “Gender-Equal Societies,” the prize recognizes those reshaping power structures, challenging societal norms, and embedding equity in systems to build peaceful, resilient, and sustainable futures. The award seeks changemakers who go beyond representation to drive structural change- through law, leadership, and lived impact.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Nominees must be individuals, organizations, companies, or movements actively contributing to gender-equal societies.

• Funding amount: SEK 1,000,000 (main award); SEK 100,000 (youth award for ages 13–29).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: systemic change, women’s leadership, civic inclusion.

• Deadline: January 11, 2026 (23:59 Sweden time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This award uplifts bold strategies for gender justice as a foundation for planetary and democratic resilience.

Rise Up Together Leadership & Advocacy Program (South Africa), Rise Up Together. *New!* *Closing Soon!*

Rise Up Together’s Leadership & Advocacy Program in South Africa invites visionary civil society leaders from the Gauteng and KwaZulu‑Natal provinces to join a hybrid accelerator designed to strengthen gender equity advocacy and systems‑change capacity. The program combines virtual orientation with an in‑person intensive April 13–18, 2026, enabling participants to refine strategy, build advocacy skills, and expand their networks to influence national and local laws, policies, and programs. Following the training, selected leaders are eligible to apply for up to USD $17,000 in seed funding to launch gender equity advocacy projects, with opportunities for additional follow‑on support. Through tailored coaching, strategic guidance, and connection to a global cohort, the initiative supports leaders to build sustainable advocacy movements for gender justice.

• Geographies: South Africa (Gauteng, KwaZulu‑Natal).

• Who can apply: Civil society leaders based in Gauteng or KwaZulu‑Natal provinces.

• Funding amount: Up to USD $17,000 (seed funding opportunity).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Leadership Development; Focus areas: gender equity advocacy, network building, strategic campaigning.

• Deadline: January 15, 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

This program targets leaders ready to move from grassroots credibility to national policy influence - a key strategy in Rise Up’s theory of change.

WPHF Rapid Response Window I/RNGO Partners, Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF). *New!* *Closing Soon!*

This call invites experienced international and regional NGOs to become partners in channeling rapid response grants that support women peacebuilders and women’s rights organizations in conflict-affected and fragile regions. The Rapid Response Window’s overarching goal is to strengthen women’s meaningful participation in formal peace negotiations and the implementation of peace agreements, with an emphasis on delivering strategic, short-term initiatives that capitalize on emerging opportunities in peace processes. Partner NGOs selected through this call will manage and disburse funding to local actors, provide technical, strategic, and logistical support, and help ensure that women’s voices and priorities are integrated into peacebuilding outcomes. Proposals will be evaluated on alignment with gender-responsive peacebuilding objectives, feasibility, and potential for meaningful impact across multiple regions.

• Geographies: Latin America, Arab States, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe & Central Asia, Asia & Pacific.

• Who can apply: Legally registered International or Regional NGOs with peacebuilding and gender equality expertise.

• Funding amount: Up to USD $1,000,000 over 1–2 years.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Peace & Security; Focus areas: women’s participation, conflict-related peace processes.

• Deadline: January 23, 2026 (2pm CET).

• Learn more and apply here.

The Rapid Response Window is one of the few global mechanisms purpose-built to operationalize the Women, Peace and Security agenda by directly linking women’s civil society to formal Track 1 and Track 2 peace processes.

Funding Fairer Futures – Feminist Climate Action Fund (Seedlings Call), WECF (Women Engage for Common Future). *Closing Soon!*

The Feminist Climate Action Fund under the Funding Fairer Futures initiative invites grassroots feminist and inclusive groups across selected EU countries to apply for small grants (€5,000) to implement community‑driven climate justice, advocacy or awareness‑raising projects. The call is open to informal collectives (no formal registration required) as long as the group comprises at least three people and works on feminist or gender‑transformative climate actions.

• Geographies: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden.

• Who can apply: Informal feminist groups or grassroots women‑led collectives (minimum 3 people, no registration needed).

• Funding amount: €5,000 per project (seed grant). The funding round offers up to 50 grants (max 5 per country).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; Focus areas: climate justice, gender‑responsive climate action, community mobilization.

• Deadline: January 26, 2026 (23:59 CET).

• Learn more and apply here.

Because the fund emphasizes grassroots and intersectional climate action, proposals that combine feminist perspectives, community mobilization, and creative advocacy, especially from underrepresented or youth‑led groups, are likely to stand out.

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 14 open opportunities- 9 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 10 rolling opportunities- 1 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 7 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

EmpowHER Fund, Aidsfonds. *Closing soon!*

The EmpowHER Fund is a newly launched five‑year pooled‑fund initiative (2026–2030) offering targeted grant support to women‑ and girl‑led organizations in Sub‑Saharan Africa, aiming to accelerate access to HIV prevention methods among adolescent girls and young women. With a strong feminist and rights‑based emphasis, the fund focuses on three core objectives: increasing advocacy for improved availability and accessibility of prevention tools; raising awareness and promoting demand and uptake of prevention methods; and strengthening collective leadership of women, girls and gender non‑conforming people in shaping health systems and services.

• Geographies: Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia.

• Who can apply: Local community organizations, networks or movements led by women, girls or gender non‑conforming persons with strong advocacy or health‑systems track record.

• Funding amount: Grants range EUR €50,000 - €300,000. A total of €4M available for the total for the first call period (2026–2028).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: HIV Prevention; Focus areas: access to prevention, feminist leadership, women’s health choice.

• Deadline: Expression of Interest: December  2, 2025 (Full Proposal stage early 2026)

• Learn more and apply here.

This call marks a significant pivot toward funding local movement actors, combining resources with political influence and community‑led strategies to break entrenched barriers in HIV prevention.

Demonstrate & Advocate Grants, Southeast Asia Gender-Based Violence Prevention Platform. *Closing soon!*

The Southeast Asia GBV Prevention Platform, is offering two grant streams to strengthen regional efforts to prevent gender-based violence (GBV). The Demonstrate Grants capture and elevate evidence and practice-based knowledge on what works to prevent violence. These output-based grants focus on knowledge generation- supporting evaluations, case studies, and translation of program designs into replicable models. The Advocate Grants support diverse advocacy activities, such as attending dialogues, building movements, presenting at conferences, and conducting campaigns, to shift power and narratives around GBV.

• Geographies: Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam).

• Who can apply: Legally registered non-profits or civil society orgs in Southeast Asia; fiscal sponsors permitted for unregistered groups.

• Funding amount: AUD $5,000 – $40,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: GBV prevention, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, disability-led knowledge, community-led research.

• Deadline: December 7, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Resourcing both grassroots evidence and collective advocacy, these grants are designed to catalyze inclusive, community-led prevention ecosystems in the region.

UK–South Africa Consortium – Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP), British Council. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This one-off grant call supports cross-national higher education partnerships to advance female student entrepreneurship. Through SWEEP, the British Council aims to strengthen institutional capabilities and foster collaboration between UK and South African universities committed to women’s economic empowerment. Only one consortium will receive the award, and applications must clearly demonstrate leadership experience in empowering women through higher education ecosystems.

• Geographies: United Kingdom, South Africa.

• Who can apply: Consortia of 3–7 partners, including one HEI from the UK and one from South Africa.

• Funding amount: GBP £60,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Economic Empowerment; Focus areas: women’s entrepreneurship, higher education partnerships, student innovation.

