Women and children are considered to be one of the most vulnerable groups in a society. Many large and small developmental projects either fully attempt to address their issues or have a thematic approach to specifically address their problems as part of the overall project goals and objectives.
Here is a list of grants (open during the month of October 2018) that have a focus on improving the conditions of women and children in developing countries.
2019 UNWG Charity Programme: Supporting Children’s Charities
The United Nations Women’s Guild (UNWG) is currently accepting applications for its 2019 UNWG Charity Programme for Children that will financially support many children’s charities in Austria and the developing world…[more]
IREX inviting Applicants for Community Solutions Program
The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) is seeking applications for its Community Solutions Program (CSP) 2018–2019 with an aim to improve their communities by addressing issues related to the environment, tolerance and conflict resolution, transparency and accountability, and women and gender…[more]
Fondation Mérieux’s Small Grant Program
Applications are open for the Fondation Mérieux’s grants programme to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The projects including as beneficiaries mothers and children will be given priority…[more]
Amazing Women 2018 Call for Proposals: Empowering Exceptional Women who have a Dream
For this 3rd edition of the initiative, the Orange Foundation has launched a call for proposals in the 18 countries where Orange foundations and affiliates are participating in the Women’s Digital Center program…[more]
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges Grants Program
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges (MFMC) is inviting applications from all over the world to fund communication projects which mitigate anthropogenic climate change…[more]
Elrha: Taking a Local Perspective on Measuring the Impact of GBV Programmes in Emergencies
Elrha is currently accepting applications for “Taking a Local Perspective on Measuring the Impact of GBV Programmes in Emergencies” with an aim to generate new context-based perspectives and insights to inform and progress the global agenda on measuring the impact of emergency programmes on GBV…[more]
2019 AWARD Pan-African Fellowship Program
Applicants are invited to apply for the 2019 African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Pan-African Fellowship program that takes a similar approach to career development by extending the benefits of the fellowship…[more]
CJRF making Grants for Social Justice Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation (Kenya, Tanzania, Bangladesh, India)
The Climate Justice Resilience Fund is seeking applications to make grants for community-led, social justice approaches to climate change adaptation and resilience-building…[more]
Arthur B. Schultz Foundation: Advancing Opportunities for Women and People with Mobility Challenges (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, or Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation is seeking Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for its Grant program with an aim to advance opportunities for women and people with mobility challenges in developing countries…[more]
Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018 (India)
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations for the 2018 Nari Shakti Puraskar, the Highest Civilian Honour for Women in India…[more]
No Woman Left Out Initiative, Africa: Small Grants Program in Nigeria
No Woman Left Out Initiative, Africa is seeking applications from eligible Women organizations for the 1st Round of its Small Grants Program in Nigeria with the theme “Pushing Forward Equality & Empowerment of Women for National Impact”…[more]
Joint Gender Fund: Advancing Prevention of and Response to Violence against Women (South Africa)
Hlanganisa Institute for Development Southern Africa (HiDSA) is seeking proposals for its Joint Gender Fund (JGF), a funding mechanism consisting of Irish Embassy, Ford Foundation and RAITH Foundation (as primary contributors)…[more]
Chance for Childhood’s Challenge Fund (Rwanda and Uganda)
Chance for Childhood is inviting organisations, children and youths’ advocates, social entrepreneurs and unsung changemakers to submit innovative ideas that contribute to ensuring no child is forgotten, and denied opportunities to fulfil their full potential…[more]
ARYSE: Open Call for the Award of Small Grants (The Balkans)
This Open Call for the Award of Small Grants has been announced under the “ARYSE (At Risk Youth Social Empowerment)” project, to support the implementation of civil society organisations’ projects for the improvement of social inclusion of at risk children…[more]
Open Media Hub: Open Call for Stories on Identity and Gender
The OPEN Media Hub has launched a Call for Expression of Interest for Production Support, a scheme to enable TV and online video journalists in the European Neighbourhood to create content related to the European Union and their respective countries’ relations with the European Union…[more]
