Deadline: 10 May 2018
AmplifyChange is currently seeking applications from eligible organizations for its Opportunity grants to nurture and encourage innovative ideas and approaches on SRHR advocacy in new contexts.
For this Opportunity grant call, AmplifyChange seeks to fund civil society organisations that aim to implement projects addressing Menstrual Health Management (MHM) within a sexual and reproductive health rights framework.
Grant Information
Opportunity grants will fund up to EUR 40,000 for a maximum of 1-year.
Grant Outcomes
- AmplifyChange welcome applications that address MHM and SRHR across a range of age groups, issues and contexts. To feed into theory of change, they are looking for applications that address at least one of the following outcomes:
- Transforming social norms and behaviours around menstrual health management
- Challenging stigma and barriers to MHM dignity through an increase in access, information and services
- Increasing awareness of MHM, sexual and reproductive health and access to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) as a human right
- Advocating for changes in, and implementation of, policies and laws relating to MHM
- Alongside these key outcomes, AmplifyChange are also particularly interested in receiving applications that include:
- Awareness and education to challenge social norms on MHM with health providers, parents, teachers, employers and wider community stakeholders
- Pre-menarche (pre-menstruation), puberty and comprehensive sexuality education
- Workplace and community environments
- Challenging stigmatising attitudes around fertility and menopause. (Applicants working on fertility stigma and menopause should state in their application the project’s explicit linkage to MHM and SRHR)
Eligibility Criteria
- Civil society organisations (CSOs) located in one of the below mentioned countries are welcome to apply.
- AmplifyChange are particularly interested in receiving applications from women and youth led organisations.
- CSOs can include:
- Community groups
- Youth groups
- Non-governmental organisations
- Indigenous groups
- Charitable organisations
- Faith-based organisations
- Research institutes
- Social enterprise groups
- Public-private partnerships
- Communications and media groups
- Professional associations
- International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and UN agencies are not eligible to apply for Opportunity grants.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic Of, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire), Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique (Moçambique), Myanmar (formerly Burma), Namibia, Nepal,Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa (zuid Afrika), South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor), Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, West Bank and, Gaza, Strip, Yemen (Arab Republic), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit Opportunity grant.