• Deadline: December 10, 2025 (17:00 GMT).

• Learn more and apply here.

This opportunity underscores bilateral collaboration as a lever for inclusive growth and institutional transformation.

African Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund (2026–2027 cycle), Ahaki (Afya na Haki). *New!* *Closing soon!*

Ahaki has launched the latest cycle of its Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund to counteract shrinking global support for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Africa. Anchored in the LIRA Programme, the fund aims to build sustainable and innovative legal responses to rising challenges. Grants will support litigation and legal research projects that safeguard access to SRHR services, reduce related prosecutions, and promote systemic reform through African-led, grassroots advocacy. Emphasizing Ubuntu and regional solidarity, the fund backs organizations with bold, justice-driven agendas.

• Geographies: Benin, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

• Who can apply: Indigenous African organizations legally registered in eligible countries.

• Funding amount: USD $5,000–$50,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: SRHR, feminist legal action, strategic litigation.

• Deadline: December 12, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

This fund supports frontline defenders of SRHR using law as a tool for systemic justice and sustainability.

2026 Grant – Strengthening Institutions, Women’s Voices, Rights and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Nigeria, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF). *New!* *Closing soon!*

The Nigerian Women Trust Fund has opened its 2026 grant cycle, inviting women‑led or women‑focused civil‑society organizations across Nigeria to submit proposals. The grant is designed to strengthen institutional capacity, amplify women’s leadership and civic participation, and support interventions to end gender‑based violence. Winners will receive funding, mentorship, and organizational support- enabling them to implement short‑term, high‑impact initiatives over a four‑month period (January–April 2026). The call emphasizes both service delivery and advocacy, seeking initiatives that shift cultural norms, influence policy, and build sustainable institutional foundations.

• Geographies: Nigeria (all six geopolitical zones).

• Who can apply: Registered women‑led or women‑focused NGOs / CBOs operating in Nigeria.

• Funding amount: Grant amount not publicly tiered; funding includes financial support plus mentoring and institutional strengthening resources.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality & Women’s Rights; Focus areas: women’s leadership, GBV prevention, institutional capacity, advocacy for rights and inclusion.

• Deadline: December 12, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

NWTF values grassroots, women‑led organizations with local legitimacy - proposals rooted in community realities and structured for institutional sustainability are likely to be favored.

NSW Sexual Violence Recovery & Healing Grant Program, NSW Department of Communities and Justice. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This two-year grant program funds community-led, trauma-informed capacity-building efforts that support the recovery and healing of victim-survivors of sexual violence across New South Wales. The program prioritizes initiatives focused on Aboriginal communities, culturally diverse populations, LGBTIQA+ people, persons with disability, and other marginalized groups. Funded activities must not include direct service delivery but instead build infrastructure, networks, or organizational knowledge to strengthen survivor outcomes. Preference may be given to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organizations (ACCOs) and applicants must align proposals with the NSW Sexual Violence Plan.

• Geographies: New South Wales, Australia.

• Who can apply: NSW-based not-for-profits and ACCOs; must be registered legal entities.

• Funding amount: AUD $3 million total. There is no specific limit on the amount eligible applicants can apply for.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender-Based Violence; Focus areas: trauma recovery, capacity-building, priority group support.

• Deadline: December 12, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

This grant invests in trauma-informed recovery capacity, not service delivery, to support marginalized survivor communities across NSW.

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 14 open opportunities- 11 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 7 rolling opportunities- 2 new!!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 5 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

PreventSA Incubator, The Fund to Prevent Sexual Assault. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Seeking to fund and accelerate innovative technology or social‑media solutions aimed at preventing peer‑on‑peer sexual assault among high‑school‑aged youth (ages 11‑18) in the United States. Funding will support designing, piloting, and refining the concept to be deployed April 2026.

• Geographies: United States.

• Who can apply: Nonprofits or initiatives via a fiscal sponsor (501(c)(3) U.S. or international charity) targeting youth perpetration using technology/social media; must commit ~20 hrs/week.

• Funding amount: USD $50,000 each grantee (six‑month term)
  Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Sexual Violence Prevention; Focus areas: youth perpetrator prevention, tech/social media interventions for high‑school youth.

• Deadline: November 7, 2025 (11:59 pm PT).

• Learn more and apply here.

By concentrating on high‑school‑aged perpetrators rather than survivors, this initiative shifts the prevention paradigm upstream; aligning capital, data and tech with early intervention.

WYDE | Women’s Leadership Call for Proposals, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This call funds civil society and women’s rights organizations working to accelerate gender equality through feminist leadership and political participation. With a strong emphasis on shifting social norms, the program supports initiatives that mentor young women leaders, build coalitions, challenge gendered disinformation, and amplify inclusive leadership across global and regional platforms. Backed by the European Union, WYDE aims to implement the Generation Equality Forum’s commitments under the Feminist Movements and Leadership Action Coalition (AC6), especially within shrinking civic spaces.

• Geographies: Prioritizing projects in Africa; single-country implementation in ODA-eligible countries.

• Who can apply: Registered CSOs with 3+ years’ experience; priority for women-led, youth-led, or marginalized-population-led orgs.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD $45,000–150,000 (12–22 months). Total pool: USD $1M.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Governance & Civic Engagement; Focus areas: inclusive leadership, coalition-building, civic participation, gendered disinformation.

• Deadline: November 10, 2025 (23:59 EDT).

• Learn more and apply here.

This call invests in durable feminist infrastructure by resourcing grassroots and regional leaders to shift political culture and power.

Women, Peace and Security – Chad, European Commission (EuropeAid). *Closing soon!*

The European Commission is launching a major funding call to support the implementation of Chad’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. The call aims to deepen the participation of women in peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery and ensure protection and justice for women and girls affected by conflict and gender-based violence. Structured around two core objectives; 1. strengthening legal protections and 2. supporting the socio-economic reintegration of survivors, the program invests in large-scale interventions led by experienced rights-based organizations. Priority areas include access to justice, survivor-centered support, and economic recovery for displaced and marginalized women, including those with disabilities. The program supports Chad’s commitment to embedding gender equality in peace and security strategies at local and national levels.

• Geographies: Chad.

• Who can apply: Nonprofit legal entities (CSOs, IGOs) based in EU or eligible NDICI countries with WPS expertise.

• Funding amount: EUR €4.75 million – €5.25 million.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation; Focus areas: access to justice, legal empowerment, GBV response, women’s reintegration.

• Deadline: November 11, 2025 (12:00 Brussels Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This call is a cornerstone of EU efforts to operationalize the Women, Peace & Security agenda through legally grounded, feminist peacebuilding in Chad.

Aurora Tech Award, inDrive. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This award seeks to identify and uplift high‑potential women‑led tech startups from emerging markets, providing not just capital but strategic visibility, mentorship and access to a global investor network. By focusing on founders who are less than 5 years into their venture, have developed a functional prototype and have raised under USD 6 million in total funding, the program aims to correct the systemic gender funding gap and accelerate scaling of startups that might otherwise be overlooked.

• Geographies: Global, with emphasis on emerging markets (Africa, Latin America, Asia, MENA).

• Who can apply: Start‑ups founded or co‑founded and led by a woman; ≤5 years old; functional prototype; ≤USD 6 m total funding; must present in English.

