African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Main Grants for Women Organisations 2018

AWDF invites applications from eligible African womenโ€™s organisations under its main grants programme. Applications for the first grantmaking round of 2018 can be sent in under one or more of AWDFโ€™s thematic areas as listed below.ย  Application Deadline:ย 7th March 2018. Eligible Countries:ย AWDF particularly encourages womenโ€™s rights organisations registered and working in the following countries to … Read more

UNESCO U40 Empowered Program: Women Entrepreneurs Powering The Digital Creative Industries 2018

Theย UNESCO U40 Empowered Program expands the actions of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity by supporting projects from national and international NGOs that promote young female cultural entrepreneurs working in the digital creative industries. Application Deadline:ย 16th April 2018 Eligible Countries:ย Developing countries About the Award:ย โ€œU40 Empoweredโ€ is a UNESCO initiative started in 2018 with the support … Read more

Soraya Al Saltiย Masters Scholarship for Female Students of the MENA Region 2018/2019

MBC Al Amal is proud to announce the commencement of the first round of theย Soraya Al Saltiย Scholarship.ย  Application Deadline:ย 31st August, 2017 Thursdayย atย 5.00 p.m. (Cairo Local Time) Eligible Countries:ย MENA countries About the Award:ย This scholarship, managed by Newton Educationย Services, offers a number of fully funded andย partialย scholarships for Arab women lookingย to pursueย a masters degree in various fields, for … Read more

GAIA Agtech Innovation Challenge for Women Agricultural Entrepreneurs in East Africa 2017

Gender in Agribusiness Investments in Africa (GAIA) has opened applications for its GAIA AgTech Innovation Challenge in East Africa, aimed at supporting female-run startups in the agriculture space. Application Deadline:ย 9thย March, 2017 Eligible Countries: West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote dโ€™Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo North Africa: … Read more

Global Fund for Women (GFW) Up to $15,000 Travel Grants for Women Organisations 2017

Global Fund for Women

Global Fund for Women is offering travel grants to support groups that advance the human rights of women and girls. Application Deadline: Ongoing Eligible Countries: developing countries To be taken at (country): groupโ€™s country Offered annually? Yes About the Award:ย The Global Fund for Women supports womenโ€™s groups that advance the human rights of women and … Read more

Call for Proposals: Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) 2017

Spider announces its second open call for proposals within thematic area Education and Learning. This time we are looking for organisations using ICT within formal or non-formal education to give vocational skills to improve employability or self-sufficiency. Application Deadline:ย Noon, CET, 16th December 2016. Eligible Countries:ย Developing countries (see list below) To be taken at (country):ย Stockholm University, … Read more