Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The Women’s Fund Fiji is accepting applications for its Sustainability Grants to support programs and projects that enhance gender equality.
Funding Information
- Maximum funding of FJD 150,000 per year.
- Their grants can be used for general support and/or projects for a period of 12- 24 months and are open to renewal/extension upon request.
Eligible Activities
- Eligible programs or projects that can be funded should focus on at least one or more of the following:
- eliminating violence against women and girls;
- increasing viable women’s economic opportunities;
- improving women’s participation in leadership and decision-making;
- strengthening women’s groups and coalitions for change in relation to the above areas;
- programs or projects which link together one or more of the above themes through advocacy, research or learning activities; and
- climate justice and humanitarian action related projects and programs.
Eligibility Criteria
- The minimum eligibility criteria for Fiji based women’s groups, organisations or networks include:
- must be governed and led by women, with women filling the majority of leadership positions (including equality of financial control mechanisms);
- have a clear commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- come from or have reach to remote, rural, or other marginalised groups;
- be open to working with diverse groups and issues regardless of ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, people living with disability; and
- have worked as a group for at least one year.
- Other eligibility criteria include:
- self-identification i.e. they identify as women’s groups, networks or organisations;
- ability to manage funding and other support – either directly or through relationship to a third party. Direct grants will require an independent bank account controlled by women;
- willingness and availability to participate in evaluation and training activities as appropriate to the size and type of grant; and
- Promotes diverse women’s rights as their primary mission. (Consideration will be given to organisations that do not specifically focus on gender but have women focused projects.
- Unfortunately, Women’s Fund Fiji only accepts applications submitted by women’s organisations or groups or collectives based in Fiji. They do not accept requests from individuals and do not fund projects proposed by or for the benefit of individuals (including scholarships) and private owned businesses.
For more information, visit https://womensfundfiji.org/grants/grants-list/sustainability-grants/