• Funding amount: USD $100,000 total pool; Top3 awards: $50,000 (1st), $30,000 (2nd), $20,000 (3rd).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Technology; Focus areas: women tech founders, early‑stage startups, global scaling.

• Deadline: November 12, 2025 (23:59 UTC).

• Learn more and apply here.

This annual award is building structural pathways for inclusive innovation in emerging markets by directing capital and visibility to underfunded women tech founders.

HER Fund 2025/26 General Grant (Second Cycle), HER Fund. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Inviting Hong Kong-based organizations to apply for its annual General Grant supporting grassroots feminist and trans-inclusive work. With an intersectional lens, HER Fund focuses on four key change areas: freedom from violence, poverty, and discrimination, and the advancement of women’s civil participation. Applicants can request support for project-based activities, organizational development, or core operations. Priority is given to smaller or emerging groups with limited resources, and grantees are viewed as long-term partners in movement-building. Successful proposals will clearly articulate the systemic and lived barriers facing marginalized communities and propose initiatives that advance social visibility, resilience, and mutual support.

• Geographies: Hong Kong.

• Who can apply: Registered organizations under Hong Kong law (charity, society, or company by guarantee); priority for small/emerging groups.

• Funding amount: Up to HKD $80,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: feminist organizing, grassroots participation, violence prevention.

• Deadline: November 17, 2025 (23:59 HKT)

• Learn more and apply here.

HER Fund continues to anchor its grantmaking in the lived realities of Hong Kong’s most marginalized, sustaining intersectional movements from the ground up.

Resourcing Resilience - Investing in Civil Society Leadership to End Violence against Women and Girls, UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, UN Women. *Closing soon!*

The UN Trust Fund welcomes proposals that strengthen the resilience of civil society organizations and that address violence against structurally marginalized women and girls, contributing to one or more of these outcome areas: 1. Improving access for women and girls to essential, specialist, safe, adequate and quality multisectoral services; 2. Improving prevention of violence against women and girls through changes in behaviours, practices and attitudes; 3. Increasing effectiveness of legislation, policies, national action plans and accountability systems to prevent and end VAW/G. The Fund selects proposals that pave the way for concrete, national change. It prioritizes applications that reach a large number of beneficiaries and offer novel approaches and opportunities for expansion, replication and sustainability.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Women’s and girls’ rights organizations, Women-led organizations, Constituent-led organizations, Small organizations.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD 150,000 - $800,000.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender equality, violence against women.

• Deadline: November 19, 2025. Annual call.

• Learn more and apply here.

Promotion of Female Education Champions and Role Models (Burundi), Enabel. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Enabel is inviting proposals from Burundian civil society actors to lead targeted awareness and information campaigns that promote girls’ education through local role models. This grant seeks to foster community support for inclusive education by elevating female champions and encouraging parental and youth engagement. Activities must demonstrate strong grounding in gender and education expertise, with clearly documented experience managing public funding. This call is part of Belgium’s cooperation efforts to strengthen social norms and reduce educational inequalities.

• Geographies: Burundi.

• Who can apply: Legal entities (non-profits, foundations, private non-commercial entities) established or represented in Burundi with 3+ years of relevant experience and proven capacity managing grants.

• Funding amount: Grant ranges EUR €96,000–128,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Education; Focus areas: inclusive education, female role models, awareness-raising, schooling support.

• Deadline: November 21, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

This call invests in gender-equal education systems through locally rooted, community-driven action.

Advancing Digital Inclusion for Women in Brazil: Mulher+Tech , UN Women Brazil. *New!* *Closing soon!*

UN Women Brazil is seeking a national civil society organization to implement its “Mulher+Tech” digital inclusion curriculum, designed to expand digital literacy and access to rights for women in vulnerable contexts across 10 Brazilian cities. This initiative, part of the focuses on eliminating gendered digital divides and advancing women’s economic agency. The curriculum includes modules on digital literacy, women’s human rights, basic life skills, and employability. The selected partner will oversee localized implementation, provide technical training, and support holistic participation; including SIM cards, laptops, mobile phones, stipends, and childcare services. Total outreach is projected at 1,300 women.

• Geographies: Brazil (Belém, Belo Horizonte, Boa Vista, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Manaus, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo).

• Who can apply: CSOs based in Brazil with capacity or local partners in eligible cities..

• Funding amount: Grants range BRL 800,000–1,115,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Digital Inclusion; Focus areas: digital access, gender literacy, socioeconomic empowerment.

• Deadline: November 24, 2025 (23:59 Brasília Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

Centering intersectionality and rights in a tech access initiative, Mulher+Tech advances Brazil’s feminist digital equity agenda.

Women’s Voice and Leadership Learning Partnership: Regional Learning Hubs, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) & Global Affairs Canada (GAC). *New!* *Closing soon!*

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 14 open opportunities- 13 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 7 rolling opportunities!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 5 long term opportunities!

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Open Calls:

Strengthening the Prevention and Coordination of Gender-Based Violence Services in Cambodia, UN Women Asia and the Pacific. *New!* *Closing soon!*

UN Women is launching a targeted call to pilot a new community-based model for primary prevention of gender-based violence in Siem Reap Province. The fund seeks a Cambodian CSO with proven expertise in GBV prevention and grassroots engagement to co-develop, test, and refine an evidence-based approach that shifts harmful gender norms and builds local ownership. This pilot will inform Cambodia’s fourth National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against Women (NAPVAW IV) and strengthen the country’s alignment with the RESPECT Framework and international best practice. Core components include participatory model design, training of community champions, real-time learning, and strategic documentation to support scale-up.

• Geographies: Cambodia.

• Who can apply: CSOs legally registered in Cambodia with experience in GBV prevention and community mobilization.

• Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $60,000

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender-Based Violence; Focus areas: social norms transformation, primary prevention, community engagement.

• Deadline: October 3, 2025 (17:00 Phnom Penh Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This call supports community-centered innovation for long-term GBV prevention. By centering community voice in the design and testing phase they are prioritizing women and marginalized groups through inclusive engagement and localized leadership.

2025–26 Investing in Women Grants, Women NSW, The Cabinet Office. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This targeted round of the Investing in Women Grants supports organizations delivering evidence-based projects for women and girls in contact with the criminal justice system in New South Wales. Aligned to the NSW Women’s Strategy (2023–2026), the fund prioritizes projects under Pillars 2 (Health and Wellbeing) and 3 (Participation and Empowerment), with a strong focus on trauma-informed services, leadership pathways, and community reconnection. Grants must demonstrate tangible value for money, measurable outcomes, and localized impact.

• Geographies: New South Wales, Australia.

• Who can apply: Registered not-for-profits or certified social enterprises; must have insurance, 10% co-funding, and no current NSW/Commonwealth funding for the same project.

• Funding amount: AUD $50,000–250,000; Total pool AUD $445,701.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: justice-involved women, trauma support, empowerment, mental health.

• Deadline: October 3, 2025 (15:00 AEDT).

• Learn more and apply here.

This round aims to uplift justice-affected women through targeted, community-led initiatives.

Third Call of the Regional Fund: Strengthening Women’s and Feminist Organizations, UN Women – Latin America & Caribbean. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The Regional Fund, a joint initiative of governments, ECLAC, UN Women, and civil society, has launched its third call to support women’s and feminist organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Fund seeks to strengthen organizational and management capacities so that feminist actors can advance two key priorities of the Regional Gender Agenda: gender-responsive environmental and climate action, and the prevention and response to violence against women. Grants are available for organizational strengthening activities, such as developing systems and tools, enhancing technical and management skills, and limited equipment purchases. Priority will be given to organizations that have never previously received UN Women funding, with the goal of broadening the base of supported feminist movements in the region.

• Geographies: Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Who can apply: Legally registered women’s and feminist civil society organizations operating ≥3 years; not current or past UN Women program partners.

• Funding amount: Grants of USD $10,000 (3 months) or USD $20,000 (5 months).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality, Climate Action, Violence Prevention.

• Deadline: October 5, 2025 (23:59 Panama Time, GMT-5).

• Learn more and apply here.

This fund uniquely invests in feminist organizational power across Latin America and the Caribbean, linking climate justice and violence prevention to the broader Regional Gender Agenda.

Call for Proposals – Syria, Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF). *New!* *Closing soon!*

In a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian landscape, WPHF is calling on Syrian women- and youth-led civil society organizations to step into leadership roles across peacebuilding, response, and recovery. This fund supports both institutional development and programmatic work aligned with three core Impact Areas: humanitarian response, protection and mental health, and peacebuilding for displaced women. The call reflects WPHF’s investment in feminist crisis leadership, intersectional justice, and inclusive systems transformation — with particular attention to displaced, disabled, and marginalized groups. Projects must be rooted in community realities and prioritize long-term sustainability, feminist M&E, and collaborative delivery.

• Geographies: Syria.

• Who can apply: Legally registered Syrian CSOs led by women, young women, or displaced individuals; youth-focused and feminist organizations.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD $2,500 – $30,000 (institutional), and USD $30,000 – $200,000 (programmatic).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Humanitarian Assistance; Focus areas: displacement, economic empowerment, mental health, civic participation, justice access.

• Deadline: October 20, 2025 (11:59pm Geneva Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

WPHF seek to channel power to local feminist actors poised to transform Syria’s crisis through community-rooted leadership.

Mentorship Programme for Aspiring Women Leaders, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

As part of the Pakistan Women Leaders (PWL) project funded by the European Union, UN Women is launching a multi-year mentorship program to support aspiring women political leaders across Pakistan. The initiative aims to dismantle structural barriers to women’s political participation - ranging from patriarchal norms to resource gaps - by offering structured learning, mentorship, and exposure to civic systems. The selected CSO will lead implementation across 17 districts through a four-phase process: mass outreach, bootcamp training for at least 1,700 women, an intensive 20-month mentorship for 170 selected mentees, and a national alumnae network with scale-up mechanisms.

• Geographies: Pakistan.

• Who can apply: Registered Pakistani CSOs with experience in political mentorship and inclusive leadership training.

• Funding amount: Grant ranges 185M PKR – 198M PKR.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Focus areas: women in politics, civic leadership, electoral participation.

• Deadline: October 20, 2025 (17:00 Pakistan Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

This initiative reflects UN Women’s ambition to institutionalize inclusive governance by cultivating a sustained pipeline of women political leaders in Pakistan.

Call for Proposals – Sudan, Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF). *New!* *Closing soon!*

In response to Sudan’s ongoing crisis and the urgent need for inclusive, localized humanitarian leadership, WPHF is inviting proposals from women-led and feminist organizations to support women’s agency in humanitarian planning and protection. This call focuses on two key impact areas: women’s leadership in humanitarian response, and the safety, security, and mental health of women and girls. In a country where 12 million people have been displaced and GBV risks have soared, this opportunity centers frontline feminist actors — particularly those from marginalized groups — in crisis recovery, peacebuilding, and systems transformation. Both institutional support and programmatic funding are available, including for existing initiatives.

• Geographies: Sudan (Al Gezirah, Khartoum, North Darfur, River Nile, Sennar, West Kordofan).

• Who can apply: Legally registered Sudanese CSOs led by women, young women, or feminist groups; youth-led and rights-focused orgs eligible.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD $2,500 – $30,000 (institutional), and USD $30,000 – $200,000 (programmatic).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Humanitarian Assistance; Focus areas: institutional strengthening, mental health, civic participation, GBV prevention, youth engagement.

• Deadline: October 21, 2025 (23:59 Geneva Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

WPHF invests in grassroots feminist resilience where exclusion, violence, and leadership gaps intersect.

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 10 open opportunities- 5 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 7 rolling opportunities- 3 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 5 long term opportunities- 1 new!

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Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grant Program – National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline, Administration for Children and Families – OFVPS. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The Administration for Children and Families is offering a cooperative agreement to establish and operate a dedicated National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline. This program is designed to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, and resource navigation for American Indian and Alaska Native victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence. The hotline will also support family and household members of survivors, offering connections to local shelters, outreach programs, legal aid, social services, and programs addressing the needs of children and those who use violence. By strengthening Indigenous-led safety nets, the hotline will provide both immediate crisis response and longer-term pathways to justice and healing across Native communities.

• Geographies: United States (nationwide, serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities).

• Who can apply: U.S.-based Native American tribal organizations (non-federally recognized), 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and eligible faith-based/community organizations.

• Funding amount: USD $2,000,000–$2,998,125 (one award).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Social Services, Gender, Human Rights, Justice.

• Deadline: September 4, 2025 (11:59 pm EST).

• Learn more and apply here.

This investment will establish a dedicated Indigenous-led hotline to fill a critical gap in national domestic violence response systems, centering culturally competent and community-driven safety.

Gender Mainstreaming Grants to River Basin Organizations And Transboundary Water Institutions, IUCN BRIDGE Programme. *New!* *Closing soon!*

IUCN’s BRIDGE programme empowers women as central agents in shared freshwater ecosystem governance, offering small for women-led or women-focused initiatives that reinforce leadership in restoration, decision-making, and stewardship in transboundary basins. This window enables agile projects, from grassroots leadership to restoration pilots, to catalyze inclusive governance, strategically positioning women at the nexus of water diplomacy and local resilience. Projects run up to nine months, begin by October 2025.

• Geographies: Eligible shared basins in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Guinea, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Peru, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe (see guidelines for eligible regions and sub-basins).

• Who can apply: Women-led or women-focused NGOs, CSOs, cooperatives, women’s groups, or enterprises with proven track record in freshwater governance or restoration.

• Funding amount: CHF 10,000 per project (total CHF 175,000); project duration up to 9 months.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Water Governance; Gender Equality; Ecosystem Restoration.

• Deadline: September 7, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

By channeling grassroots women-led leadership into transboundary water restoration and governance, BRIDGE restores both ecosystems and equity, creating pathways for inclusive stewardship of shared freshwater resources.

RISE Grants Challenge 2025 – Call for Proposals, IUCN. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The 2025 RISE Grants Challenge seeks to address the linkages between gender-based violence (GBV) and environmental and climate-related sectors by embedding GBV risk mitigation directly into conservation and climate projects. IUCN invites applications from registered organizations to complement or continue environmental initiatives within and around Indigenous-managed lands, protected areas, and OECMs. Funded projects should proactively reduce GBV risks through gender and safety analyses, audits, grievance mechanisms, and community safety plans; prevent GBV by shifting harmful norms, advancing women’s empowerment, and engaging men and boys; and strengthen response by linking survivors to services, referral pathways, and survivor-centered supports. The 2025 call prioritizes intersectional approaches that center Indigenous women, environmental defenders, youth, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other marginalized groups, ensuring that conservation and climate action advance rights-based, inclusive, and safe outcomes.

• Geographies: Africa (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda), Asia-Pacific (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vietnam), Latin America & Caribbean (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru).

• Who can apply: Registered NGOs, IGOs, CSOs, CBOs, IPOs, academic institutions or private sector entities with local presence, must include GBV expertise and IUCN or prior RISE/EbA partners.

• Funding amount: USD $200,000–$300,000 per project; total pool up to USD $600,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Environment & Natural Resources, Gender Equality & Safety, Conservation.

• Deadline: September 8, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

By funding projects that weave GBV risk mitigation into conservation programming, IUCN catalyzes safer, more inclusive environmental stewardship that honors Indigenous lands and supports resilient ecosystems.

UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, UN Women. *Opening September 8!*

Annual call for proposals. The Fund selects proposals that pave the way for concrete, national change. It prioritizes applications that reach a large number of beneficiaries and offer novel approaches and opportunities for expansion, replication and sustainability.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Non-profits.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD 150,000 - $800,000.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender equality, violence against women.

• Deadline: The next call will launch on 8 September 2025. Annual calls.

• Learn more and apply here.

Addressing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking at HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs Initiative, U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. *Closing soon!*

Funding available for Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities to build robust systems for preventing and responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Grantees must implement comprehensive prevention education, strengthened victim services, improved institutional protocols, trauma-informed training, and establish partnerships with community victim service providers and local law enforcement. A minimum of 20% of funds must support direct victim services, including community partner collaboration.

• Geographies: United States.

• Who can apply: Accredited HSIs, HBCUs, or TCUs; must be public or non‑profit institutions eligible per 34 U.S.C. § 20125.

• Funding amount: Up to USD $500,000 per award over 48 months (approx. 25 awards from $12.5 M total).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Campus Safety; Institutional Capacity; SDGs 5 and 16.

• Deadline: September  9, 2025 (by 11:59 PM ET; JustGrants deadline 11 Sept 8:59 PM ET).

• Learn more and apply here.

Strong proposals integrate campus-community coordination, including victim services and law enforcement, and clearly outline how prevention education and trauma-informed systems will become institutionalized across diverse student populations.

Improving health outcomes for women and girls across Wales, SBRI Centre of Excellence. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This challenge supports Phase 2 demonstration projects that contribute to the NHS Wales Women’s Health Plan (2025–2035), seeking real-world solutions to reduce the UK’s significant gender health gap. SBRI Centre of Excellence invites applications for scalable, near-market innovations that address systemic delays in diagnosis and care, with a focus on gynecological conditions, reproductive and menstrual health, mental health during pregnancy, and empowering communication. Projects should be developed in partnership with healthcare, public, or third sector bodies in Wales and focus on equity, efficiency, and readiness for scale. Priority will be given to evidence-driven innovations aligned with local needs, including rural access, Welsh language, and inclusive delivery models.

• Geographies: United Kingdom; delivery required in Wales.

• Who can apply: SMEs, innovators, public/third sector collaborators in Wales.

• Funding amount: Up to GBP £900,000 (total portfolio).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Public Health; Focus areas: women’s health equity, early diagnosis, patient-centered design, digital access.

• Deadline: September 10, 2025, 14:00 BST.

• Learn more and apply here.

Bridging gender gaps in healthcare demands real-world innovation that’s equitable, scalable, and grounded in lived experience.

Domestic Abuse Fund, Henry Smith Foundation. *New!* *Closing soon!*

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 16 open opportunities- 9 new!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 4 rolling opportunities- 1 new!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 4 long term opportunities- 1 new!

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Grants to Enhance Community-based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program, US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. *Closing this month!*

The Grants to Enhance Community-based Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CSSP) supports (1) the maintenance and replication of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking services in community-based programs that offer culturally specific services and other resources; and (2) the development of innovative community-based programming that improves access to services and resources for victims who face obstacles to using traditional services. Eligible entities are community-based organizations that aim to enhance access to services for all survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in their communities and that have demonstrated expertise in serving victims or can partner with a program having such expertise.

• Geographies: USA.

• Who can apply: Non-Profts, CBOs, tribal organizations.

• Funding amount: Grants range USD $400,000 - $475,000. Total envelope available is USD $22.5M.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, GBV.

• Deadline: August 1, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Fourth (and last) Call for Women-Led Deep Tech Startups, Women TechEU. *Closing soon!*

Women TechEU is a two-year EU-funded project funding and supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe. They will prioritize companies that address green, digital and social transitions in line with European objectives, and will support accepted applicants in defining a social innovation strategy. The project will also target less advanced innovation territories (widening areas) to reduce territorial inequalities in access to innovation support.

• Geographies: Europe.

• Who can apply: women-led deep tech early-stage start-ups.

• Funding amount: €75,000 in non-dilutive grants as well as a personalized business development program including mentoring, coaching and training.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Deep tech, women entrepreneurs.

• Deadline: August 4, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Strengthening Community Action to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Sierra Leone, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

UN Women Sierra Leone is supporting three local women-led or women-focused CSOs to lead capacity-building and advocacy programs that combat gender-based violence and harmful practices. This opportunity forms part of the broader Spotlight Initiative, aiming to strengthen women's rights movements and community-based mechanisms for social norm change. Selected CSOs will receive training and operational support from UN Women and must operate in at least two of the following districts: Moyamba, Falaba, or Kailahun.

• Geographies: Sierra Leone.

• Who can apply: Legally registered women-led or women’s rights CSOs in Sierra Leone with local operational presence and GBV programming experience.

• Funding amount: USD $100,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Peace and Security; SDG 5.

• Deadline: August 11, 2025 (08:00 Sierra Leone Time).

• Learn more and apply here.

Proposals grounded in community-based solutions and social norm transformation, particularly from grassroots, women-led groups, are prioritized.

SBIF Sashakti Women Empowerment RFP, SBI Foundation. *New!* *Closing this month!*

SBI Foundation is seeking nonprofit partners for its Sashakti initiative to implement targeted projects for women’s income generation or support to women involved in or vulnerable to commercial sex work. Eligible organizations may propose two- to three-year interventions that include skills training, shelter access, health services, or EV mobility, with strong community ownership and measurable impact. Projects must follow the Foundation’s thematic frameworks.

• Geographies: India (priority to red-light districts and underserved urban areas).

• Who can apply: Indian nonprofits with minimum 3 years' relevant experience, 5+ staff, 4+ board members, and financial track record aligned with proposal scale.

• Funding amount: INR ₹2,500,000 – ₹20,000,000 over 2–3 years.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality, Livelihoods, Health; SDGs 3, 5, 8, 10, 17.

• Deadline: August 11, 2025 (23:59 IST).

• Learn more and apply here.

Applications that prioritize inclusion, co-design with beneficiaries, and alignment with state schemes are encouraged.

Strengthening Women Movement in Kigoma, Enabel. *Closing this month!*

Now accepting proposals to support local women’s rights organizations, youth and People with Disability Organizations in Kigoma to lead advocacy campaigns that influence local government policies and plans on young women and girls' access to, secondary education, skills development and decent jobs. Expected results are: 1. Improved capacity of local women’s rights organizations to design, implement, and manage effective and evidence-based advocacy campaigns on education, skills development and decent jobs; 2. Increased public awareness and community engagement on gender equality and women’s rights issues, leading to a shift in attitudes and support for young women’s and girls’ empowerment at the community level; 3. Increased public recognition and legitimacy of women’s rights organizations in Kigoma, with their advocacy efforts linked to and influencing national level gender equality agenda.

• Geographies: Tanzania (Kigoma).

• Who can apply: National non-profit women’s rights organization or feminist organization established or represented in Tanzania.

• Funding amount: Grant ranges EUR €180,000 – €200,000

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, young women’s and girls’ empowerment, education, skills development and decent jobs.

• Deadline: August 14, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

CFP: Establishing a Community of Practice on Technology-Facilitated VAW in the Western Balkans, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

UN Women is calling on feminist civil society organizations in the Western Balkans to lead a new Community of Practice tackling technology-facilitated violence against women (TF VAW). The initiative will foster cross-border collaboration, enhance survivor-centered digital safety services, align referral protocols, and advocate for regional legal reform. Projects may run for up to 18 months starting September 2025, with a grant ceiling of $135,000.

• Geographies: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia.

• Who can apply: Legally registered CSOs with demonstrated experience addressing TF VAW or delivering survivor-centered services in the region.

• Funding amount: USD $120,000 - $135,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Digital Rights; SDGs 5 and 16.

• Deadline: August 15, 2025 (17:00 CET).

• Learn more and apply here.

Proposals that integrate secure digital platforms, multi-stakeholder capacity building, and regional legal harmonization will strongly align with the call’s objectives.

CFP: Media Training on Technology-Facilitated VAW in the Western Balkans, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

UN Women is calling on civil society organizations to lead an ambitious media training initiative across the Western Balkans focused on improving how journalists report on technology-facilitated violence against women (TF VAW). The selected CSO will design a comprehensive training curriculum, train at least 36 media professionals, monitor content, implement regional broadcasting standards, publish analysis, and organize a recognition event for ethical reporting. Projects must run for 12 to 18 months and begin by October 2025.

• Geographies: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia.

• Who can apply: CSOs legally registered in the Western Balkans with experience in journalism, gender justice, and TF VAW.

• Funding amount: USD $120,000–$130,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Media Integrity; SDGs 5 and 16.

• Deadline: August 15 , 2025 (17:00 CET).

• Learn more and apply here.

Strong proposals will blend journalistic standards with survivor-centered frameworks and show how they will shape newsroom culture long after the project ends.

CFP: Capacity-Building for CSOs on TF VAW in the Western Balkans, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

UN Women is seeking proposals from civil society organizations to lead a comprehensive training and capacity-building initiative on technology-facilitated violence against women (TF VAW) across the Western Balkans. The selected organization will train at least 50 CSOs and 10 CSO networks, enhance cross-border collaboration, support community initiatives, and strengthen survivor-centered services. Projects should also advance digital safety norms and legal reform advocacy.

• Geographies: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia.

• Who can apply: Registered CSOs with demonstrated experience in TF VAW prevention, survivor services, or feminist movement building.

• Funding amount: USD $100,000 - $110,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Movement Building; SDGs 5 and 16.

• Deadline: August 15, 2025 (17:00 CET).
  Learn more and apply here.

Strong applications will combine practical training, digital safety advocacy, and sustained support for community-led solutions across borders.

Her Vote, Her Seat Campaign: Strengthening Women’s Political Participation, Representation and Leadership, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Seeking to support civil society organizations to advance democratic reform and inclusive governance by promoting women’s political participation and civic leadership. Projects may focus on strengthening political engagement, combating disinformation, building public trust, and driving policy advocacy aligned with the Her Vote, Her Seat campaign. Selected organizations will receive technical support from UN Women alongside direct funding for one-year interventions.

• Geographies: Bangladesh.

• Who can apply: National or sub-national CSOs legally registered in Bangladesh with 5+ years’ experience in civic and political engagement.

• Funding amount: BDT 9,000,000–12,150,000 (approx. USD $100,000).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality; Governance; SDGs 5 and 16.

• Deadline: August 16, 2025 (23:59 BST).

• Learn more and apply here.

Proposals grounded in rights-based, community-led approaches, particularly those that empower women voters and leaders in marginalized areas, will be prioritized.

Women Empowered for Climate Resilience through Agricultural Innovation (WE CAN) in Madhya Pradesh, UN Women. *New!* Closing this month!**

This call supports civil society organizations in India to implement gender-transformative, climate-resilient agricultural programs targeting tribal and marginalized women in Madhya Pradesh. Proposals should address women’s leadership in climate adaptation and food security through inclusive innovation, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, measurable outcomes, and community engagement.

• Geographies: India (Madhya Pradesh).

• Who can apply: Indian CSOs with experience in gender equality, climate adaptation, and agriculture, especially in tribal and rural contexts.

• Funding amount: INR ₹25,000,000 – ₹30,000,000 (approx. USD $300,000–$360,000).

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate Resilience, Agriculture, Gender Equality; SDG 2, SDG 5, SDG 13.

• Deadline: August 19, 2025 (23:59 IST).
  Learn more and apply here.

Special attention will be given to proposals that integrate indigenous knowledge systems and promote women’s leadership in climate innovation.

Enhance access to legal assistance for girls and young women in Kigoma Region – Tanzania, Enabel. *New!* *Closing this month!*

As part of the “Wezesha Binti” initiative, this grant opportunity supports Tanzanian organizations in strengthening community-based legal aid for adolescent girls and young women. Projects must deliver rights awareness campaigns, youth-friendly legal services, and capacity-building for justice actors, with a specific geographic focus on six districts in the Kigoma region. Proposals must be community-rooted, sustainable, and aligned with gender justice and legal empowerment priorities.

• Geographies: Tanzania.

• Who can apply: Non-profit legal entities with paralegal experience; NGOs, feminist and women’s rights organizations operating in or with partners in Kigoma.

• Funding amount: EUR €200,000 – €250,000.

• Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Gender Equality, Legal Empowerment; SDG 5, SDG 16.

• Deadline: August 29, 2025 (16:00 EAT).

• Learn more and apply here, search by country.

Proposals emphasizing gender-transformative legal tools and local capacity development are strongly encouraged.

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 16 open opportunities- 10 new opportunities added!

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 3 rolling opportunities- 1 new opportunity added!!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 2 rolling opportunities!

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 6 long term opportunities!

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date.

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible).

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows.

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Hack Everything, Fondo Lunaria. *Closing soon!*

Fondo Lunaria is a feminist fund that mobilizes financial resources to dignify and strengthen the collective processes of diverse women and young trans people working to defend, demand, and enjoy their rights. They seek to promote and protect a democratic and inclusive digital space by eradicating technology-enabled gender-based violence (TEGBV) affecting women, girls, and people of color in the region.

• Geographies: Colombia.

• Who can apply: All groups or organizations of young, feminist, grassroots, rural, Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, Roma, urban, or functionally diverse women and trans people (aged 16-29) working for the rights of women and trans people from any region in Colombia are invited to participate. All proposals must be coordinated and led by young women and/or trans people (ages 16-29) and may be targeted at any population.

• Funding amount: Each proposal, upon funding, must have a budget of 20 billion Colombian pesos, to be implemented within a maximum of six months during 2025, following its approval. This call will support 25 initiatives from organizations and/or collectives (with or without legal status) of women and/or young trans people from across the country.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: TEGBV, digital violence.

• Deadline: May 2, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Women's Mental Health, AÉSIO Foundation. *Closing soon!*

The objective of our call for projects is to support initiatives that meet the specific needs of adolescent girls and/or women affected by one or more mental health disorders : exclusively female, or whose prevalence is significantly higher among women, or resulting from trauma or situations that mainly affect women. These projects must offer free multidisciplinary support specifically designed to improve the mental health of adolescent girls and/or women.

• Geographies: France.

• Who can apply: French organizations.

• Funding amount: A total of EUR €900,000 is available and will be split between 2-10 winners.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, mental health.

• Deadline: May 7, 205.

• Learn more and apply here.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children, Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), European Commission. *Closing soon!*

This call supports the following priorities: 1. Large-scale and long-term actions on tackling gender-based violence, with regranting (giving financial support to third party CSOs), 2. Targeted actions for the protection of and support for victims and survivors of gender-based violence and domestic violence (such as setting up one-stop shops, or coordinated specialist support centers, conducting training, 3. Targeted actions for the prevention of gender-based violence, including cyber violence, and 4. Targeted actions making integrated child protection systems work in practice. Activities that can be funded include: awareness-raising, capacity building and training for professionals and relevant stakeholders, design and implementation of strategies, protocols, development of transferable working methods and tools, coordination of platforms and groups; design of services and measures improving access to victim support services and development of guidelines and manuals for these support services • development of resources, toolkits and manuals to provide practical guidance for specialized support services; analytical activities, such as research, best practices, and the creation and implementation of tools or data bases/data collection strategies and systems.

• Geographies: CERV participating countries in Europe.

• Who can apply: Lead applicant must be non-profit. Organizations which are profit oriented cannot submit applications as lead applicants, but only in partnership with public entities, private non-profit organizations, or international organizations.

• Funding amount: Grants range €100,000 - € 3million Total budget available €23 million.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, GBV, child protection.

• Deadline: May 7, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Fem Tech Innovation for Women and Girls' health, Well-Being and Participation, The UNICEF Venture Fund. *Closing soon!*

Now accepting applications from fem tech start-ups developing cutting edge tech solutions improving access to quality health care and services and ensuring socio-economic participation of women and girls. Specifically they are seeking early-stage, for-profit startups that use frontier technologies in three key areas; 1. Improve health outcomes for women and girls (including innovations such as digital health solutions for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, AI-driven or data-powered platforms for maternal, reproductive, and adolescent health, and on-demand referral services for access to healthcare and culturally relevant information). 2. Address unique challenges faced by women and girls (including closing the gender data gap to drive inclusive decision-making, improving accessibility of platforms for underserved communities, including persons with disabilities, and designing solutions that address gender-specific challenges in different cultural and economic contexts). 3. Empower women and girls socially and economically (including expanding financial inclusion and access to economic opportunities, enabling safe access to education, training, and skill-building, and supporting agency, decision-making power, and workforce participation.

• Geographies: UNICEF program countries.

• Who can apply: Start-ups in LMICs developing Open Source technology. Women-led startups and young founders (under the age of 35) are strongly encouraged to apply. 

• Funding amount: Up to $100,000 in equity-free funding.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, health, economic participation, access to essential services for women and girls.

• Deadline: May 8, 2025. Information session will be held on April 15, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

WE-RISE 1st Open Call, WE-RISE. *Closing soon!*

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The grants are organized into three categories:

1. Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date.

2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible).

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows.

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Call for concept notes – Health, education and women's and girls’ rights and empowerment in Afghanistan, Global Affairs Canada. *Closing soon!*

Accepting applications from non-profit projects that support the delivery of basic needs services to Afghans, especially women and girls, in one or more of the three programming areas: 1. Quality, accessible, gender-responsive health services for the most marginalized (including women and girls in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, older persons, and other marginalized groups). 2. Demand-driven skills training, particularly for women and girls in all their diversity, in areas such as literacy and numeracy, digital skills, life skills, business skills, and other relevant technical and vocational skill areas. 3. Inclusive services that protect and advance the rights and empowerment of all Afghans, with a focus on gender, ethnic and religious minorities, under-serviced populations including those impacted by disability, and support to women-led groups.

• Geographies: Afghanistan.

• Who can apply: Non-profits. All applicants must be registered in the Partners@International portal of GAC.

• Funding amount: The total amount of funding available under call is up to CAD$35,000,000 over 4 years. Anticipate supporting 4 to 8 projects of CAD$2,000,000 to CAD$10,000,000 each.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, education and women's and girls' rights and empowerment.

• Deadline: April 2, 2025

• Learn more and apply here.

Enhancing Women's Resilience and Economic Empowerment in Kigoma Region, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The CFP is to secure partnership with Civil Society Organisations(NGO) with proven expertise in advancing women's economic rights, gender equality, and human rights. The goal is to implement innovative, evidence-based models that enhance women's access to gender-responsive financial and business development services, improve market access, and promote equitable resource distribution and economic participation in Kigoma Region. The envisioned CSO will contribute to the following key results including: conduct a mapping and needs assessment to identify 1,000 women entrepreneurs, equipping Women led MSMEs with financial and digital literacy skills, provide labour saving technology such as safe cooking stoves and water storage facilities to selected women SMEs in the informal food industry through cost sharing models, facilitate access to larger markets set up spaces to serve as a business center for women entrepreneurs and more.

• Geographies: Tanzania.

• Who can apply: CSO, legally registered in Tanzania.

• Funding amount: Grant ranges USD $100,000 – $120,000.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, entrepreneurships, women’s empowerment.

• Deadline: April 08, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Breakthrough Science Grants Program, EQT Foundation. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Now accepting applications for deeptech solutions tackling female-specific health challenges worldwide, with a focus on funding breakthrough scientific innovation. The program aims to accelerate the development of groundbreaking diagnostics, therapeutics, and deeptech solutions addressing critical gaps in female health, an area historically underfunded despite its vast economic and societal impact. The call is open to scientists from accredited institutions worldwide, ensuring that innovations from diverse research ecosystems can contribute to closing the women’s health gap. EQT Foundation’s Breakthrough Science grants program is designed to fund scientists working on solutions at the intersection of science and commercialization. It prioritizes research focused on: 1. Advanced diagnostics for conditions like endometriosis, cardiovascular diseases, and autoimmune disorders that present differently in women, 2.Non-hormonal therapeutics for menstrual health, menopause, and gynecological conditions, 3. Female-focused deeptech innovations improving access, affordability & effectiveness of care, and 4. Innovative maternal health solutions for complications like pre-eclampsia and pre-term birth, with an emphasis on both high- and low-resource healthcare settings.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Any scientist or researcher (PhD student, Postdoc, PI, etc.) associated with an accredited University, hospital, or other research.

• Funding amount: Grants range €25,000 - €100,000.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, gender, deeptech.

• Deadline: April 27, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children, Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), European Commission.

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Unlock Her Future Prize, South Asia Edition, The Bicester Collection. *New!* *Closing soon!*

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2. Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible).

3. Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows.

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Open Calls:

Investment in Women's Cooperatives and Associations (Window 2), Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, AECF. *New!*

Funding is available to cooperatives, associations and other women’s organizations working with commercially active women and women’s groups in Benin and/or Burkina Faso with proven links to women entrepreneurs and/or women-owned businesses. While there are no mandatory value chains, the financing targets value chains where women predominate or provide investment opportunities to enable women to break into value chains where they have traditionally been excluded due to social and cultural norm. The main value chains targeted include (but are not limited to) shea, rice, groundnuts, soybeans, poultry, etc.

• Geographies: Benin and Burkina Faso.

• Who can apply: Registered cooperative, association, organization, or women’s group that is aligned with the targeted areas of intervention, that can demonstrate 100% female management and a dominant representation of women employees, women entrepreneurs, women agro-industrialists, and/or service providers.

• Funding amount: Average funding of CAD $150,000 (to up to 10 organizations). 25% matching funds must be provided by the organization.

• Targeted SDGs/ Sectors: Gender equality, women empowerment, climate, jobs created.

• Deadline: February 28, 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Rolling Applications:

COMO Foundation Grants, COMO Foundation.

Support non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls and focused on closing the gender gap in accessing vital goods and services, education and livelihoods. They provide support to organizations, not projects, complementing traditional programmatic funding.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Non-profits.

• Funding amount: Grants around USD $100,000 (provide around USD $5 million annually in funding).

• Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

• Learn more and apply here.

The L'Oréal Fund for Women, L'Oréal

A charitable fund to support frontline organizations in their efforts to help women to get out of poverty, prevent domestic, sexual and gender-based violence against women. The Fund focuses on supporting women and girls’ empowerment, particularly through projects in favor of social or professional integration and education. A specific attention is paid to refugee women and women with disabilities. The final beneficiaries must be highly vulnerable women or girls: In situation of poverty/ underprivileged (absence or lack of revenues, homelessness, single parent, Isolation In rural areas or In the suburbs, etc.), victims of violence, refugees or in situation of disability. Beyond emergency relief, the activity focuses on women or girls' empowerment, encouraging especially social and professional integration or access to education. Beyond emergency relief, the activity focuses on women or girls' empowerment, encouraging especially social and professional Integration, or access to education. Activities can take the form of: a service, an instrument with a social purpose or a field operation.

• Geographies: Global, the final beneficiaries must be women or girls in vulnerable, precarious or emergency situations.

• Who can apply: Grassroot and Non-profits.

• Funding amount: Requests must be over €5,000 and under €300,000 (or multi-year support only).

• Targeted SDG/ Sectors: Gender equality (SDG 5), women and girls empowerment, GBV, emergency relief.

• Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Currently fund is renewed trough 2026. Expected to disburse €10 million in 2025 and €5 million in 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

Long Term Planning:

UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, UN Women. *Will launch H2 2025*

Annual call for proposals. The Fund selects proposals that pave the way for concrete, national change. It prioritizes applications that reach a large number of beneficiaries and offer novel approaches and opportunities for expansion, replication and sustainability.

• Geographies: Global.

• Who can apply: Up to USD $1 million in multi-year funding.

• Funding amount: Non-profits.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender equality, violence against women.

• Deadline: Next call will be launched in the second part of 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Opportunity Grant, Amplify Change. *Opening Q3 2025 *

Opportunity Grants aim to nurture and encourage innovative ideas and approaches on SRHR advocacy in new contexts. They allow local, small civil society and grassroots organizations to drive the advocacy agenda and ensure change happens in sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). Projects musts respond to one or more outcome areas: Increasing individual awareness of SRHR as human rights; Improving access to SRHR resources, information & services ; Transforming social norms ; Changing policies & laws ; and Building stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR.

• Geographies: 47 priority countries in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.

• Who can apply: Local and national non-profits. Must be based in and implementing a project in one of the AmplifyChange eligible countries. INGO’s cannot be lead applicants.

• Funding amount: Grants up to GBP £75,000, for 1.5-2 years.

• Targeted SDG/ Sectors: Gender equality (SDG 5), sexual and reproductive health rights, innovation.

• Deadline: Round 8 will open Q3 2025.

• Learn more and apply here.

Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window, Convergence Blended Finance. *Round 6 expected in 2025*

Will award early-stage grant funding for the design and launch of innovative blended finance vehicles focused on the intersection of climate change and gender equality in emerging markets globally. Funding available for feasibility studies and proof-of-concept.

• Geographies: TBA

• Who can apply: Asset owners, asset managers, advisory firms, foundations, not-for-profit organizations, and private enterprises. Proposals will only be accepted from organizations or consortiums of organizations.

• Funding amount: Feasibility Study grants range USD $50,000 - $200,000. Proof-of-Concept grants and conditionally repayable grants range USD $200,000 - $400,000.

• Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender equality.

• Deadline: TBA.

• Learn more and apply here.

Network Grant, Amplify Change. *Opening 2026 *

The purpose of this Network Grant call is to fund civil society organizations with the capability to provide support and resources to the SRHR movement, and experience of working with or supporting SRHR networks, coalitions, partners or civil society organizations. Projects must be working to bring about positive change in one of the AmplifyChange priority themes or an intersection or combination of themes: Abortion, Violence, Youth, Stigma and Access. Applications must respond to one or more of our outcome areas in our Theory of Change: Increasing individual awareness of SRHR as human rights; Improving access to SRHR resources, information & services; Transforming social norms; Changing policies & laws; and Building stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR. AmplifyChange supports cross-cutting themes that impact on SRHR and well-being and respond to challenges that advocates identify as their priorities for action. Applications can integrate into their proposals: Climate Justice, Pleasure and Mental health.

• Geographies: 40+ priority countries in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.

• Who can apply: Applicants must be registered and implementing a project in one of AmplifyChange’s eligible countries, and must have a registration status that enables receiving funds from foreign sources.

• Funding amount: Grants up to GBP £225,000 - £600,000, for 2-3 years.

• Targeted SDG/ Sectors: Gender equality (SDG 5), sexual and reproductive health rights, innovation.

• Deadline: Round 6 will open in 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

Strengthening Grant, Amplify Change. *Opening 2026 *

The purpose of this Strengthening Grant call is to fund small to medium civil society organizations, support their advocacy work, and strengthen them so they can bring about positive change in one of the AmplifyChange priority themes or an intersection or combination of themes: Abortion, Violence, Youth, Stigma, and Access. Projects must be working to bring about positive change in one of the AmplifyChange priority themes or an intersection or combination of themes: Abortion, Violence, Youth, Stigma and Access. Applications must respond to one or more of our outcome areas in our Theory of Change: Increasing individual awareness of SRHR as human rights; Improving access to SRHR resources, information & services; Transforming social norms; Changing policies & laws; and Building stronger, more inclusive movements for SRHR. AmplifyChange supports cross-cutting themes that impact on SRHR and well-being and respond to challenges that advocates identify as their priorities for action. Applications can integrate into their proposals: Climate Justice, Pleasure and Mental health.

• Geographies: 47 priority countries in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East.

• Who can apply: Applicants must be registered and implementing a project in one of AmplifyChange’s eligible countries.

• Funding amount: Grants up to GBP £200,000, for 2-3 years.

• Targeted SDG/ Sectors: Gender equality (SDG 5), sexual and reproductive health rights, innovation.

• Deadline: Round 8 will open in 2026.

• Learn more and apply here.

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